Comments | hirez: Here we go again

hirez

Here we go again

Jul 08, 2007 19:03

Back from that there Londons, which had been rendered splendidly French for the occasion. It was very odd to be standing next to an 'Aquarel' banner and opposite a 'Champion' example while the Gendarmerie trundled past in (very flash) LHD Landies... While standing next to the Serpentine bridge ( Read more... )

knackered, peloton, plates

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alien8 July 8 2007, 18:23:30 UTC

We were in Hyde Park on Saturday and oohhhhhh it was lovely. Loads of people, very friendly, very cosmopolitan...

... and the odd person asking wtf was going on. followed by a confused 'ah'.

'gosh they're going fast'

the amount of bike talk amongst people has gone +++++++ which is great.

the stage today was fun to watch, utter shame about the crashes tho :(
but _what_ a win! from crash then huge team effort to a really brilliant timed sprint.

utterly splendid :)

hirez July 9 2007, 09:43:50 UTC

Wasn't it?

There's always a few people that go head first in the early stages. A bit of a shame for young Cav, but it's early days yet for him.

But. Bloody hell. Proper policing (if a little over-enthusiastic about keeping people out of the way. Even so it looked like a mountain stage a lot of the time), crowds of people everywhere and even the odd mural for the benefit of the helicopters. Much better than last year's Tour of Britain.

A while ago, I was mostly horrified and depressed about having to visit the gym for the rest of my life as the price for an idle lifestyle and not wanting to be spherical. It's all a bit different now.

mr_tom July 8 2007, 19:22:12 UTC

Apologies for not joining you for a swift one: the crowds were doing entirely unwelcome things to my head and I wouldn't have been any fun at all.

Took a couple of nice snaps, though: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_tom/tags/tourdefrance2007/

red_mel July 8 2007, 20:20:59 UTC

drunken sms's where was mine? huh.

missfairchild July 8 2007, 22:00:43 UTC

And mine!

*sulk*

hirez July 8 2007, 23:02:34 UTC

You know I'm going to have to create a 'very random indeed' phone-message-group thingy now.

jozafeen July 8 2007, 23:24:52 UTC

Then you need to instruct Suebee how to do the same instead of her sending drunken texts to everyone!

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hirez July 9 2007, 09:35:29 UTC

Given the English way with mouldy food - "Oh, stop complaining, that bread's perfectly good and I've cut the green bits off the cheese" - I suggest that cow/goat/sheep byproduct left to fester on purpose is an 'invention' from this side of the channel. Or it was some cheese-fondling celts plying their foul trade both here and in their second homes in Brittany. "It's so cheap there. You can get a hovel with a view of Carnac for a bag of cheese and a manky flint."