Part 2 :
Alas no naked Dutch girls, you only get them in Dutch Youth Hostels :roll:
As regards the hills though i couldn't help thinking the Belgians were determined to dispel myths regarding how flat Belgium is. When I first arrived at the campsite I scouted around and right at the back by the shower block I found a path that seemed to descend a 45 degree or steeper hill to the point I was standing. Walkers path i said to myself, no bike will ever get down that. Wrong, it was the last hill before a lap was completed and notable as the only point on the circuit an Ambulance was permanently stationed :shock:
There were at least two other such hills but as far as I'm aware no one was injured though a fellow Scot did taco his front wheel on something :?
This event did lack some of the shenanigans of other SS meets. No shortcut with beer penalty although there was a beer stop. No hiding/pilingup/hanging from trees of bikes at the start either, a wee bit disapointed with that. The start was on a public cycle path though so every ordinary cyclist passing through the group got much cheers and applause. The group of teenage kids were probably traumatised for life after this treatment
Male winner was a tall youthful euro, 6 laps completed before I'd even done 3, frightening. Female winner was a small Scots lass so that was great
Most prizes were sensible, no fattest rider or best crash although Cab did win best beard which got him a Ti Kingdom frame with adjustable geometry headset
Also as per last year another frame was one by someone hacksawing there old bike in two, ridiculous, the old bike was not cheap crap !!! No prizes for fixed gear riding, I think folk are now used to the small group of loonies and probably dont want to encourage them/us
Food was great, they got proper caterers, I was well happy.
All in all a great ride and I will hopefully go to France next year but on something sensible now I've got the fixie bug out my system