I'm on my well overdue "holiday" whilst I transition firms so I've been out pretty much every day; they've all become a bit of a blur. The weather has been pretty stable, but chilly and dull with the odd spot of sunshine. That changed this morning with a very overdue warm breeze coming in, a day late for the tour that rode right through HQ yesterday. I'm still stoked I got to eyeball Tony Martin!
Looking over to St Buryan
A day later, church as said St Buryan.
The Hot has been faultless. An early morning ride last week up at the Kenidjack rock formation. Proper haunted the locals will tell you.
On a great piece of single-track off the top of hills, swooping into the outskirts of Pendeen on the right there by Geevor mine.
Saturday gone down in "big town" the criteriums were on with the mens, ladies and later on the kids. I got there as the women were on their final circuit. Some pretty intense racing going on, this is as close I'll ever get to stepping foot on a podium.
Gotta love these things. Just outside Paul on the road out of Mousehole, I couldn't resist the flapjack. Best £2 I spent!
Then to the race proper, with poor visibilty hampering our attempts to see over to the other side of the valley, it didn't dampen spirits.
Kudos to this dude who commentated across the entire stage.
With an early breakaway we were spoilt with 2 opportunities to "allez allez allez!" as loud as we could.
TONY!
The plan is to ride the stage tomorrow. I won't start in Penzance as I'll go back on myself - I think I'm allowed a few k's off. It's mega-lumpy but with enough opportunities to bail as a last resort. Fingers crossed it's all good.
Looking over to St Buryan
A day later, church as said St Buryan.
The Hot has been faultless. An early morning ride last week up at the Kenidjack rock formation. Proper haunted the locals will tell you.
On a great piece of single-track off the top of hills, swooping into the outskirts of Pendeen on the right there by Geevor mine.
Saturday gone down in "big town" the criteriums were on with the mens, ladies and later on the kids. I got there as the women were on their final circuit. Some pretty intense racing going on, this is as close I'll ever get to stepping foot on a podium.
Gotta love these things. Just outside Paul on the road out of Mousehole, I couldn't resist the flapjack. Best £2 I spent!
Then to the race proper, with poor visibilty hampering our attempts to see over to the other side of the valley, it didn't dampen spirits.
Kudos to this dude who commentated across the entire stage.
With an early breakaway we were spoilt with 2 opportunities to "allez allez allez!" as loud as we could.
TONY!
The plan is to ride the stage tomorrow. I won't start in Penzance as I'll go back on myself - I think I'm allowed a few k's off. It's mega-lumpy but with enough opportunities to bail as a last resort. Fingers crossed it's all good.
