Reunion - 34 years! 

My weekend 

Empty streets of Guildford 

Sky boys! 

 I had a wonderful weekend. Our reunion was great. I hadn't seen the girlies for 2 years so there was a lot of catching up to do. It is 34 years since we began our  training and we can still talk as much as we did then! Our lives are all very different but when we get together I remember why we were such good friends. They were all very pleased to see me looking so well. And I was so grateful to be well enough to go. Thank you Ladies for a lovely day. 

having a chat up the hill!!!!

 On Sunday Chloe, Ed and I went to Guildford to see the end of the Tour of Britain cycling race. It was so exciting! We were the first ones to arrive at the finish line. We set up camp and got a fantastic position very close to the line but we could also see down the hill. There was a lot of waiting around but we were near coffee and food shops which helped. 
They also had an amateur hill race up the high street going on which had 4 stages. That was exciting too with some minor celebrities and cycling people taking part. 

Tiernan - Locke being interviewed 

 The fastest cycled up the hill in 38 seconds - wow! 

Then the actual tour arrived at 1.30 for the first time. The noise was deafening as the crowd realised that Sky were on the front of the peleton. You can see from my pictures how busy it was. People were hanging from lamp-posts and out of windows to get a glimpse of the cyclists. 






There was then 2 1/2 hours until they returned. More hill races and a lot of waiting. Ned Boulting (TV presenter) came along signing copies of his new book and Dave Braislford (permance director of British cycling and general manager of Team Sky) arrived to loud applause

The police out riders were the first sign that the cyclists were near and the helicopter over head and then the cheering and banging of the boards. Sky came into view and Cav (Mark Cavendish) took off up the hill sprinting for the line. By the time he reached us he knew he had got it and was smiling all over his face - his arms went up and he began to celebrate even before crossing the line. The crowd went wild! At that moment I had no idea who else had crossed the line we just watched him! 

It soon became apparent that Jonathan Tiernan - Locke (GB) had crossed in the peleton and therefore was the over all winner of the Tour. It was a great day for British riders with Kristian House taking King of the Mountains and Peter Williams the sprint jersey. Although we had such a lot of waiting it was worth it for those wonderful moments when they cycle past. 

Today - recovering and lunch with a friend. 

We are about where the man is standing on the cobbles -  taken from twitter