Let it Snow!

22nd November and we have snow!

Well just to qualify, we have a dusting of white stuff, and as the ground is pretty soggy no chance of it laying so actually 1/2inch of slush, but at least it is snowing.

Apart from the inevitable frostbitten finger syndrome after about 5 miles - it's great other than that wierd fact that whichever way you are travelling you still get snow in your face - how does that work even with the wind behind?

Times like this i feel that i am taking my life in my hands a bit by insisting on riding my road bike regardless - needle thin tyres on a slippery surface - life flashing before your eyes on every corner - bravado is a wonderful thing don't you think? - maybe i should put a hybrid on the xmas list...

Anyway,the wind has been awful this week so timings have been adversely affected but as ever it's getting out there that counts, and once you are out you just gotta ride - haven't you?

In other news the will he won't he saga of Lance carries on, apparently the tour crowd are going to mug him? Sastre is going up against him in the Giro, and it appears that he and big George H are going to be racing against each other for the first time in the tour down under.

Mr Hoy and Lewis (strange how all formula 1 drivers are known by their first names isn't it?) are racing each other at the race of champions in December - something like 2.5 horsepower against 10 million horsepower although Mr Hoy can corner quicker allegedly - should be a great spectacle though.