The Start of Winter

Ok ok, I admit I am rubbish at keeping this blog updated, but in reality I doubt many people are reading it and for those that are I have been very busy…honest!

So in the past 2 months since I last posted I have found a job, had 2 weeks off the bike, followed by another enforced week off due to illness, got back on the bike, and signed for a different team in France.

On the team point I had only been back on my bike for a week when I got a phone call from the guy who sorted me out in France the first time I went out there asking me who I was riding for next year. I said UCB but things had gone a bit quiet, he then said he might be able to get me a place on a team called Hennebont who are a DN1 team, a level up from UCB although this doesn’t really matter too much, but more importantly are more used to having foreign riders meaning I could free myself from the hassle of finding an apartment and taking my car over to France along with having a fellow Brit on the team in Phil Gale who I met when I was last over in France it was really a no brainer decision for me. The only question I do have to ask is how good I am likely to look in pink kit…yes pink!

With the team sorted and confirmed and bringing money in from my part time job at Waitrose, who incidentally have been brilliant and extremely loyal to me having been a former ‘Partner’ gave me an old job back and are fairly flexible with my hours to allow me to ride, I am now fully looking forward to next season and without the external pressure that University brings I am able to train with a calmness and dedication I have never had before, although due to the manual nature of my work I do have to really listen to my body.

Oh and I am selling my old team bike a Sabbath Mondays Child if anyone is interested.

Ciao for now.