That's why they call it Crawleyside

...because you have to crawl up it!

19th, 20th and 21st June I played Support Driver to Richard, Dave, Phil, Martin, Mahendra, Andy, Mike and Paul while they did the Coast to Coast from Whitehaven to Sunderland. Had a great laugh and, I have to say, it was quite refreshing to be in the support car rather than slogging it out on the bike.

And slog it out they did! Hartside and Crawleyside... I'm surprised that Sputnik (my very old VW polo) managed to get up there so I felt well sorry for guys. Suckers! LOL. Crawleyside, in particular, looked like a brick wall ha ha.

Want to give up my job now and do support driving for a living! Not sure I'll be too rich though!

Didn't do much cycling myself last week but made up for by 110 miles since Saturday.

How Much?????

Blimey. It costs more to have my bike serviced that my car...
bottom bracket, cassette, chain, bla bla bla... all blurred into one after that!!!

I feel the need....

... the need for speed! Top Gun eat your heart out!
Took a ride out to Upton today with my mate and on the way back we took a detour past an old airfield where they were holding a "help for heroes" fundraiser.
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHH
Fighter jets flew over our heads, corkscrewing. Looked and sounded amazing!
Can fully recommend sitting by the river eating BLT and chips too! Great day, really hot and then got home about an hour before the monsoon started! Another 46 miles on the clock.

on a roll...

Going up a hill today and some hot fitty hung out his works van and gave me a cheeky wink and a smile and "keep going luv, you're almost there". Two in the space of a week? My ass must be looking a lot better (",) Made me laugh and almost lose my rythym!
Another 38 on the clock today ... bad weather forced me to get the train half way back. They mentioned the light rain on the forecast but not the gale force winds!

I made someone's day today... apparently

Riding along today, really hot, lovely and sunny, and some bloke leans out of his car window and shouts "oi, luv... you just really made my day".
The summer brings all the pervs out LOL although I will take that as a sign that my cellulite does not look as bad as I think it does :)
I would take it as a compliment but the area I was riding through is full of chavs :(