Wednesday 8th July After a night spend on the side of the road in near gale conditions we woke up to see the road getting increasingly busy with people trying to find a park to watch the tour. As the morning wore on the area where we parked became full and the sides of the road filled up with people, chairs and tables. Even though we had a downhill spot we still had a great view and as the tour caravan came along Ewout kitted out in his Koala suit got plenty of ...

7th July 2009, Yesterday we had a fun afternoon set up beside the road for the tour de France. It was quite hot but luckily we were on a rise so had a reasonable breeze to cool us down. Ewout conned a Dutch couple into helping him make a show for the Aussies. Ewout wore his Koala head and made a bit of a show for the people around. It was a long wait though as we arrived at our spot about 12.00 and the race didn't go by until about 5.30. Until then the road ...