OK, Alcatraz has one shop, but the girls don't look good in stripes! I started my day with a nice hilly run through new parts of San Fran, following some different cable car routes. Good hill work! Once the girls were ready we hit the streets - grabbed a cable car (Literally - we were hanging out the side, which was great fun) and hopped off near Chinatown. It was like we had stepped into another world - noisy, squishy, frantic - but fun all the same. Lots of f...

Just some rambling comments : - they are shopping again....... We came here with some preconceptions - many of which have been blown away. These are just some of the notable ones- but I guess since our exposure to the US is mostly California it may be a bit skewed.... People: Friendly, helpful and pleasant! None of that overconfident and insular American that is often portrayed. They think we are English and are interested at first because of that then when we ...

My day started with an awesome run down along the docks up to Fishermans Wharf then up through cable car territory (i.e. Steep!). Went through the famous Lombard switchback street then back home to wake up the crew.We wandered into Union Square but found the shopping to be a tad pricey. After wandering around a bit we joined the massive queue for the cable car. We decided waiting for food at the wharf was likely to see us much skinnier, so we decided to gobble Bu...

A couple of hours drive today after a very pleasant early morning run for me and a sleep in for the rest of the crew. Zero degrees Celsius!The drive was only broken by a quick side trip through a walled community very reminiscent of the street in Desperate Housewives (No scantily clad women to be seen...) and we then watched the road go from single lane in need of maintenance up to cloverleaf flyovers with multiple layers of roads all over the place. Betty the GP...