The final week

Well this time next week il hopefully be resting after getting day 1 out of the way ad il be pain free and just getting ready i hope. Don't forget if you've been reading this blog to get on the donations no matter how small all donations greatly appreciated, really like to pass the grand mark and we are nearly their Click here to donate .

Two spins at the weekend 40km and 69km with climbing a mix of out of saddle and in a style that iv found great and works well for me. Sunday was with two other raid colleagues. Climbed well did a solid cruagh road waiting for my partners so did good tempo still decent time put in and even had pleasure of meeting an Olympic sailor, who had given a go at catching me but she didnt catch me. Enjoyed the random attacks with lenny, often get away on flat and take a little bit to get back in, took him on near end with uphill to crack the poor fella, one attack too many that time i think.

This eveing i ddi a short commute and my final cruagh road and proper climb before we leave, in the saddle too, i didnt have speed i usually have about 2mins slower but bit less effort put in lower heart rate but still hurts the legs a little.

Had two incidents with motorists. One old aggressive man who didnt like cyclists coming inside him at lights, and who beeps at me when he cant see a green light but i can and so go. Gave me two lovely fingers when i pointed out the light was green. Other incident was coming back home downhill, in middle road clearly visible, a car pulls out from golf club on my right without looking. If i was a car i wodner would he have been so eager pull out, made me swerve and get past him, when i wave my arm in disgust at a manoeuvre that could have ended alot worse. I slowed down to see if hed come past and apologise but he slowed down and then stopped before driving off so he didn't have come past me.

Its a bit of a dog-cat-mouse situation really, people in jeeps drive around with little fear of smaller cars, knowing they are in the bigger, safer car should the worst happen, this may not be on purpose but deep down it creates something of mental superiority on the road, i feel the same can be said of normal cars and cyclists, they only think that ah i can pull out in front of them their only a bike, but they don't think of the person they could hurt. Theirs a pecking order, as a cyclist i always respect pedestrians and weary of what they may do, as it is my duty to avoid them should they step out on the road, cars should give cyclists the same curtsy  watch for us, respect us on the road.

ended up in this cul de sac on saturday, note the sig on the right

 The final view from my final climb before i go to france.