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Well September has had a treat in store for us here after a pretty dismal August. This week we’ve had temperatures in the mid-twenties with the warmest day predicted to be this weekend. It’s been quite a surprise though, even though it was forecast. Last week I was buying more autumnal food, think creamy potato dauphinoise and dark, green earthy kale, but this week it’s the very last thing we’ve wanted to eat!
We also got out on our bikes again on Wednesday, cycling off to see the Tour of Britain on the Sherwood to Newark stage. We took a less direct route there and back, clocking up a twenty mile cycle in the process - my longest cycle for quite a while. The thing is though, the peloton was past us in about 10 seconds!!
It was good fun though, and it was great to see people out on the streets supporting the event. We had a bit of a close shave with one of the team cars on the way home though, or rather MOH did. We’d left the disused railway line (the one that we went searching for the previous week) and were cycling along the country roads; there were cars passing us sensibly, and the road undulated a fair bit (or a fair bit for me, anyway). With more gears and more practice at cycling MOH had gone ahead, which was fine, and I was down in first (or granny gear) plodding along. I sensed a car behind me waiting for the opportunity to overtake, and all was fine.
Next thing I knew, one of the team cars had overtaken the car behind me, sped past me and bombed on to overtake MOH too. The female driver behind me did overtake after a little while, and I was thankful for the space she’d given me. Even more so when I caught up with MOH who immediately asked how close the team car had come to me. I was lucky that the female driver was shielding me, as MOH said it had passed him at an uncomfortably close distance, and the closest any car had come to him since we’ve been up here.
I am sure the team cars are used to driving past cyclists and other people as part of their role in the races, but I’m not so sure they should be doing it in that way outside of a race environment. Thankfully though no harm was done. If I’d have noted the team name I would definitely be contacting the tour organisers, as I’m sure that’s not the reputation they want either.
