Monthly Archives: April 2010
Liege Bastogne Liege 2010
Thursday drove from Huy and arrived at La Redoute climb around lunchtime. The first third of the climb has been designated as a motorhome parking area, the rest of the climb is barriered off at both ends and has been … Continue reading
Fleche Wallone 2010
Quick journey down from the Amstel on Monday morning and have now parked up in the motorhome parking alongside the river Meuse in the town of Huy, ready for the Fleche Wallone on Wednesday. Tuesday, a cracking day weather wise … Continue reading
Tour of Britain, TT?
So Brads at it again, twittering and sending us all into a frenzy. This weeks nugget, ” “No TT again in race around Britain, – Looks like a race for the sprinter again, looks like Vuelta this year then.” Now … Continue reading
Amstel Gold Race 2010
Although our plan had been to move on from Paris Roubaix to watch the Brabant Arrow we decided after the mud of Flanders and the dust of Roubaix that the motorhome and us were in need of a rest and … Continue reading
Paris Roubaix 2010
Thursday 8th April, after being asked to move on by the police from Carrefour l’Arbre the previous evening and spending the night in the supermarket car park we went back to the pave sections and it turns out that we … Continue reading
Schelderprijs 2010
Monday 4th April – Left field on top the of the Bosberg earlyish, fortunately because our camper is rear wheel drive we didn’t need the help of the tractor to get us out of the mud. Made our way to … Continue reading
Tour of Flanders 2010 (2)
This year has been a season of first’s for me. I attended the Omloop for the first time, the Dwars was also a new race and although I have been to the Tour of Flanders many times I have always … Continue reading
Tour of Flanders 2010 (1)
Ghent Wevelgum was a bit disappointing due to extreme parking restrictions around the vicinity of the Kemmelberg, therefore we were forced to go into a campsite not on the actual route (but fortunately only 10 minutes walk away from top … Continue reading
The world of clipless
One thing I hadn’t ventured into with my cycling was clipless pedals. To be honest the main thing holding me back was cash but also reading forums everyone seemed to be commenting on falling over which as a novice was … Continue reading