On the move!

D day has now arrived - last night went out with SWMBO and our good friends Mary and Fatrat for what I had termed 'The Last Supper' at the local curry house Khans. As a dare I wore my new very gay pink Giro D'Italia cycling top - Although I did remove it after a short while for fear that the smell of stale curry would accompany me up Alp D'Huez. I had Set out all my kit very carefully and around lunchtime set off in the car for Dover. An uneventful journey saw me at my hotel in Chalons Sur Champagne by around 9.15pm. Managed to dive in to the restaurant next door for a carafe of Merlot and grilled duck breast with more fat on it than Jordan's biggest assets. Actually the meal has cheered me up a bit as before I was feeling a bit down - wondering why I was putting myself though a week of cycling purgatory whilst Mrs M and Nick lie on the beach in Connecticut! Future posts this week will be dependent on the availability of wifi on my travels. Allez Allez as a friend of mine said to me today!