Cambridge - Tuesday 17th June

Hello once again! Apologies for the slight delay - we've spent all the time since returning from the end of the round unloading everything from the lorry, followed by Everyone's Favourite Job (tm) - putting all of the kit back into its boxes and taking it back to the people who kindly supplied it to us. Top of the list for this is reboxing laptops, where serial numbers have to be matched on machine, box, power supply, etc...

But enough of my moaning - let's get back into the entries for the last two seminars of the round, starting with Cambridge.

We've visited here a couple of times now, but it still feels very odd indeed. Cambourne is clearly a newly-built town that's only been in existence for a small number of years, and it still feels strangely "too new". Somewhere between Stepford Wives and Disneyland, is the general conclusion, with the 'oddness' coming from every single building being the same age. Our lorry driver Shaun is very happy though, as he's a big fan of Morrisons and their in-shop cafes, and rates the shiny new Cambourne one among the best :)

The day of the seminar went well, with some nice weather to boot, and Jodie held up remarkably well given she arrived at setup the day before, straight from the Isle of Wight Festival. Clearly, I was distracted by the lovely weather and completely forgot to take the statutory end of day photograph. In its place, I can only offer a slightly unusual roundabout decoration we passed on our way to the venue via Milton Keynes...



And on a personal note, a word of thanks to Paul Mantripp from The Denes High School. He's the only other person I know connected with the seminars in any way who's interested in road cycling as much as me! The rest of the team have to put up with me chuntering on about obscure Belgian Classics or how Mark Cavendish will be the greatest British cyclist of all time, and do so with varying degrees of feigned interest, but it's very nice for me to have someone to actually engage in coversation :) Thanks Paul, you made me happier than Tom Boonen's defence lawyer on fee-paying day!