I know you all would rather
hear from Julz but unfortunately his computer has shit itself for now and
therefore his diaries are not forthcoming... Reminiscent of a few grand tours
he's done actually... For some reason he always has techo problems half way
through a 3wk stage race.... Go figure??? If anyone should be going on
diary-writing strike it should be Julz himself!
Julian Dean - Team Credit Agricole sprinter. Photo copyright Roadcycling.com
So
I chatted to my lovely last night and the poor bugger is knackered. He says he
hasn't felt this buggered since his first ever Grand Tour as a neo-pro. He is
just hating it at the mo. He's so tired, he can't sleep and has lost his
appetite which makes shovelling in loads of food just to function, near
impossible. He is dreading the next 3 days but knows that if he can just make it
through those then he's on his way to 'Gay Paris'... Where his 'mini me' and I
will be waiting!
There has been some good news from him though.... He
managed to get the 2 bottles of Summer Ale that Dale Hollows sent over! That
really made his day and when I asked him if he'd already cracked them open he
promptly replied, "No way! When I get home, I'm gonna sit up on our roof terrace
in the evening and drink those."
Good
idea, I thought. There's some things in Spain that are hard to beat and sitting
on our roof terrace drinking a nice cold 'Summer Ale' on a warm Summer's
evening, with a mountain right behind us and a valley full of Valencian oranges
reaching out to the Mediterranian Sea in front of us, is definitely one of them.
Just hope he shares one with me!
Apart from receiving his liquid gold,
he's also managed to catch up with a few other Kiwis along the way. He's been
loving all the Kiwi support out there. No doubt there'll be a few up Alp d'Huez
which will be great for his morale....
Hopefully, he can get his computer
all figured out real soon. But if not, I'll keep you all updated as best as I
can....
