Stage 3, Waregem - Compiègne, 236 kms, Sat 30th June

Stage went fine, no pictures yet. 147 miles is still a long way though and took us all day. Lovely scenery, quiet roads and it's now warm ! Hurrah, we've had enough of rain.

Lovely campsite now, just heading for a beer.

Laura arrived safe and sound and we'll have an eight man peloton tomorrow when Axciom's gang join us.

Main learning so far is that with riding all day there is barely enough time to do anything else. Thankfully Matt's dad is being really helpful and feeding us etc.

Highlights : The longest stage of the tour completed and we are further south so it's warmer.

Lowlights : Two more punctures ! But I think that's was Belgiums dodgy roads and weather, feeling better about France.

Stats and Google Earth link here

Stage 2, Dunkirk - Ghent, 168.5kms, Friday 29th June

Flanders means rain and mud and we got the authentic experience…..in buckets. It was pretty miserable for most of the day and we were shivering by the lunch stop. But it cleared up later on, we made it and are now looking forwards towards (dreading) the longest stage of the tour tomorrow…into a headwind too.

Highlight – First continental stage completed

Lowlight – Flanders in the rain can be pretty miserable. Two more punctures and 1 crash (Matt, but he’s fine).

Stats and Google Earth link here

Stage 1, London - Canterbury, 203kms, Thursday 28th June

Much better weather, nice start in Greenwich but a little grim through East London suburbia. Rochester very nice, and scenic countryside for the second half. All finished and we still caught the ferry as a bonus.

Highlight – Finishing a proper stage, a pub in Bethersden getting into the tour spirit

Lowlight – Another puncture, this time when we arrived and unloaded in Dunkirk








































Stats and Google Earth link here

The Prologue, London, 7.9km's, Wednesday 27th June 2007

Rain, cold and almost dark, England in mid-summer and those were the conditions we had for the prologue. But we got the show on the road and we all completed, including Kyle !

Highlight – We’ve started, and friends and family coming to see us off

Lowlight – Rain, cold and one puncture already

All the stats and a link to Google Earth here