Day One

Technology is against me on this one, I think they have a dial up connection in Northern France or everyone is blogging it up this evening.  Even the keyboard is against me, its not qwerty, its azerty.  Keys all over the place.  First leg complete.  Early start from the flat at the Barbican. Left at 7 after a quick bite to eat and couple of good strong coffees. First task of the day, to get 2 bikes, 2 boxes and around 40kg of kit to Greenwich park tea room. Freezing cold on arrival. A nice warming coffee and supportive words from the Aedas marketing team, thank you. A few snaps, some words from Nick Hanmer and the teams and were off. Steady pace towards the coast. Generally cloud cover with a couple of warmly welcomed rays of sunshine.  The peloton slowly shaping up, weve got days to work on that, with team leaders doing a great job to keep us in shape. The motorcycle out riders did a fantastic job, superb to roll through lights and over roundabouts in one tight pack with the outriders looking after our safety. Very tour de France. Cold winds blast us on the final approach to Folkestone and the pace really picks up. Glad of The extra baselayers, thank you Rapha. Pulling up to the hotel, so far so good.