Ahoyhoy.
What a day!
Up at 6am to drive a fully loaded Sir Humphrey Bikelby in -4degC winter. All was going well until a decidedly silly person on the A14 must have been distracted by Sir Humphrey's gorgeous bum and drove into the back of us. Fortunately only shoved us forward a few inches and managed to do no damage as best I can tell. What a start.
Finally made it late to the MAGPAS offices where the phone was ringing. It was Jeremy from the BBC Cambs breakfast show who started pointing out that I had mental problems. Fair enough. Nice later on to get both print photo bods and camera fellows from BBC & ITV. I guess we'll all be Roger Melly later on.
After a few emergency cups of tea and biscuits to deal with 1) shock and 2) -4degC we made our way to Hackney to meet all of the the A&E Agency team (one of our primary sponsors) and jolly nice peeps. I have no idea what Emily the satnav thought she was doing but she did show me some of the new Olympic stuff I think. She's always good for a novel route.
More novelty on looking at the skyline west of the gurkin. Where did all that come from and a tad further down the river is a giant glass obelisk! Looks fantastic. Wonderful to ride through the heart of the city like I was back at college. I did get a bit carried away after a few waves from folks and a chat with a motorcycle courier - 300+kg bike makes for exciting sweeps between crazy taxis and white vans. Having tested the edge of my Pirelli Scorpions I sat back and enjoyed the run to Heathrow and the top bods and James Cargo. Fab boys Danny, Roddy, Steve & Jim.
At James Cargo I had a double hit of pain, having to say goodbye to Sir Humphrey, Little Tigger & Magpaws and the £1700+ one way bill. Nevertheless the have the reputation of being the best and from my dealings with James Cargo I would have to wholeheartedly agree. I even got a lift to the station with Steve and Polly his medically interesting Staffy who after two shorts barks decided to lick through my jeans so on the way home on the tube it looked like I was an exceedingly well hung but incontinent chap.
What a day.
Now just two weeks to wait. Oh and I have to be at work in three hours.
TTFN,
Tigger
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