Lion Vets, Bike Polo and Mr Berridge Challenge

Well, in 9 days time I will have said hello to 36 people and on my way on the 1st day of the cycle.

To update everyone from the Saturday's post. I got up on Sunday with lots of enthusiasm, a bowl of slow releasing Muesli inside me and cup of Coffee to fuel my energy for the football match against Bristol Lion Vets. That is short for Veterans, although there is a Zoo in Bristol and Longleat (both with Lions), I do not think there is  a big demand for Lion Vets to make a whole football team. I started the game really well 1st half, but I tried to do a few things like a Cruyff turn in the middle of the pitch when we were getting back into the game. We were 4-2 down with chances to score coming and I tried a bit of skill, lost it, they scored and our heads went down. We lost 8-2 in the end.

After the game I went to a Bike Polo tournament to watch, the only reason I didn't enter was because I was playing football. Perhaps with hindsight I should have sacked off football. The tournament was really good fun and the skills of the players were immense. Predictably two London teams got to the final, but it was a good turnout with 2 London teams, 2 Sheffield, 2 Oxford, 3 Cardiff and 3 from Bristol. There was a Bike mechanic on site which I went to, I asked him to have a quick look at my gears as I have been having a few issues recently. He said I was missing a vital screw in my front derailleur, I probably should get that sorted. He also mentioned I was missing half a pedal and I explained that it happened 2 years ago, I have never been bothered to fix it, too lazy. 

In other news,

• I picked up a new smartphone Monday night so hopefully I will be able to update on my location when cycling.
• The cycling Tour of Britain is going on and the stage 4(South West) winner finished yesterday 110 miles in 4 hours 30. I will see how I get on next weekend!
• This Saturday I will be cycling a custom bike with a barrel of Cider from Bath to the Full Moon pub in Stokes Croft as part of the BristolCycleFestival.

Louis