Tuesday, 26 May 2015

Lake Garda


Day - 1
Flight with EasyJet went ok, although late by about 45 minutes. Usual car rip off, extra insurance required at a cost plus the smallest Peugeot ever, who drives this crap? Greeted by typical UK weather, rain! Drove to Sirmione, hotel in a fabulous location on the waters edge, cross between Brugge/Prague & Venice. Had a wander, late lunch and a late meal. Knackered!

Day - 2
Woke up to a cloudy day, ok breakfast, lovely boat-trip around the peninsula. Pizza for lunch followed by the rain, so a wet trip around the Castle. Went to the spa which was very good, natural hot spring water ala Iceland, very warm and sulphurous. Very nice meal out, got talking to an Isreali couple who recommended Portofino as a holiday destination.

Day - 3
Sunshine! Set off around 10am for a drive around the island, West coast was extremely pretty, Loadsa cyclists and lots of long tunnels. Stopped at Riva Del Garda to look around plus lunch. Drove back along the East Coast which was more beachy but still pretty. Traffic busy as we got closer to Sirmione. Coffee and cake by the lake, quick spa. Watched the sunset and went for a meal, bumped into the Isreali couple and awkwardly ended up having a meal with them. Interesting couple.

Day - 4
I woke up early at 6:30 and went for a wander. Breakfast and then a stroll before heading off to the airport. Fairly straightforward trip home.

Conclusion:- Extremely pretty place, lovely hotel in a fantastic location. 




More pics here...


Wednesday, 20 May 2015

South Divisional Champsionships

17th May 2015

Big race this one, E123, 11 laps of the Owslebury course and some very tough opposition.

Team mates were Matt and Rob.

Phil started an early move and this formed into a good group including Will Bergfelt and some of the top other riders, This lasted for quite a few laps but alas the group split up and Phil ended up back in the bunch.

Finished 25th in the end but this wasn't a true reflection of a superb ride by Phil, shame the break didn't stick!



Sunday, 10 May 2015

Tour of the Milburys

Phil, Matt, Irish Phil & James competed in this very popular 2 stage event. 

This was Phil's best performance in this event finished 11th in the TT and 16th ish in the RR. On GC he finished a very respectable 8th.

His team mate did well to hang in there with his other team mates suffering from mechanicals.

Surrey League 3 day

Phil along with a few team mates raced this event which was based around Surrey & Kent. Very tough event with Phil finishing in 16th place on GC.

We watched the last stage in Kent and paid a quick visit to Hever Castle after the race.

Full results here..