He doped.
He lied.
He cheated.
He bullied people.
And I was wrong when I said that his Oprah appearance was just going to be a "fluff" programme where he turned on the charisma and made it sound as though he was not such a bad guy after all.
Right, moving on:
Hello, Schlecklanders! Greeting from England: see that white blob just beyond the low wall? That's my car.
It's been snowing for a couple of hours, and it's forecast to go on for two days solid, stop for a day, then another several days of it. We're not set up for it, you know! We don't have a chance to get used to it, we're not like those tough folk in Canada or Sweden (for example) - most years, we barely see any snow at all. And tomorrow LLB and I have a 175 mile journey right up the middle of the country. Lovely!
Meanwhile, what of Schleckland?
Well, it hasn't felt right, to be writing about Our Andy while Frankie is still waiting with the Doom of Damocles hanging over his head. It felt particularly wrong to be thinking of writing any humorous at this time. And of course we haven't had much input, as there's not much going on - apart from team-jumping, sponsor-abandonment, and prep for the Tour Down Under.
Ahh, the Tour Down Under. On the BBC news today, squeezed right down the bottom under screaming headlines of "Snow paralyses UK!" "schools close due to snow!" (most school children in the UK can WALK to their schools, huh, when I was at school we didn't get a day off just because of snow, we were expected to get there and get on with it, grumble grumble) "Someone Killed Due To Snow" etc etc, there was a tiny mention that Sydney is having the scorchingest day ever.
Wonder how early Andy and the others are going to go out there to acclimatise? Mondorf - pause while I check the traffic cameras - looks pretty much like England at the moment, so let's hope they've already gone out there.
I thought I remembered a mention that Andy was planning to go to Australia a couple of weeks early, anyone know if he did?
Oh, and errr, yes, I know the race starts tomorrow... well, I do now, having just checked: could have sworn it wasn't until next week, oops!
ReplyDeleteSo, Andy, Jensi and the others are all out there, anyone seen them??
Coug
Hi Coug!
ReplyDeleteHappy new year to you and all the other Schlecklanders out there. I can't believe how much snow there is in your backyard. It's currently impossible for me to imagine how cold is must be over there for you at the moment, especially since it's expected to be 35 degrees celsius here tomorrow!
Having followed Jensi's tweets, I think he and Andy both arrived in Oz at least a few weeks ago (ah, my heart was warmed when Jensi tweeted he was eating Vegemite) so hopefully they have acclimatised a little (although even those of us used to living in hot climates find 44 deg. celsius just a little too hot for comfort!) Alas, I will not have the opportunity to go down and stalk, er, I mean, cheer, for Andy in person. But on the plus side, this is the one time of the year where I don't have to stay up till 1am to watch a race live on tv!
Bris. Gal
44 degrees????!!! Yikes!!!!
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear that you can at least watch it sensibly, even if you can't get there to stalk..errr... support the boys.
Talking of which, Schlecklanders, get ye hence over to the (new) Radioshack Leopard Trek website and Vote For Andy!!
!they haven't bothered to take out riders who no longer ride for them, so you can still vote for Jakob, Linus, etc, but don't waste a vote! Vote For Andy!
http://www.radioshackleopardtrek.net/polls/which-radioshack-nissan-trek-rider-will-you-be-looking-forward-to-follow-in-2012/
Off you go!
Coug