Sometimes there's a fair amount of serendipity in life, the photo above is a good example. Taken as Junior and I rolled along the waterfront in early April, by me, using the camera on my phone, very much the lucky shot. Junior may even get another modelling contract out of this one.
In relation to the shoulder/ground impact and broken clavicle sustained last month I saw the physio this afternoon, he gave me a pretty positive report and told me I'd been a good sensible chap. I have a list of exercises which will return me to manhood in a jiffy. I have been using the Iron Maiden in the garage a bit, probably not enough, but I value my mental health also. It will prove interesting to see how incapable I have become when I return to riding on the road.
I am itching to get out on the road, but with a fair degree of responsibility residing on my improving shoulder I'm cautious, not a bad thing, but I feel a little like Courage the Cowardly Lion. Additionally I'd quite like to shift the other moniker I have been saddled with, and crashing again in the short term would pin that on me firmly.
And what about the Giro d'Italia? What a fantastic race, excitement, pathos, breakaways, crashes, mud, grit, tears and a World Champion who is riding like just that. I'm no Evans fan, but it's great to see the Rainbow Jersey getting a decent outing. And not just in the Giro either.
It's just what professional cycling needs at the moment, as the storm clouds gather. I'm no apologist for what is currently unfolding with confessions and accusations of doping and drug taking, and I believe, or hope, that there will be a lot of good come out of the box that has been opened and peeked into, it's just I don't want the TDF and doping revelations centred on that event detract from other outstanding racing that is taking place, and the sea change that appears to be occurring in cycling with regard to accepted practice.
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