It’s so close I can almost taste it. The mud. The dust. The heavy Spring air, turning to rain, blown across the fields of Flanders, where many a battle has been fought, in trenches and on wheels. Battles fought against other men, battles fought within each man. My own mind is in battle; am I worthy? Will I be prepared for the beating my body will take, and will my mind deal with it? Well, I’m not going to my own grave without doing this. I will survive on V.
The Keepers Tour just gets better and better. The team at Pavé Cycling Tours should be known as the Mailmen of Flanders, because they just keep on delivering. It seems almost every day there’s an email informing us of an addition to the tour, and our responses are more and more ‘screaming teenager’ than composed adult. To say we’re excited about this trip could be the understatement of the year. We’re excited.
The latest gems from Alex and William include;
Of course, this is all in addition to the already confirmed awesomeness of riding with The Lion of Flanders Johan Museeuw, touring the Eddy Merckx factory, riding on the Gent velodrome, touring the Brunehaut brewery (where our organic Malteni beer is produced) and another cycling museum visit in Beveren. There’s a heap of other activities confirmed too, so email us for the full presentation.
And the best part? All of this is included in the super low price! Everything. All meals, all accommodation, all drinks (yes, beer!) and hanging out with a cool bunch of like-minded bike nuts.
Sell your first-born if you have to, but don’t miss out on a week, or weekend of pure Classics bliss. There are still a few seats available, so book yours now.
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@JC Belgium
It seems that much of what comes out of the European bureaucrats is moving towards a single state in such away that is damaging to the rights and customs of it's member nations and has become law without any apparent democratic process. The perception over here, certainly in the media is that many Europeans aren't unduly concerned by such a shift from member nations to a single state. I can't imagine why anyone would want to be European.
@The Oracle
I'm sure the Kiwis can post some wedding pictures.
@The Oracle
Why, in the name of all that is good, would you even want to do that? And why would you tell us?
@Chris
WTF - political commentary - this site is no place for such educated and considered opinion
Hugely irrelevant, but I maybe seeing my greatest ever sporting achievement unfolding before my very eyes
I am currently lying 229th out of 160,000 entries in the Volvo Ocean Race Game Online - pick that one out!
I only point this out, as it is all about to go pear shaped for me, and I believe in blowing one's trumpet before disappearing up one's own ass
Thank you for listening
@Dr C
I discovered after posting that my "safe search" setting was set to moderate. Thank Merckx for that, as it seems to have sheltered me.
@Chris
I googled "sheep bothering," because I had never heard that phrase before. For some reason I hit the "images" search as well. It was only after doing so that I realized that searching for images of "sheep bothering" may turn up some undesirable results. Luckily, the "safe search" settings saved me from the psychic trauma. Rest assured, I do not plan on re-running the search with the safe-search turned off. I'd have a lot of 'splaining to do to our IT guy.
@Dr C
Congratulations. I finished second in the Canadian Correspondence Chess Championship a couple of years back. But that didn't have 160,000 participants...
@Dr C
@Steampunk
Awesome, you guys are gamers? We should get together for some Halo!
Now I just need to learn what that is...
@ChrisO
Its just a dialect...so Flemish sounds like French does to French speakers...
@JC Belgium
My guess is the designer at Sock Guy picked the all black one because its easier to make, not for any political reason...
@Dr C
I'm going to start with hoping that my Dutch has stayed good enough not to land all y'all in prison for something I said. After that, I'll just pretend to be me and the Dutch will assume I'm Dutch and the Flemish will assume I'm Flemish because of the ambient Awesome everywhere I go.
@Marko
What's Halo? What's a gamer? Did you just insult me or something? I'd like to get this cleared up.