Since I moved to suburbia it’s safe to say there has been a clear drop off in location related excitement.

Whilst it is a big relief not to have shootings on my street and terrorist raids on the local estate I do miss the occasional festivities in Victoria Park.

So it’s no lie when I say I’m giddy as a schoolboy about the Tour de France coming through my neck of the woods on Sunday. Stage 1 goes right past my street!

Personally I haven’t been brave enough to take my trek 100 road bike up Bostall Hill yet but I may try tomorrow (just for a giggle and whilst the road is shut making it semi-safe).

Hopefully I’ll have some pictures for the blog on Sunday, if it’s not raining to heavily.

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