Time for a seasonal book review. The Tour de France is in its last exciting week, so here’s a look at French Revolutions: cycling the Tour de France by Tim Moore. I stumbled upon this book listed on Gerry Patterson’s cycling website. Parsimonious as ever, I got a budget copy from Amazon marketplace since there was [...] [...]
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This year, 2011, the caravan, a 45-minute long procession, consists of : 160 crazy vehicles 600 people 33 brand names 16 million freebies 12 gendarmes 4 traffic regulator motorcyclists 3 medical cars A couple of other facts. Each advertiser invests between €200,000 to € 500,000. And 39% of spectators only come to see the caravan! The idea of the publicity caravan began in 1930. It [...] [...] We have had a brilliant morning watching the Tour de France. We woke up to rain, which was a blow. We wanted the rain, we’ve been praying for it – but not today! However, it dried up shortly before we set off at just after 10 am to claim our spot for watching the spectacle, after [...] [...] Naked what? Well, half a dozen people have ended up at my site as a result of using the search term ‘naked Eurovision’, with another person after ‘Eurovision nudity’. There is a definite obsession with nakedness out there! Other bizarre search terms have been ‘lucky dog Limousin’ and ‘Anita Brooknerish’. I used that last phrase [...] [...] |
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