Well I'm back from the Twin Coast Cycle Challenge 360km in 11:15.

I think I started one group too high as I got dropped each day but picked up fellow sufferers and finished each day in a small group. Best bit - the descent off the last (4km) climb . Worst bit - having to stop on the steepest climb after getting down to a cadence of about 30 and take a moment before zig-zagging the last 200m to the top . The really worst bit - coming last out of my mates by 5 minutes

After a diet of pasta and creamed rice for four days, it'll be a good week or two before I want to see either. I knocked off a Coopers Pale Ale and 1/2 a bottle of red wine last night

Lets hope the road cycling works out better for the kiwis as the track turned out to be a big collection of 4ths

The car vs bike thing sounds a bit the same as happens here. It usually turns out that unless bones get broken the cops aren't really interested I hope recovery is swift for the rider, and retribution slow and painful for the pink shirted nob-head.

I'll go for a Matin acoustic and Les Paul electric any day.