My post begins with a note made last Friday. I had pre-planned my trip, journeying to St Georges hospital, in Tooting. | was there, volunteering my services to the 'Bridges Project'.
Hospitals are amazing places!
I had no particular reason for making the note, other than an explanation.
Hospitals are amazing places!
It is where people go to get better. Not worse, better. It is everyone's aim to improve.
The positive, progressive outlook is shared by everyone here, seemingly. It is not an 'Accident/Emergency hospital', but a 'University hospital', explaining why my view is so warped. It is amazing to notice the effect of public morale, realising that half of the reason people find a hospital depressing, may be because many inhabitants seem depressed. It is so important to be careful and ensure positivity.
Momentous, my next note. Maybe not for everyone, but as a strong fan of professional cycling myself, alarming. Alarming, that I refused to open my eyes to the true, possible fact that 'my sport', is enjoyed around the world. It used to centre around Central Europe. Part of my love was of these small French or Italian teams who may be sponsored by a shop that you may only ever see on holiday, if at all! Yes, there were Belgian and Spanish teams/races as well, and ignorance of them added to their peculiar mystery! A German team, Deutsche Telekom, was fairly new. They became 'T-Mobile'. Shock and surprise, an American on a US team wins the Tour De France again and again (obvious cheat)! Finally, a 'British' team (even though Murdoch is Australian). A Briton wins the Tour de France, AND Olympics! Yahoo!
Then another Brit wins again, again, AND AGAIN! Wow! Hmmm! Wow! Well done Chris!
This is good, but Brits aren't supposed to win 'my sport'!
Now I read this...
Sad sad news…
End of massive era...
From memory of ‘my era', top tier Italian teams, with their top 2, 'big' riders...
Gatorade (Sports Drink)
Gianni Bugno, Laurent Fignon
Carrera (Jeans)
Claudio Chiapucci, Marco Pantani
Mapei (Industrial company)
Andrea Tafi, Johan Museeuw
Saeco (Coffee Machines)
Mario Cipollini, Gilberto Simoni
Polti (Vacuum Cleaners)
Luc Leblanc, Richard Virenque
Lampre (Household appliances)
Gilberto Simoni, Damiano Cunego
Mercatone Uno (Supermarkets)
Marco Pantani, Stefano Garzelli
Asics (Sportswear)
Michele Bartoli, Paolo Bettini
Fassa Bortolo (Industrial Company)
Michele Bartoli, Alessandro Petacchi
Liquigas (Industrial/Petro-Chemical)
Ivan Basso, Vincenzo Nibali
Guess who my favourite riders were?!... :)
(clue, they appear twice)!!
Now no team in the top league... :(
The Lampre jersey design is iconic.
Worthy of encasing a book, i feel! ;)
Damiano Cunego follows Franck Schleck up the Alpe D'Huez in 2006 TDF.
I posted this text, on Facebook, aiming to communicate with my fellow Surbiton residents, some who have reacted negatively, against riverside roadwork developments, developing a cycle lane.
PEOPLE, WAKE UP! 'Protecting cyclists, the cheapest, most ecological, healthiest mode of transport, whatever next?' Cycling is the way forward. Cycling must be encouraged, otherwise it will always remain such a minuscule minority, the public may view cyclists negatively, and too many accidents will happen!
Earlier this week, my parents and I visited the De La Warr Pavilion, in Bex Hill, on the South-Coast.
The chances are, you already know how crazy, in love I get wth a bit of Art-Deco architecture (i.e. Surbiton Station, Tate Modern, Telegraph Building etc)
The pavilion was built in 1935.
I enjoyed taking my own photographs.
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