Originally posted by RadioBeach:
Mornin' guv – I’ve been away being best man at a wedding and have missed both posts!
POST #1: Apologies about the Brick Lane thing – for the record Preem is really good. Hahahahahaha! Like the Savage song – despite my hatred of Robbie Savage (he is a complete and utter…complete and utter). I hope we do get to the San Siro! Based on the result against Wigan though – not so sure!
POST #2: I did not know about Laurent Fignon. Many thanks for Fotheringham’s tribute. That’s really sad – a real loss. He really was the Quiet Man of the Tour but I see Fotheringham has translated Fignon’s autobiography – a must buy I reckon.
I’d never heard that Alphaville track before – like the rest of the UK, I only know Big in Japan and Forever Young!
Don’t worry about the (non) goings on in L4 – I’m not too troubled by the lapse we had against Wigan. It’s only September – transfer window’s out the way now, things’ll settle down a bit (I hope).
I’ve been walking about 10 miles a day in training for the C2C and at the weekends I’ve been walking from Bethnal Green to Muswell Hill and back – a distance of about 14 miles approx. I’ve also been relearning navigation techniques in case there’s a whiteout in the hills (one part is 2000ft above sea-level, so a whiteout is possible).
Well in Gazza I'm proud of you mate No need for me to tell you Cumbria/ Co Durham is a lovely part of the world Keep at it .
When are you going ? I've been in a white- out at the foot of the Matterhorn Awesome in the true sense of the word (not as my little princess would describe the latest dirge from Lady Gaga)
I liked Fignon a lot , as you said the Quiet Man of cycling How I wish he'd made those 8 seconds up on Lemond !
Re San Siro I'll get the spare bed ready Rafa Clownkex sems to be doing a marvellous job with Inter as he did with The Shite (this scores 100 on the ironymeter)
I deduce that Ivan never made it to Chateau Radler the lazy get ! Never fear a new copy will be made and sent from Liverpool 20 (Bootle) next week E- mail me your address one more time please
That Alphaville tune will be appearing on "Ivan's all- time top 20 Synth Smashes Crimbo album
I was nearly asking you for a spare bed as we'll be playing the mighty Brentford Dead handy from Heathrow , but it's the little princesses 11th birthday so I'll be boogying my arse off to Lady Gaga on 21st instead of being at Griffin Park !
If you don't hear from me for the next few days don't go phoning Esther Rantzen I'll be sampling the ale in Liverpool then Bremen You as my Directeur Sportif showed me the advantages of going on the lash before an important race last April
G Hensey the Brian Clough of Cycling !
ADDENDUM
Re transfer window you were nearly off my Xmas card list Pienaar and Saha for Keane and Bentley!!!
apparently those idiots at Sky have to justify their wages by making spurious rumours up
Re"Quand nous etions jeunes et Insouciants" I think I'll go for the original , hope you manage to get your hands on Fotheringham's translation
