Home2Rome2010: Update

[AB Editor]

Hi Everyone, want to see some of the silliness the chaps have been upto?

They've just passed the 500km mark: only 3/4 to go!

Check out http://Home2Rome2010.co.uk

Some really great pictures on there, including a particular rubbish hostel.

Spare Ed

[AB Editor]

from their site: http://home2rome2010....-great-mousse-robbery

After being served a bowl of coffee and a stale baguette we raced out of Dunkirque at the fastest pace we made so far, with the city’s stock of pudding in our pannier bags. With the crime committed we headed for the border and were quickly into Belgium, making the first 100km in just under 4 hours.

Since we were living on the run we couldn’t show our faces in respectable establishments so dined on tuc biscuits and lay’s sensations. After a couple more border crossings we strolled into Mons in good time only to find the military patrolling the market square in anticipation of our arrival! We dodged three tanks and took refuge in a much more pleasant hostel, in time for steak and chicken fajitas!

In all a pretty event free day, good weather and tail wind helped us make a swift getaway. After two days of steady sunshine the cyclewear tan-lines are increasingly pronounced. By Rome we should be ready to take on our new identities!

Calf

P.s. We later saw an officer driving a tank and carrying a pink umbrella - I’m guessing that’s not standard issue