Having started at 3.15am today Robin and Barbara (otherwise known as the Spartan Lites or the advance party) arrived at Archai Olympia at 7pm having taken 3 taxis, a plane and a 4 hour coach journey.

Our last helpful taxi driver who appeared to be 10 years of age just put the two boxes containing the bikes into the boot, leaving them sticking out precariously and held together with one piece of cord.
I am sure it had all been properly risk assessed as were the two rather overweight motorcyclists driving down the main road at about 70 with all the weekly shopping perched on the front handlebars and no crash helmets. Again fully risk assessed.

Starting cycling from olympia tomorrow. Like today forecast is scorchio – 40 degrees. Piece of advice out here especially after the footie – don’t mention the Germans. Barbara did once but I think we got away with it. R and B