Goedendag!
It's that time again. Optimistic for the year ahead - I have touched down in Belgium for the 2013 race season!
It’s been a whirlwind week but I am finally getting comfortable here at my new base just outside Zottegem; the home of my team - “Terra Footwear-Bicycle Line”.
The journey was a killer. I had to catch a 17 hour boat from Rosslare to Cherbourg which was full of overseas truckers and French students. With no internet and only a cookbook for company - it got pretty tedious. The boat trip was then followed by a very “costly” 6 hour trek through France and into Belgium. Must have spent close to 40 euro on toll’s. I was raging!
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| Warm welcome in France! |
I eventually got here, starving and tired, completing a journey that felt like it was never going to end, to meet the very friendly and welcoming team management and team/house mates at Terra HQ. It took a few days to get over the fatigue of the journey and to find my way around the new house and get my routine back. With some new kit and toys, I got out on a few rides and I’m starting to feel somewhat normal again. Just about!
I start my 2013 campaign tomorrow (3rd March) at “Vollezele” and I will take to the line in my first “Pro Kermesse” next Wednesday at “Wanzele-Lede”. Straight into the gutter then!
No messing about. Here we go!
Stay tuned for regular updates,
Eoin
