Anyone see the Tour Prologue and Stage 1? We went up to London for the prologue – astounding number of spectators. The police were expecting 500,000 – over 1 million turned up. The atmosphere was electric.

On Sunday morning we strolled along to the end of our lane and set up camp next to the village pub. By the time the caravan arrived, let alone the race, there must have been about a thousand people there. On one side of us was a couple from Holland and on the other a couple from Scotland. All this at a small village crossroads south of Ashford! A real party atmosphere pervaded the place, everybody chatting to everybody (remember, the way we used to?). Everything that moved got a cheer, from every official car that passed even long before the race arrived, to the police and gendarmerie. When the race finally arrived we made so much noise you couldn't hear yourself think.
Apparently more than 2 million people turned out to watch along the route.

What a phenomenal weekend. A big thank you to all who organised it all, but the biggest thanks must go to Ken Livingstone for getting the ball rolling in the first place.