Prosecco Classico Gran Fondo 2012

One and a half lights, hats, please. Mine went out every time I rode over a pothole, which was (given the industrious Italian approach to rural road maintenance) roughly every 3 seconds.

Seeing where you're going is massivley overrated anyway.

You're right. And if we'd have been able to see that monstrous beast that chased us in the dark, roaring and slobbering, back to the hacienda we'd probably have been frightened sober again. No, it's best it stayed hidden in the dark.

That trip was a reverse into everything free for all. Austrian camper tourists did not approve of someones driving skills, I'll name no names.

Polished out alright tho....

Did they ever get in touch? They were FUMING! As well as being slightly confused that we "didn't see" in their massive campervan...

Don't think so, either way it was the greatest smidsy of all time, doubt we'll top that one.

Well I was fuming that the fricking Austrians didn't have kaisersmaarn on the menu..
Had hoped to knock the old bird off her feet, o wait maybe they were German..

Seriously though base campion, the gargle, trattoria alla cima, Massimo, the gran fondo route,
f#ck I'd never seen so many vineyards back to back before.. And the gelato, swoon

Bernie still has my stash of gargle.. It all goes in the van for the Ardennes terminator in may..

We'll get through it, not very belgian tho is it? Prosecco and waffles.....yes

Don't worry stu we'll drink it on Eurostar if you want..
For breakfast with orange juice, ham, cheese, French sticks..
And wave as we pass you at Folkestone or Calais

Or stuck on the E40 around Brussels

Barsteward ;)

Seriously though base campion, the gargle, trattoria alla cima, Massimo, the gran fondo route,
f#ck I'd never seen so many vineyards back to back before.. And the gelato, swoon

Bernie still has my stash of gargle.. It all goes in the van for the Ardennes terminator in may..

Ohh, dear...

"Well, there was this thing called Christmas, right. And a few people came around, like, and.. well, you know how it goes...."

Not the whole case!
And the bottle from villa sandi ??

:(

Not the whole case!
And the bottle from villa sandi ??

:(

Only joking. All intact, and perfectly stored at 11oC.

phew.. okay make sure we have a van big enough for a beer run to/from Malmedy, and include me on the driver list.. i'm taking the van for a spin around the SPA circuit.

ta x

phew.. okay make sure we have a van big enough for a beer run to/from Malmedy, and include me on the driver list.. i'm taking the van for a spin around the SPA circuit.

ta x

... only if there is an Austrian camper van for you to ram raid on the way round...

... only if there is an Austrian camper van for you to ram raid on the way round...
and some tables and chairs for you to knock over ;).. also let the local chief of police know when we have arrived..

and some tables and chairs for you to knock over ;).. also let the local chief of police know when we have arrived..

I believe he is already organising the speed trap on the finishing straight.

the massacre at malmedy, is already well documented..
he'll make us feel very welcome i'm sure ;)

and we'll invite him to our battle of the bilge..
feck it i'll invite andy and frank over too,
the schleck's are always good for a laugh..

btw hats knows the van route to Aachen..
just a short hop south from there to Malmedy

So little Cadence Tiagra McArthur arived last night (may not be actual name). Early - but well. Someone needs to put her name down for Prosecco 2029 ....

W00t! Pass on my congratulations to mum and dad!

Wow! Cadence is ahead of the field already! Please send my love to Elle and Al and baby Prosecco (look, if Chardonnay works as a first name then surely Prosecco does too!). Hope the whole family are doing really well xx

Wow! Cadence is ahead of the field already! Please send my love to Elle and Al and baby Prosecco (look, if Chardonnay works as a first name then surely Prosecco does too!). Hope the whole family are doing really well xx

+1. Lovely news.

Wow, I need to knit that onesie for little cavendisha raphalina, like pronto
KT Bee, Please pass on my warmest congratulations to Eleanor and Alistair
We should organise a pressie and card.
xx

I finally got my film developed from this but it turns out that I somehow managed to take an entire set of pictures on top of another set of pictures from like 1998 so there are a bunch of pictures of bikes and drunk people interspersed with photos of cats and people's feet.

Some of the shots from the hacienda turned out more or less ok:
http://sphotos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/543784_10201085243237790_467916986_n.jpg
http://sphotos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/539259_10201085244037810_911317267_n.jpg
http://sphotos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/529566_10201085240837730_1108110282_n.jpg
http://sphotos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/537310_10201085243717802_1668887556_n.jpg

Oh happy days, bothwell. I can still taste the gargle..

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I still have four bottles