The longest stage of the tour today for the cyclists. I haven’t had quite that long to spin today, but we do seem to be having the same filthy weather as they are in France. I am hoping it will cheer up a bit by the weekend as I am playing in an outdoor concert with Barnes Concert Band on Saturday.  If anyone is local and feels like popping along, we will be playing in a marquee at Barnes Fair, on the green near the pond in the centre of Barnes, London, UK. We are playing from 4 til 5.30 but there will be lots of other bits and pieces going on all afternoon, and it’s usually good fun.

I made good progress on my work project during the day, and spun a bit more of my merino/silk while watching the tour this evening. Fortunately I managed to find 5 minutes when it wasn’t raining to take a picture of the progress on bobbin number 3 so far:

Today’s coin is a Gibraltar pound.

I am hopeful that I shall finish this bobbin tomorrow.

It has been rather fun the last couple of days watching them cycle through places I have been to. I am hoping I might recognise a few places when they go down through the Loire region tomorrow too.