Have decided that the 2010 trip needs and emblem and what better than a yellow rose. Saw plenty of them on a cycling DVD I watched not long ago and thought how lovely they were, so the yellow rose it is!
Heard today that the 2010 Tour is scheduled to start in just the right place for us, from either Dusseldorf, Rotterdam, or Utrecht! This should mean that we will be able to catch the overnight boat from Newcastle to Amsterdam and then have a really sensible length of journey to the start and then a 5 or so hour drive from Paris after Le Tour back to Amsterdam for the sailing home, brilliant!