February 2012
22 posts
THE FIRST WEEKEND
The European racing season opens in a cloud of embrocation with the single-day minor Classics, the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and the KBK. Each race an early-season test of form, nerve and guts, as riders throw themselves on to the slippery cobbles of Flanders and the Flemish Ardennes, hoping to kick start their Classics campaign with an early victory. Camille Mcmillan captures the hard, wet,...
Spring Offensive
by Wilfred Owen
Halted against the shade of a last hill, They fed, and, lying easy, were at ease And, finding comfortable chests and knees Carelessly slept. But many there stood still To face the stark, blank sky beyond the ridge, Knowing their feet had come to the end of the world.
Marvelling they stood, and watched the long grass swirled By the May breeze, murmurous with wasp and midge, For...
WatchJTL, Tour of Britain, 2011.
