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Hello all.
Hope you're all well and have been making the most of the great weather.
I was off on Thursday and went to watch a stage of the Tour of Britain. I did take some photos - but they aren't great.  I think you either need to watch something as fast as a cycle race or concentrate on taking photos.  I watched the race as I wanted to make sure I got a glimpse of Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish.  Easy to spot as they were both near the front of the main group.

This isn't Mark Cavendish.  He was riding a bike.  But I thought it looked funny.  
This is the main group - as I said I was watching the race...
I've also been doing some gardening as the weather has been so nice.  I've sown some sweet peas as I keep hearing that sewing in the autumn gets better results.  I've also dug out and planted up some foxgloves and aquilegia. 
So when I've made a bit more progress I'll show you how it's going.
Not much progress on the sewing front at the mo - but I will get on with some this weekend.
Take care.

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