It’s Christmas, roll out the lonely Belgians

We are now home in Biarritz from Pau for Christmas. It’s going to be a family affair, and with both grandmothers and a culinary competent au pair close by, it promises to be very much a gastronomic gathering. As a sort of preventative action, I’ve already set up the bike trainer in the garage. So far I’ve done the Belgian Tour of Flanders twice over the last two days (and ridden the horse once). Seeing video images and the funny red bricks of Belgium always brings back happy memories, and hearing the music that I used to listen to during the spell I lived there (predominantly Mika...), brings an additional smile to my face. It’s just a shame that I’m all on my own in my garage – surely it would be more fun to actually go out riding with someone else, if only the rain would just stop…