jonnybaker

le tour

in life's madness at the moment i haven't yet mentioned the tour de france. but as ever when around we watch itv's hour summary every night of each stage. it's been a pretty exciting year so far with lance armstrong back aged 38 and currently only 2 seconds off the lead - surely he can't win?! mark cavendish equalled the most stage wins ever by a british rider with his fourth stage win this tour and i'm sure he'll win more. he is simply brilliant. let's hope he makes it through the alps next week to win on the champs d'elysée. it's also been great to see bradley wiggins giving it a real go this year and sticking with the elite riders in the mountains. he is currently in 5th. watching the alpe d'huez in the alps last year is still a wonderful family memory though it seems a while back now...

lance is back

lance returns to professional cycling

olympic hopefuls in ealing

i have to confess i absolutely loved the olympics. it helps that britain did so much better than we all expected and the cyclists were just unbelievable. i'm not sure what i'm going to do at 7pm each evening now the highlights of the day won't be on. anyway the baton now passes to london for 2012. and as part of that build up ealing is in on the act...

congratulations to ed lee. i went to the opening of his exhibition at pitshanger manor gallery in ealing of 5 olympic hopefuls. there are 5 photos of each hopeful following them in training. ed is part of the ealing london independent photography group. the ealing times review is here. the exhibition is only on until the end of august. if you do go, there is also a very interesting exhibition of photos on afghanistan, although at points it tries too hard to communicate the dutch army's involvement who sponsored the photos!

women olympians

i am enjoying the olympics - an hour summary each night ends the day nicely. i loved this piece celebrating women athletes in today's guardian.

[update: watch this space - our friend sky will be up there in a few years time!]