Day 63.
Woke up still feeling quite rough, my neck was sore and felt pretty much the same as when I went to bed. Lets hope I'm better tomorrow.
Today I went with Chris from Simpson Autocare to pick up some new injectors for Penny the Peugeot. We found a set for £95 from where we purchased the engine from. We got back to the workshop and Chris started to fit the injectors and found out that 2 of them were ******! 1 had a chunck of the clip missing that holds a fuel pipe on and 1 of the injector ends was so mangled that it was only good for a landfill site! We were both in a state of shock really that we had been sold them in that condition, and were both unhappy with the company we got them from. Do they think that a company that claims to be 'specialists' can get away with selling broken parts to a repeat customer? I guess a bit of the blame has to fall on me for not checking them while we were there but I really didn't think I needed to. I won't be using them again unless its the last option I have. They have shockingly bad reviews on their Google page. Bunch of cowboys! Still quite upset about it.
Once I got home I watched the Strade Bianche, a classic cycling race from Tuscany and the finish in Siena. I was only able to watch the final 20km or so and was glad I was able to. Fabian Cancellara made a break about 15km from the finish line. He attacked on a small climb and no one with him and no one was able to catch him. He used his time trialling skills well and powered his was to the finish line, finishing 42 seconds ahead of 2nd place. I love the early part of the cycling season. Its when all the classic one day races happen. There is so much history and tradition around these races.
Well its getting late and I'm still feeling really tired so I'm off to bed.
Until tomorrow.
Jim
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