Spring?

I recieved a phone call from Pete whilst I was at work last night, "I'll meet you outside when you leave off at 10pm". Sure enough he was there, having already done a quick zip around Norwich City centre, he then escorted me on my way home!
Not wanting to be outdone, I managed to do a 35mile trip around today, on my day off, and the weather was beautiful. Snowdrops and crocus flowers decorating the hedgeside and the sun beaming down, the day had a real feeling of spring about it.We are really fortunate where we live, the area is stunning and I would not want to live any where else in the country (we could do with some proper hills though).
A stark contrast to the scenery that the peloton are blasting through in the tour of Qatar at the moment! The riders are obviously 'testing' themselves in readiness for the spring classics, with breakaways within the first 5km of the race. It's hard to judge the speed they are riding as there are few points of reference along the way, just pure desert, but the peloton was travelling at 43mph for a good period of the race!
Here's hoping that we enjoy a few more days like today, the sun on my back and clean, dry roads. LOVE IT!!!
Shaun.