Well THAT was random...
So, I cycled up to Devil's Dyke - omfg they are some big climbs. It's about 712 feet above sea level - and obviously, I started absolutely at sea level, so that's a climb of around 129 feet for every mile - and fuck me, was the wind up today. Headwind for the first mile or so, then vicious side winds for the rest of the way.
Anyway, I arrived at the top, snotty and sweaty and fucking knackered...and was immediately asked to be in a commercial being filmed about cycling...
So spent the next FOUR HOURS posing with bike, walking about with bike, being put into different shots etc (all in the background, of course). The reason it was SO LONG was because I was selected out of the 120 odd people that started out, to be n the close-ups of ten of us. Luckily a kind guy lent me a coat, cos I only had on a sleeveless top. and as I mentioned...the freakin' WIND!
So, uh, apparently they're gonna send me a DVD of the advert and it will be in the cinemas nationwide - DEFRA and the BBC are making it, and apparently they're going to do an internet version too, but everyone was very vague so I don't really know if any of this is true.
On the way home I managed to break the speedlimit...went over 30mph twice :) Naughty, I know, but they can't speed camera you on a bike with no plates!
All in all, a good day.
Anyway, I arrived at the top, snotty and sweaty and fucking knackered...and was immediately asked to be in a commercial being filmed about cycling...
So spent the next FOUR HOURS posing with bike, walking about with bike, being put into different shots etc (all in the background, of course). The reason it was SO LONG was because I was selected out of the 120 odd people that started out, to be n the close-ups of ten of us. Luckily a kind guy lent me a coat, cos I only had on a sleeveless top. and as I mentioned...the freakin' WIND!
So, uh, apparently they're gonna send me a DVD of the advert and it will be in the cinemas nationwide - DEFRA and the BBC are making it, and apparently they're going to do an internet version too, but everyone was very vague so I don't really know if any of this is true.
On the way home I managed to break the speedlimit...went over 30mph twice :) Naughty, I know, but they can't speed camera you on a bike with no plates!
All in all, a good day.