Another good day. I went with my borther to the road where the Tour de France was passing by, we left some chairs there to reserve our places and then went home to watch the early footage on TV. We went back to our place to watch the race pass through about an hour later and our chairs were just as we'd left them. I just love the basic good nature that comes to the fore at big events like this. There were lots of families with children and a real party atmosphere, I actually felt like I belonged to a community today.

I am a little flat now after such a big weekend, but I made it and have had two days of good relief from the depression. I have a big three day show next week, so that will be another break for me too.