Today Tour de Garage got its 15 minutes of fame. Jim emailed The Press and told them what we were doing and so they sent a photographer around last night to photograph us in all our glory. A record attendance of 8 riders and, of course, a very convivial atmosphere.
The front page of the Press today was a sight to behold. A huge photo featuring Kate and Andi toasting the photographer, the rest of us off to the right pedalling away watching the action being projected onto the wall. Great shot. Next thing the radio stations and TV wanted in on the action and we suddenly found ourselves live on Close Up on Tuesday night and Jim spent most of the day as a media darling doing radio interviews up and down the country with the likes of Newstalk ZB and RDU.
On Close Up Dave and Jim were interviewed by Mark Sainsbury live while we pedalled away in the background, and there were also live 10 second feeds as teasers leading up to the interview. All up we ended up doing a 90 minute session on the wind trainers that night.
Vive le Tour! Or should that be Vive le Garage?!!
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