Last day of the Tour Of Ireland

I am at the hotel lobby right now, feeling a bit blue and depressed. Today is the last day of the tour of Ireland and I am flying home at 7:30pm.

This has been the best experience I have ever had, the best week, I have ever lived and ... if you thought I was a cycling nut then, well now I am even worse. Life on tour is quite unique, staff, teams, volunteers seem to all stick together, we all have breakfast, dinner together, drinks at the bar, chats in the hotel lobby, with our tags around our necks, and great big dark circles around our eyes ... I think I haven't slept more than 5 hours since I started the tour.

I was having breakfast in the restaurant this morning, trying to look at what the riders were having for breakfast. They eat anything and everything, in large quantity, from coco pops to muesli, pasta, bread fruits.

I haven't found the courage to ask them for an autograph just yet... I don't really want to be seen as a 'groupie'. Today though, as it is my last day I will try and get my race manual signed...