Right then, we’re installed in the Radisson Hotel in the middle of Hamburg – opposite the Banhoff (train station). I’m using the free wireless internet to let you know that the support people have taken Cath’s bike away, and are putting it back together after the travel. It seems to be in one piece – so that’s good! We have spare inner-tubes and such like in my little box of tricks, so we should be ok there.

I laughed to myself earlier, one of the things about going to a new country (well, fairly, we were last in Hamburg in ’98) is trying to work out how to flush the toilet. Sometimes it takes longer than others – especially the automatic ones, where you are looking for the button/lever,/stick. Anyway, we’re sorted now.

It was a pretty good journey, and if the plane hadn’t come in 30 minutes early (eh? It’s only a 70 minute flight!), the connecting bus would have been there. No matter, time for a sarnie (sandwich Julie), and a coffee. When it arrived, w took the GB team bus that was parked next to the bus for Team America. We did the international distress signal as we drove past and laughed, but I think everyone else thought we were having a fit!

Well Cath’s on the phone to someone at work at the moment. Once that’s done she’s going to register and then don her rubber suit for a quick swim in the dock (could be posh, so I’ll call it a quay) before grabbing something to eat.

Believe me, there are a lot of GB team uniforms knocking around at the moment!

So that you know, I have been reliably informed by Cath that she starts at 8:10 UK time on Sunday.

(By the way, Team America – if you wondered what that was about, look on www.imdb.com)