Tour De France Bernese Style

Www.the adventures of Gryff..... Yesterday because it was  so warm, we were lounging around in the cool with the odd eyebrow on the old tv. Normally all u can hear is Merlin giving it the old zzzzzzz but him indoors was watching the Tour de France.  Now many centuries ago the Troll did infact cycle quite a lot, six bikes worth of a lot to be precise!  It defeats me how even he could use all these at once, but currently they are all either hung up on the garage walls over our (for that read Merlins) carts or in various states of  disassembly    and scattered every where. But when it came to the end of the race, he was going bonkers (nothing unusual with that then!)  There at the finish line was a bus.... And I mean on the finish line. Loads of little men rushing around like ants, panic, waving of little arms etc, all terribly French!  Merlin looked at me, I looked at him and we both said the same.... Load of Bernese , couple of sets of chains, job done! And then to add insult to injury , they shortened the race by three kilometres because the bus had broken the finishing line timing equipment . Personally I wouldn't be happy if my walk got shortened because some two legs had screwed up, and then they decided they all had the same time! What a mess! As I said, get a load of Bernese in and it would have been totally under control. Four wheels are always better than two anyway. .... More stability, and who says we can't get a head of steam up. Merlin is gone nine and a half now, but you put him in a cart and nobody but another YOUNG Bernese can match his racing start. Bloody fantastic he is. Sets off like a rocket.... Agreed he can't do the distance now, but who needs to with his totty pulling power. Couple of hundred yards with the red cart(Ferrari) and job done. Totty waiting in line. .... Just had a thought, the leader wears a yellow harness in the Tour de France..... Best get a red one for Merlin..... Any other Berners wanting to race give me a buzz. Lots of land behind us and under the trees to keep cool. Cool runnings Gryff