Trying to think what burglars might find in my place. Wedding rings, a few bikes none of which are very special (what’s the resale on tubs?). Got a nice TV and a Switch. Really wouldn’t be worth their bother. Shit cars, no watches. Nice iPhone I guess. Burglars would be wasting their time. The dog is probably the most TWOCable thing in the house.
Anyway back to Cav, I can’t imagine what that does to your kids. Wish I hadn’t read that before bed, it had me thinking for hours.
Yeah, I’ve only been burgled once and it was whilst at uni, where my laptop and camera was stolen. There was no signs of forced entry (he came in an open back window whilst I was downstairs and a mate was snoozing in the room next door) and I only noticed when I went back to my room to continue revising. I thought my housemate had moved my laptop to be a dick. Plus they caught him a few days later as he left a print.
That didn’t hugely impact me, but I remember being glad it was right in the middle of finals and I was leaving the house in only a week or so’s time. It wasn’t nice knowing someone had invaded your home.
Escalate that by being your long standing family home, plus it seemingly being violent and your kids encountering it first hand, and I wouldn’t be surprised if they end up moving fairly soon
One of my colleagues relocated from Johannesburg to London after being robbed at gun point in his house twice in 6 months 
. The 2nd time, they were feeding their kids when the intruders came in. They had him on the floor with a gun to his head while his wife desperately tried to remove her rings.
This was in a supposedly secure private gated estate with on-site security, in a country where robbers regularly kill their victims even when they are cooperating.
I’ve had opportunities to take expat jobs in various places in the world. Various oil industry hubs some with questionable politics. But life’s too short to live in shit holes when you are actually fortunate enough to have a choice in the matter. No regrets.
I’ve had a colleague get trapped in his bedroom/safe room when the lock failed. In Doha. It was a false alarm that put him there. Took a few hours to get him out.
Another colleague was shot in the midriff at an ATM in Caracas.
Pro Cycling magazine bites the dust.
A bit gutted by this as I’ve been a subscriber for years.
I know there’s the plenty of websites to get info from but I like chilling with a coffee and a magazine, there’s something about the printed word.
Any suggestions for a similar pro cycling focused magazine?
Sadly not, guess there’s just too much online content for them to compete with and advertisers will head there rather than sticking with print. This is the reason a lot of publications have died over the years, not always readers deserting them but that the advertisers do.
I still miss Winning magazine from the mid to late 80s, quite pioneering with their weekly newspaper during the TDF.
Been my magazine of choice for a decade. Perfect train journey reading and fantastic photography also. What will I do now.
I’ve ordered the latest edition of Rouleur to see what it’s like, but i doubt if it will have the amount of pro articles that i crave!
Cycling Weekly is ok, but expensive for what it gives. Cyclist has a fair amount of pro news and articles.
Was listening to the Cycling Podcast press conference podcast this morning and Richard Moore was talking about the demise of magazines. Made interesting listening.
Rouleur isnt a pro-focused magazine really unfortunately, I’ve had it as my airport buy for a few years now and there’s some nice writing at times but I don’t think it’ll be a replacement.
One of my coaching friends writes for it, usually the Italian version but he translates to English most of the time also. Its a good magazine but not in depth about the pro scene.
I’ve got a copy of the latest Rouleur on the way.
What a fantastic set up Jumbo Visma have.
Incredible win by WvA today
He appears unstoppable.
We talking Strade Bianche anywhere???
No, it was rubbish🤣