Bastille Day

[Leslie BT]

Great parade on TV this morning and lots about the French military at the grand parade  in Paris.

And this afternoon cycling, the Tour d'France going through the Alps and up Col du Galibier and then Alpe d'Huez.

Need a sit down after all that with a cup of tea and chocolate biscuit.

[Colonel Kilgore]

Iced tea in this weather, Les?

Simon

[Sean Clark]

Do the French do these things as well as we do? Troopibg the Colour takes some beating.

[Leslie BT]

The parade is not as good as trooping the colour but they do have a complete cross section of all their military forces and the Republican Guard on horse and foot.

[Sean Clark]

I imagine that's quite a spectacle.

[John Watson]

The best part of Bastille Day is that an Englishman won today's Tour de France stage.
John

[Colonel Kilgore]

The best part of Bastille Day is that an Englishman won today's Tour de France stage.
John

That sounds suitably revolutionary, John 

Simon

[martin goddard]

I went to see the Bastille and it was not there?

martin

[Sean Clark]

Watched some of it on Youtube. Very pomp amd circumstance.

Disappointed there were no Napoleonic re-enactors there. Marching down the Champs Elyseé is iconic thiugh when you consider all of the history of that road.

[Colonel Kilgore]

I went to see the Bastille and it was not there?

martin

I hear that it has had a stealth makeover, Martin - that could be why you missed it?

Simon

[martin goddard]

My eyesight is pretty bad. An easy thing to overlook.
Reminds me of  :)when Rob could not see the Hollywood sign whist driving past it.


martin