Well, there IS some hope and optimism for London 'cause till next Thursday, it will be tomorrow that we'll be experiencing the warmest afternoon. Just praying there's no dramatic repeat of last Sunday!
As a side note, I just bumped into LadyGod1va's (no intro for her. She's the only female rider of Indian origin to have ridden fully nude - she's a nudist too) blog where she shares a nice poster about the ride - with info available in four languages: English,
Hindi, French and German - yes, in that order. That's right, she'll be there for the third year in a row.