Ned tackles the Bec Hill Climb!
We’re late to this party, but #GOSH didn’t Ned do well the other week! Here he is, doing #sufferface like a PRO
He gave it his ALL #wow #commitment
but recovered enough to give @SullimanDan a grin after a bit
No being sick into buckets for our Ned! #professional #TVpersonality #grooming
And look! He came THIRTIETH! Not at all shabby #gosh #skillz
Thanks to @SullimanDan for the top 3 photos. The last one is Ned’s own.
We’ve been getting behind on the old GYNB-ing this week, so here’s a little montage, @matpennell stylee. The ToB so far! Feat. all our favourites. Ned! @RealStephens! Safari parks! Rivers! Grins! Coffee! The MiniMac! #seriousface! #micwielding! And a natty blue jumper or two. Very good!
Thanks to @AltheaAdams_ for the pic of Ned doing INTERVIEWING #gosh
The RETURN of #FanWithTheMan! Lovely @jentoffee and delightful @nethertonboy1 let us borrow their pictures taken with Ned at the Tour of Britain. Very good! #wow We particularly like Ned’s #concentrationface #tonguestickingout and the fact that @nethertonboy1 managed to give Ned a sneaky CUDDLE like a good INBFCer. Excellent work everyone!
Golly! There’ve been a lot of Paralympics, haven’t there! Not as much Ned as we were hoping for, though. We’ve missed quite a few #NedSlots due to REAL LIFE and WERK and stuff #ohno but lovely conscientious INBFCers have been doing their best to keep us up-to-date #thoughtful Top chum @deanlaccohee sent us these delightful screencaps featuring #seriousface, #micwielding and #NedInAction , and we almost felt at home again. Thank you Dean!
Anyway! It’s the Tour of Britain next, and #RegularNed will replace #RandomNed on our screens. We can’t WAIT. See you there! #tweetalong #gosh #wow
Ned was SERIOUSLY impressed by the Orica-Greenedge bus, wasn’t he. What did he like so much, do you think? The lovely lop-eared wingmirrors? The full METRE of extra space? No, it was the WASHING MACHINE, silly! Imagine never having to rootle around for €5 in coins for the dryer again! No more #launderettemixups with Gary, either! You can see the raw ENVY in his face.
SOBER BUSINESS on the Tour again today! #frank #gosh #whodathunkit Happily for us, this gives Ned the excuse to deploy #seriousface while standing in front of a team car #collectorsitem Hooray!
We think this is our new favourite #NedShirt, by the way. Such subtle tipping #fashionparlance #ladida and nice open-neckedness #coo #tanlines #factor50
Another rest day! So soon! How can we cope? As @ffflow put it so eloquently, ‘Can’t they have an evening crit or something?’
So, for your entertainment, and because there’s absolutely NOTHING else of interest going on tonight*, we present our REST DAY REVIEW of the 2012 Tour so far, from the INBFC’s unique perspective. The Tour in NUMBERS! #gosh #counting #madmathsskillz
- Different #NedShirts: 6 (was 5; updated at last minute to include the #navajo number, above)
- #NedShirts openly coveted by more than one INBFC member: 1
- Definite sightings of cutoffs: 2
- ITV umbrellas: 1
- Vignettes featuring #NedInLycra: 3
- Vignettes featuring #NedInShades: 1
- Silly launderette-based home videos: 2
- Video evidence of @LiamSMacleod’s mad #ukeleleskillz (see above): 2
- Pictures/videos of Carno with his shirt off: 2, we think. We were hiding behind our hands. Feed the poor lad, please
- Languages spoken on-air: 2
- HUGS allegedly given by Ned to eminent cyclists: 1
- Shots posted by Ned’s colleagues of him in shorts, unbuttoned tops, etc: 3
- Terrific BIRTHDAY CAKES made lovingly by devoted fanclubs: 1
A BLISTERING start, you’ll agree! Five more days: still time to get in a few of our other requests, including #MattTalkingItalianOrSpanishOrAnythingReally,We’reNotFussy and #NedLookingSlightlySunburntInFrontOfAMountainRange. And one more #cutoffs. Go on. Just for us.
*Frank who?
Ned interviewed LIVING LEGEND @thejensie tonight! #gosh #chops Jens was SO delightful and witty and intelligent and entertaining, we ALMOST forgot to pay attention to Ned. Thank goodness we have the screencap to fall back on! It ENTIRELY escaped us that Ned was wearing a DIFFERENT SHIRT this morning #blimey #costumechanges #ladygaga And those ARE the #cutoffs, aren’t they? We’re sure they are #happy
You can watch the long version of the interview here. From lovely @itvcycling website.
Ned. By a bridge. In the sun. #sigh Lots of our favourite features here, spotters! #tanlines #factor50 #hipsnap #pout and could those be the #cutoffs, too?
Slightly disturbed that Gary seemed to be wearing this shirt yesterday, though #launderettemixup
