Cycle girl

Gas prices rise in California, U.S.
But the peak is probably near, barring a major emergency that crimps supply of oil or gasoline, analysts say. California again had the dubious distinction of having the highest gasoline prices in the continental U.S. over the last week, the Energy Department said Monday.

Chrysler sale on hold, but for how long?

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Monday delayed Chrysler’s sale of most of its assets to a group led by Italy’s Fiat, but didn’t say how long the deal will remain on hold.

Cycle girl
I was doing that put-yourself-down girl thing with Georgie Thompson, the Sky Sports presenter: “Oh we’ll be rubbish, we’ll come last, it’ll take us eight hours ... ”, while all about us, thousands of long, lean male cycle nuts throbbed with vigour. Then she said: “I did 72 miles last weekend.” I returned to the isolation of unreadiness. Such was the start of my participation in the recent Macmillan Cancer Support Etape Caledonia.