The Cycling: Stage 17 is 178.4km long and starts in Muret and ends in Saint-Lary-Soulan (Col de Portet). The route includes 3 climbs, 2 of which are Category 1. It is also Bastille Day so the French riders are looking for a win today. Tadej Pogačar won the stage.
Team Challenge: "Today the riders are cycling their penultimate mountain stage. They'll be pushing themselves to pack as much energy as they can in to this ride... a bit like a spinner trying to get all of the singles on a bobbin...
Your challenge today is to finish a bobbin and take a picture; is it tight and tidy, a bit loose in places?".
What I planned to do and what I achieved: First of all I spun and plied a 100g bump of Devon and Cornwall Longwool and the finished yarn is 100g/123m adding another 369m to the team total. It's quite scratchy and definitely not suitable for next-to-skin use.
I can easily take part in the challenge today. Here is a bobbin of Devon & Cornwall Longwool.
I also got on and spun a 100g bump of Teeswater. I got 132m from a 100g bump of pre-prepared fibre and its a lot softer than the Devon & Cornwall. That's another 396m for the team total.
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| Devon & Cornwall on the left, Teeswater on the right. |
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