Dave Devine is a National Hero

There can be no better way to round off the summer than the celebrations that have happened over the past week. After finishing Asia Trip it was a quick shot over on the Eurostar to Brussels ready for the Belgian Grand Prix. Unbelievably loud, we spent the whole day sat on a hill packed with beer and the beaming sunshine watching all the action go by. I'm not the greatest F1 fan, but it was still much better than I anticipated and a great way to get bevvied with random people all around you. A little sneak under the fence and we gave ourselves a little tour of the track. Before heading back for the Paralympic Games we managed to fit in a visit to the La Chouffe brewery for a spot of beer tasting and lunch. A hectic 3 day visit but definitely worth it for the beer.

Bailing on the track

What followed next was undoubtedly some of the best few days of my life. Watching David Devine storm two bronze medals in the 1500m and then dramatically in the 800m was some heart stopping stuff. Waiting in the stadium for confirmation that he had claimed the bronze was possibly the longest 10 seconds or so in my life, what happened next was all of us running down to the track past security to cheer him on has he did his lap of honour. A certain Bains & Carney managed to swipe a stewards vest to swan into the Media Zone for the medal ceremony, naughty boys. The night of celebrations with the big man definitely stopped a few hearts as well as Zoo Bar was ransacked by 20 odd scouser for the night and the next few days were completely griminal as voices attempted to return and hangovers slowly lingered on. We're all proud of him and determined to move on to 2016 to watch him claim his first gold, until then we'll paint his post box bronze.


This summer has definitely been the best so far out of all the adventures, the combination of Asia, Belgian Grand Prix and most importantly David Devine has added so many memories to the locker and it's hard to imagine how we can now go on and surpass this. We'll give it a try next summer with USA shaping up to be the likely destination. Hope you enjoyed reading this summer's adventures, 2013 can't come soon enough.



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