Got the dates in my diary for a Canterbury pilgrimage in eleven months time. In 2007 the Tour de France begins in southern England. I was there last time the greatest sporting show on earth came to visit - a family picnic beside the B2112 near Ditchling, waiting for a 50km/hr rush of steel, flesh, colour and noise which lasted a few electrifying moments. The English opening should be a great scene-setter for what ought to be a cracking event after this year's rollercoaster Tour.