The Gardeners' World Blog

I'm sitting in the office today with one eye on the live TV coverage of the Tour, one eye on the work I'm trying to do and a third eye attempting to look at Google Earth. My jaw is slowly dropping onto the desk as a result.

A while ago I talked about the amazing route guide that has been done for the Earth application. As soon as the race starts the author added in a live feature which tracks the riders along the road.

Today, as the first mountain stage begins, it's really coming into its own as riders are attacking and being dropped off the back of the bunch and of course the terrain is more interesting.