An everlasting universe of things is the closing track of the album, and it covers the last few hundred meters of the climb.

It was here, under the searing July sun of 1967, that Tom Simpson—a British cycling great tipped to win the Tour de France—met his tragic fate. In front of a world watching in horror, he succumbed to exhaustion, heat, and the brutal demands of the climb. 

When I pause at his roadside memorial, I can almost sense his shadow rising with each passing rider, silently accompanying us through the final kilometre he never completed. 

It’s an extraordinary moment, expanding into forever with the memory of a lost champion still present. 

An everlasting universe of things
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