Sunday mornings don't get much better than this. An hour and a half battling the wind, but thankfully dodging the showers on my bike and getting home in time to see the last 9k's of Nicole Cooke winning the womens olympic road race.

Well done Nicole, I only wish my sprint finish was half as good. And I wish my bike was as nice as your carbon Boardman bike...

It's making it a nice sporting weekend after Terras opened their Blue Square Premier campaign with a comprehensive three one victory over Grays Athletic. 

The Essex based side are being touted as one of the pre-season favourites and it barely took them 5 minutes to get off the mark. 

Fortunately we were back level quickly with skipper Anton Robinson levelling and scoring for the second consecutive opening day. 

Stephen Reed, a summer capture from Cambridge put Terras in front just before the break (never a bad time to score!!!). 

The three points were secured when "Nanny" McPhee bagged a third. 

JHMBE will be delighted with this win and it sets us up nicely for a couple of tricky upcoming games. 

Elsewhere in the BSP, Stevenage were heavily beaten 5-0 at Wrexham with our old friend Jefferson Louis on the scoresheet. 

Smiles all round today!

And so the waiting is less than two hours away from being over and season 2008/09 is imminent for Weymouth FC and the other members of the Blue Square Premier League.

With "Money" Mike becoming the last part of the John Hollins jigsaw (apart from a possible keeper to cover for the struggling Danny Knowles) we now have the players in place to try and ensure we preserve our status just outside the English professional football league. 

I can honestly say that when the postman arrived with my new home shirt this morning (and free scarf - a nice touch WFC) it hit me just how much of an investment both financially and emotionally following a football club is. I am approaching my third decade of Terras support and I am still as excited and anticipation filled on the eve of every season. 

Financial challenges still plague our club, as they have throughout my support, but you know what I wouldn't trade supporting Weymouth for Manchester United for all the money in the world. I have used the blog extensively to portray my anger at the greed and self interest of the Premier League and will continue my campaign against cash fuelled football as opposed to the game of the man on the street this season. 

Money is tighter generally and it will result in the bubble bursting and the man on the street getting his football back. I am sure of it. 

Of course your Arsenal's and Chelsea's will always be richer than Weymouth, but supporting the Terras makes you richer in other ways and the final whistle at Nottingham Forest will remain the greatest moment of my footballing life. Truly memorable. 

So what of the current Weymouth vintage then? Its far to early to say but we have a very difficult start to the season with Oxford and Stevenage coming up quickly on the rails of Grays Athletic today. 

My prediction for today ? 1-1 

But those of you who remember my predictions of old on TerrasBlog will be going to the match certain now that there will be a result one way or the other!!!

Whomever you support, enjoy the season and may your dreams come true.*

*These good luck wishes do not apply to supporters of Yeovil Town FC. 

Another brief foray into the world of blogging tonight. I have been bike racing for the first time in a few weeks and having just got back I am desperate for a cup of tea!

It went ok though, although I must admit to being a bit nervous having a number pinned on my back after a bit of time out of the sport with work commitments. 

In fact, it has been a positive 24 hours all round. Success on the bike and success on the field for Weymouth FC who returned to pre-season winning ways with a come from behind victory against conference rivals from last season Exeter City. 

The Grecians fielded ex Weymouth players in their line up in the form of Steve Tully (Legend) and Richard Logan (lazy tosser) and took an early lead before Anton Robinson notched. 

With the match looking likely to peter out into a draw it was "Nanny" McPhee who bagged us a winner. 

A good result against a good side in a valuable workout. Well done the lads. 

Off the field and JHMBE has used the Dorset Echo to appeal for more fans to turn up against Yeovil on the weekend. I hate the Glovers as much as the next man, but I think it is a bit odd for the manager to be appealing for people to turn up for a friendly. 

It will get the doom mongers pressing the panic button of course. If we need people to come to a friendly the wolf must be at the door again. If this is not the case then I would prefer JHMBE to use his rallying call to get people down for the Grays match. Points are more important than local pride, and much as I would love to batter the scummers 10-0, I would take a defeat if we beat Grays. 

Some of our more astute readers will have noticed a variety of internal links cropping up on the site in recent blogs. This is at the behest of Ole Ole, our host, who like the links being used to showcase some of the many, interactive pages they have on their platform.

Please use them and update the information on each page as you would with a wiki. I have done a little bit to the Terras page but feel free to help me out and add some pictures, player profiles etc for our readers around the globe. 

ZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzz An early morning update today and just a bit of a round up of some of the stuff that TerrasBlog has managed to miss whilst it has all been going on.

The Blue Square Premier League fixtures came out last week and you can get a list of the Terras matches from the clubs official website by clicking here.

It will be an interesting start to the season with so many Grays players at the club now and obviously very emotional for them after the tragic death of their midfielder Ernie Cooksey. TerrasBlog would like to add its own condolences to all of his family and friends. 

The run in looks a little more favourable than last term if you leave out the trip to Wrexham on the final day so you would hope that if we are in the position where we need some points to either stay up or get in the play offs (hopefully!) then we will have the right opportunity to get them.

More immediate than all of that though it the start of pre-season friendlies this Friday night across the bay at Portland.

The Fraggles will be a good start for us, as they have been the past few seasons and I expect it will be a good match and a positive result to get us started.

Now then, how was your weekend?