Got up this morning, and this is what we saw at the end of the garden: Hot air balloons going up for the day.

A very bad photo of what you can see of Valentino Rossi's mohawk / mohican under his cap at Mugello #motogp

Photographers taking pictures of Valentino Rossi signing autographs from up in the press room at Mugello #motogp

Valentino Rossi signing autographs in the pit lane on Friday morning at Mugello #motogp

The boons of being a MotoGP journo: free stuff. Gift from Mugello (after paying 60 euros for internet again..)

Sitting in our Tuscan idyll with @AutoMotoPhoto, who will be cooking later on. Here's the view:

As promised, the photo of @NickyHayden69's footrest. Don't look at the peg, but the silver ledge in front of the peg.

#motogp the Pramac Ducati team's electric pit bikes

#motogp The glamor of working in MotoGP: cleaning the roof of the Fiat Yamaha truck

The new Ruskenhoek - a diagonal replacing a right angle. Which is why they are so much faster

Polishing @eugenelaverty 's helmet

@chazdavies pit board. #57 has some work to do tomorrow.

A tent-load of Triumph Street Triples for the ParkinGo series. Triple Madness!

Ten Kate boss Gerrit ten Kate admiring a Moriwaki MD250

@eugenelaverty about to go out during QP1

The paddock at Assen - not as full as last year.

No truck, but the Hayate boxes are here: