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Rob R



Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 31902
Location: York
PostPosted: Sun Jul 06, 14 10:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Gervase wrote:
Was glued to the TV coverage - Yorkshire looked stunning and the crowds were astonishing; they must have been 50 deep in the run up Buttertubs. Wish I could have been there to savour the atmosphere. Well done Yorkshire - you did the UK proud!


What do you mean 'did'...?

Hairyloon



Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.
PostPosted: Sun Jul 06, 14 10:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I have failed to get excited about it. Even left town before they closed my road and stopped me.

Rob R



Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 31902
Location: York
PostPosted: Sun Jul 06, 14 10:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Hairyloon wrote:
I have failed to get excited about it. Even left town before they closed my road and stopped me.


Me too, but it's a definite improvement for the location of event

Nick



Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford
PostPosted: Sun Jul 06, 14 3:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Aye, leaves me cold, but the world is a better place because of different things. Otherwise, we'd be knee deep in chickens, or model railways, or stamps, or something.

OtleyLad



Joined: 13 Jan 2007
Posts: 2737
Location: Otley, West Yorkshire
PostPosted: Sun Jul 06, 14 3:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

About an 1 hour before the race arrived (just down the road from us):



First riders arrive and then the rest:





The last two pics are from AVI movie files but don't know how to show them on here - does anybody know?

BTW thats not my head in the picture.

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 42207
Location: North Devon
PostPosted: Sun Jul 06, 14 3:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

OtleyLad wrote:


The last two pics are from AVI movie files but don't know how to show them on here - does anybody know?


You'd need to upload them to youtube and then embed them I think. If there is another way it's going to be more difficult.

dpack



Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 45372
Location: yes
PostPosted: Sun Jul 06, 14 4:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

or put em in dropbox and post a link to the file

looks like a good day,it was here for today's start so they were warming up behind the pace car,they were still faster than me on the electric bike .

i think a lot of folk had been out for a while but i ambled down for ten mins to start time with me stepladder and got a nice view

for the size of the crowd im pleasantly surprised how tidy they left the place

Rob R



Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 31902
Location: York
PostPosted: Sun Jul 06, 14 5:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

dpack wrote:


i think a lot of folk had been out for a while but i ambled down for ten mins to start time with me stepladder and got a nice view


Nice one

dpack



Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 45372
Location: yes
PostPosted: Sun Jul 06, 14 5:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

i seemed to make sense and gave a good elevation for a few snaps

there were quite a few folk with the same idea

robkb



Joined: 29 May 2009
Posts: 4205
Location: SE London
PostPosted: Mon Jul 07, 14 7:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Cambridge to London today - might bunk off to see it if I can.

Was flippin' brilliant in 2007 when it came through Greenwich

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