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A Morning at the Races...

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TheBigYin
TheBigYin Posts: 5,682 Member
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Decided to have a roll down to one of the local villages, to see a bike race that was passing through...

Looks like it was reasonably well promoted...

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and they've got the security working overtime to make sure its safe...

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Seems I wasn't the only person who decided to go and watch...

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the locals were getting into the spirit of things as well...

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Even the Press were out to record the event...

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Knowing the state of the roads around here, they even arranged some form of neutral service...

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but eventually, the time came when the race approached...

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the peloton got closer - and then I realised what all the fuss was about...

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Lizzie had decided to join in... that's her on the right with that funny rainbow banded jersey on... Wonder what that means ;)



Now... shall I go back down there this afternoon, apparently theres a race with a few blokes happening as welll










(all pictures copyright © - Mark A. Burrows 2016, All rights Reserved, please do not share without obtaining permission/licence)








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  • m1xm0d3
    m1xm0d3 Posts: 1,576 Member
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    Awesome! Thanks for sharing. And yeah, Lizzie is pretty damn awesome. Being from Yorkshire I know this ride is special to her. I watched stage 1 TdY last night and enjoyed getting to see where you some of you guys are riding. Beautiful country with a lot of steeep hills! Looking forward to some photos of the blokes if you lug the gear again!
  • Jakess1971
    Jakess1971 Posts: 1,208 Member
    edited April 2016
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    Nice little story, would have been nice to watch the race on TV, especially with our little star Lizzie taking part. Technical difficulties, what a shame.
  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,682 Member
    edited April 2016
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    Managed to get back for the Mens Race... this time I took the proper camera though (as I reckoned that I needed something that was waterproof... got to love the Canon 7D and some good quality L class glass on the front for that kind of thing! It may not be new and state of the art anymore, but it's as tough as a Wetherspoons Steak!)

    So, here goes then. Mens Race...

    Where were we again...

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    Yet another Outrider shot... (the clever ones amongst you will realise that I shoot these to get my "eye in" ready for the race itself coming through...)

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    Here come the leaders...

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    then, just before the chasing peloton arrived, word came through that there was a puncture in the leading group... fortunately these lads were on the case...

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    Okay, here they come...

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    but sadly, that was pretty much the end of the fun for today, as the next vehicle along was this one...



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    (once again, all pictures copyright © - Mark A. Burrows 2016, All rights Reserved, please do not share without obtaining permission/licence)









  • narak_lol
    narak_lol Posts: 855 Member
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    Thank you Mark. I enjoyed looking at the photos and the live commentary :D
  • Frannybobs
    Frannybobs Posts: 741 Member
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    Brill pics those Mark :smile:
  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,682 Member
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    narak_lol wrote: »
    Thank you Mark. I enjoyed looking at the photos and the live commentary :D
    Frannybobs wrote: »
    Brill pics those Mark :smile:

    glad you both enjoyed them :)


  • wesleepuntilthesungoesdown
    wesleepuntilthesungoesdown Posts: 876 Member
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    great pics, and thanks for the suggestion of Connisbrough Castle - spent the whoe day there watching the ladies then the men

    here's a couple of pics

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  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,682 Member
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    yeah, i'd originally intended going there, but - i'll be honest, I got up too late to get there on the bike for the womens race... and I didn't fancy driving there - I'd already missed far too much saddle time last week, and I'm in for a bollocking over it from the trainer as it is... same reason I rode on sunday, instead of getting in the car and watching the race in scarborough...

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