2014 Tour de France

[SGWilko]

Back in my student days, I stayed with a mate up at Huddersfield Uni, and we took a trip (once we'd sobered up ) to Holmfirth and had a cuppa in SId's cafe - it is tiny!!!! ANd you have to talk dirty to the taps in the gents - there is a sign;

"please turn taps on slowly"

[wedge]

Looks like a good excuse for a hoon around The Dales!

[SGWilko]

I see Marina is wearing the yellow jersey........

[GridGirl]

I've challenged Ibby to do the route of Day 1 (120 miles) but he's wussing out already!

It's OK Mark, I will do it with you. Ibby can drive the support car.

[Steve Boyd]

Some classic road rally sections on Day 1

[steveaki13]

Hmm. I am not that far from Epping Forest. Would it be worth trying to get a glimpse of the tour? Maybe

[Mark]

Hmm. I am not that far from Epping Forest. Would it be worth trying to get a glimpse of the tour? Maybe

Certainly! They might go past in a flash but the experience of the event is going to be worthwhile .

Myself, like I would think many others hoping to turn it into a cycling event. On stage 1 the start in Leeds is well within cycling distance of the finish at Harrogate!

[Iain]

Certainly! They might go past in a flash but the experience of the event is going to be worthwhile .

Definitely. Saw it in Folkestone in 94 and it was gone in about 10 seconds! The show they put on beforehand is really good, creates a carnival atmosphere. Well worth going to say you've seen it. Definitely going down to see it next year, just south of Scotch Corner, so why not.

[Mark]

I do hear the best advice of those who have been to see the race is don't take any pictures of the peleton as it goes past, as you'll miss them, and get a crap photo to boot.

[Iain]

I do hear the best advice of those who have been to see the race is don't take any pictures of the peleton as it goes past, as you'll miss them, and get a crap photo to boot.

Yeah it's pretty quick! Especially when I saw it, as it was a downhill, then uphill section in town. We actually had a lot of the teams staying at the hotel that night. Lots of Italians, who were getting very emotional because Italy were 2 mins from losing to Nigeria at USA 94. :

Found a home video somebody's taken in Folkestone. 19 years ago, but look at the size of the entourage before and after the cycles. I can't imagine how big it must be now! TourDeFrance1994.mpg - YouTube