Mark Beaumont - Around The World In 80 Days
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steveindenmark
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tents ...possibly.
themosquitoking
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- Spain
Sea of vapours
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- Clapham, Yorkshire Dales
Is it my imagination or has it improved? There is now a link at the bottom right of the tracker map to show a more detailed map and indeed it does, with a point every fifteen minutes. I don't recall that being there when I looked before. Anyway, it's good enough to show which roads he's been on at least, if not where he's going. Clearly, where he is now, it's rather easy to predict fairly accurately where he'll be going next for at least a couple of days. The points are clickable too. The main/summary tracker just shows a small subset of those fifteen minute interval points.
Detailed track map for Wednesday 12th.
steveindenmark
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How do you get to go out and support him if you don't know what the route is?
steveindenmark
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I messaged them three times to see if he was really going to to do a Round Britain ride and go through Hornsea and Withernsea on the East coast of Yorkshire. I didnt get a reply. He didnt. He cut the corner off like most Round Britain riders. So I could have guessed all I wanted. He still did it in 14 days. Well, the parts he rode anyway.
It would be so much better if they publish the route that he intends to ride. I am a fan of Marks. I have got the signed books and signed jersey. If you e mail either Mark or his mum replies promptly. But things seem to have shifted with the team he has now. Not to get a reply after sending three messages is something I would not expect from Marks team.
It would be so much better if they publish the route that he intends to ride. I am a fan of Marks. I have got the signed books and signed jersey. If you e mail either Mark or his mum replies promptly. But things seem to have shifted with the team he has now. Not to get a reply after sending three messages is something I would not expect from Marks team.
Sea of vapours
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Shut Up Legs
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My apologies if someone's already posted this, I realise it's already a month old:
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Sea of vapours
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- Clapham, Yorkshire Dales
There's been an accident which wrote off the motor home :-\ Seriously incompetent driving from the sound of it, with a vehicle driving into the back of it on a major road, whilst it was moving. No-one injured but that could have been an awful lot worse.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDC25EEQuy0&feature=youtu.be
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDC25EEQuy0&feature=youtu.be
Ajax Bay
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- East Devon
I guess this is always a risk if you drive along a long, clear major road at 20mph. Better the careless/dangerous shunter ran into a following vehicle than the cyclist himself. But would have this driver hit a lone cyclist riding on the hard shoulder? Who knows? RIP Mike Hall.
jay clock
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- Hampshire UK
I have just been reading about the whole thing and am seriously impressed. He has done it solo the hard way so he has nothing to prove, but this is very different and hope he makes it safely and on time
Sea of vapours
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- Clapham, Yorkshire Dales
The flight's at 1410 local time - so 1810 UK time - to Newark and onwards to Lisbon. I'm sure it'll be a relief to get the last flight done, those being the bits which are out of the control of him and the team. It must have been good to arrive at the airport with quite a few hours to spare on this flight too.
