TdF stages 1 and 2
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Roscoe
Veteran
- Location
- Clarkston, Glasgow
Looking for a bit of help here chaps.
We'll be travelling down from Glasgow on Saturday 5th for that day only, probably meaning we'll need to leave at the crack of dawn.
Wife is keen to go to a spectator Hub to join in the fun. Anyone care to recommend one that we'll be able to get to fairly easily? I'm thinking ease of parking. Will there be outlying car parks and transport provided to the Hub?
Would be grateful for any advice.
Cheers
We'll be travelling down from Glasgow on Saturday 5th for that day only, probably meaning we'll need to leave at the crack of dawn.
Wife is keen to go to a spectator Hub to join in the fun. Anyone care to recommend one that we'll be able to get to fairly easily? I'm thinking ease of parking. Will there be outlying car parks and transport provided to the Hub?
Would be grateful for any advice.
Cheers
The local authorities along the routes have been putting lots of info online about ask these plans, so getting detail from them / tourist offices is your best bet.
We found the staff in Harrogate and Hebden bridge seemed very well informed, so I think this reflects the effort going in to telling potential tourists what they need to know.
Parking is certainly the big issue, and there was some sign that park n ride on buses might be available into Harrogate. I don't study it cos we plan to peddle in. You need to look at what side to approach on, with the road closures.
We are going to park and ride our bikes in, there seems to be plenty of road parking on the motorway side of Harrogate, a few miles out ... so we expect it to be feasible We did it for Ventoux stage when they reckon 3/4 million folk clamber in, so I reckon we can do it here too!
We found the staff in Harrogate and Hebden bridge seemed very well informed, so I think this reflects the effort going in to telling potential tourists what they need to know.
Parking is certainly the big issue, and there was some sign that park n ride on buses might be available into Harrogate. I don't study it cos we plan to peddle in. You need to look at what side to approach on, with the road closures.
We are going to park and ride our bikes in, there seems to be plenty of road parking on the motorway side of Harrogate, a few miles out ... so we expect it to be feasible We did it for Ventoux stage when they reckon 3/4 million folk clamber in, so I reckon we can do it here too!
PaddyMcc
Über Member
I am heading to Leyburn. It is a spectator hub and there is parking to the north and east of the town, although I live close enough to cycle there, see http://letour.yorkshire.com/spectator-hubs/leyburn-market-plac
HF2300
Insanity Prawn Boy
I had a vision there of a set of panniers like a wine box, with a tap at the bottom corner...
