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brommers
Years beyond my wisdom
- Location
- Clacton-on-Sea
Hope you enjoyed yourself today, Marmy.
Tour of Britain 2017 **Spoilers**
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Pro Tour Punditry
Guru
I did thanks, a really good day out. Well organised, excellent big screen to stand and watch it all, decent free hats, and very good bacon and sausage roll from a nearby cafe; what's not to like?
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Guru
Oh, and I also got myself on the telly in the role of "tall bloke standing behind the presenter waving like a nobber"
Flick of the Elbow
Guru
- Location
- Edinburgh
Mine from the Royal Mile
Turdus philomelos
Guru
- Location
- West Lothian
Yeah, me and my Saltire made the cut to appear on the ITV4 highlights.
GilesM
Legendary Member
- Location
- East Lothian
We watched it on the steep section of Redstone Rig, excellent location as we could see the race heading towards us from quite a long way out as it slowly came up the lower section of the climb, very impressive the way they came up the steep section, it's about 18%, most didn't even look like they'd noticed it was up hill. Added bonus was the 4G signal, so we could watch the race live until it got close enough to see. Really good day.
Pro Tour Punditry
Guru
See the bloke in the middle of the pic in the background, right in the middle of the bush, with the strange Inspector Gadget extendable neck? That's me
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GilesM
Legendary Member
- Location
- East Lothian
Looks like the extendable neck helped with your view, we were edited out of the highlights, they cut away from the break on the steep section of Redstone Rig, about 25m before they got to us.
Pro Tour Punditry
Guru
Aye, I look like a freak but usually get a good view of things
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Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
Can we watch the **********************************ing race please?????????????
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brommers
Years beyond my wisdom
- Location
- Clacton-on-Sea
No need for a periscope then, Marmy
youngoldbloke
The older I get, the faster I used to be ...
What boring coverage. I know most of today's route and was looking forward to 'riding' it again on TV. It seemed that every time the break approached an interesting point we cut to the bunch, or a commercial break just long enough to deny us views of the many villages along the route. I don't want a travelogue but endless close ups of the side view of the leaders were just too much. I was following the route using maps and the eta, and most of the time it was the only way I had any idea of where they were.
Pro Tour Punditry
Guru
EBH relegated, with Viviani awarded the stage and also taking the race lead.
Taylor Phinney DQed for crossing a railway as the gates were coming down.
Taylor Phinney DQed for crossing a railway as the gates were coming down.
themosquitoking
Guru
- Location
- Spain
Are you the bloke that keeps standing in front of me at gigs?
Pro Tour Punditry
Guru
If it's a bloke with a go-go-gadget-neck then quite possibly.
