Wednesday 10/9/14 tour of Britain

Edders (Barry) and myself were planning on going for a short ride before watching the tour. We're not sure on a route or where we're going to watch the race although bridge valley road is a possibility. Any suggestions and anyone else who wants to come along would be great. Cheers Paul

I'll hijack this.

Myself and Darren are planning to watch it although not sure where either, possibly Charfield hill. I was then thinking of following the route into town but skipping the Blaise Castle bit and heading to the Downs.

Any thoughts......

Charfield will be a good ride, it's a short hill but pretty steep. The actual map they post on the official website is utter garbage. Will download the GPX tomorrow and have a good look at the route. Any possibilities of doing 2 stops??

Ricky will be joining us as well now I believe.

Sounds good to me. Where and what time are we meeting?

I guess BS will be quite central for those going. As for time I guess we need to rubber stamp the viewing point, see the schedules time of arrival and work back from there.

The predicted time to pass through charfield is between 2 & 2:45pm according to the stage download but I'm not sure how accurate this will be.

I thought 2.45 was about the predicted overall finish time?

Get there what 45mins - 1hr before to try and get a decent spot. 2hrs of cycling before hand?

Finish predicted 2:55-3:25pm according to this.

http://tourofbritain.co.uk/files/documents/Stage_4_Worcester_-_Bristol_ETA_v3.0.pdf

This is the eta download I've used.

Paul/Tom - have very quickly plotted a 40 miler that takes in Charfield. Don't need to stick to it as its roads we know but as a rough guide:

http://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/7908145

Sounds like a plan then.

What time shall we meet at Costa BS?

I'm not too fussed, what time do people want to get to Charfield?

I'm guessing we need to get there with a bit of time to spare if they're early and/or if it's busy. The earliest I can get to Costa is going to be about 9:30ish after the school run.

I know this may be a silly question but are we going to need to take bike locks in case our bikes have to be left further back from the race route?

I was thinking about 1200. Go straight there to watch, but I finish nights in the morning and need a couple of hours sleep so if you're going early I'll meet you at Charfield.

I guess meet at 9:30ish then as we are doing 40 mile ride first

I know what you mean about the bike lock thing. I'm not sure what Charfield is like, will there even be palces to lock you bike?

ok then Darren, Edders and any else who wants to join us, I'll meet you at Costa for 9:30am and Tom we'll see you in Charfield at 12pm.

It's not 40 miles before charfield, that takes into account getting back as well. I'd suggest 1030 at costa??

10.30 is fine by me. See you then.

10:30 is good for me too