Tour de France

[les_taxi]

Prince William and Kate are in Harrogate for the Tour de France Saturday. Then this afternoon a customer informed me that David Beckham and his family are also attending. Wow what a weekend ahead for Harrogate, Knaresborough and Yorkshire - such a fantastic area to live and work

Looking forward to it, not working as cars are pretty much banned.

Should be great showcase for Harrogate - crowds expected to be in the hundreds of thousands

[stevewool]

The best sport show on Earth - bring it on

[les_taxi]

Well not really my cup of tea but it's going to be so huge I'm not missing it.

I will take plenty of pics on the weekend

[Terpe]

The best sport show on Earth - bring it on

Couldn't agree more Steve
I intend to do everything I can to see as much of it as possible.....

[grahamw48]

...and for York !

Pah. All these newbie cyclists everywhere.

[Michael Parnham]

Couldn't agree more Steve
I intend to do everything I can to see as much of it as possible.....

Position yourself on an uphill section, good luck!

[Dedworth]

A shame Wiggo's not in it

[grahamw48]

True !

UK Ltd Marketing cock it up again.

[les_taxi]

Beckham in local shop asking for directions to local park. He has hired out a large country pub for the event.

Rumored Kate and Will booked top floor of Betty's !

Getting really busy in the town and police have warned us of traffic snarl ups with the frogs bringing the Tour de France equipment etc.

[grahamw48]

Yep....road closure signs all over the place.

I hope you manage to do well out of it Les.

Have you rented your house out yet ?

[les_taxi]

I'm losing money Graham as I'm off to it and not working (can't drive in town centre anyway)

Tales of lots of people renting house out - one guy rented his small house out for 3 days for £12,000

[grahamw48]

Ah, ok. I wasn't sure which way it would go for you...businesswise.

Yes, I'd thought of renting mine out.

12 grand would certainly cover any cleaning and minor damages.

[les_taxi]

Traffic nite mare already while they continue setting up!

[grahamw48]

I might toodle off down on my pushbike and take a look...or should I just close the curtains on Sunday (?) and hide in the house ?

[les_taxi]

I'm getting into it!

Well getting into the beer tent on Saturday!

[grahamw48]

Haha....you do right. Enjoy.

[Arthur Little]

Tales of lots of people renting house out - one guy rented his small house out for 3 days for £12,000

... daylight robbery!

... CLEARLY some of the "revellers" have a lot more money than sense!

[les_taxi]

Guess which country the people with more money than sense come from?

[Michael Parnham]

Guess which country the people with more money than sense come from?

Well, they're not Scots that's for sure!

[les_taxi]

Yanks

Anyway it's mental in Harrogate today - the day before the race - Choppers in the sky, zillions of people. I counted about 8 bars on the main finish line grassy area.

Dead excited!

[Dedworth]

Come on Wiggo

[Arthur Little]

Come on Wiggo

... "Hoi! ... keep your 'hair' on"!

[les_taxi]

Wiggo not in it

[stevewool]

I might toodle off down on my pushbike and take a look...or should I just close the curtains on Sunday (?) and hide in the house ?

Watch out there Graham, you may get taken along with the pack and end up in France

[les_taxi]

Watch out there Graham, you may get taken along with the pack and end up in France

Graham's chopper gives the game away!

[stevewool]

Graham's chopper gives the game away!

Now now Les, thats rude

[les_taxi]

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[grahamw48]

Oy !

[grahamw48]

Anyway, I can always use my runabout.


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[grahamw48]

Well, it was a struggle, but I managed to keep up with the pack, even though I was only supposed to be spectating.

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