The Women's Tour about the arrive Well the end of my drive to be more accurate. The Women's Tour kicked off in Daventry and wound a route around Northamptonshire and through the village I now live in.
By coincidence, I happened to be working from home today and so was able to nip out of my front door around 11:30am and show my support. I could hear the sirens from my front room so popped out just before it got interesting.
And for a few minutes it was all rather exciting. First a squadron of police motorcycle outriders came through; their roles were to block the roads on the cycle route from other traffic – with blue lights flashing, sirens whooping, engines roaring, it was a cool show of force, efficiency and planning.
The peloton raced through a few minutes later and I sat on the ground taking the photos shared with you below.
The cyclists were in tight formation, going fast, looking professional and very focused indeed - no waving, no smiling, no silly outfits and no stopping for selfies.
At the back of the group was a motorcycle film crew – two chaps on the same bike. The cameraman was standing up on the back of the moving BMW. I thought blimey, you have to be brave to do that. Clearly a lot trust between passenger and driver.
In no time at all (just seconds in fact) the ladies had crossed the A428 and were on their way to Guilsborough. When they were gone, the team support vehicles thundered through along with more of Northamptonshire Constabulary’s finest.
And then it was done. I was back to work in little more than five minutes, less time than a typical coffee/fag break.
But much better!
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