Le Tour De France...

Jul 4, 2014 - 06:39pm PT
hey there say, ... interesting share, from the non-bike-aspect of the race going through yorkshire, :)

my friend that lives in halifax, up in the moores... just called, 3-4 hours agao, and had this to share:

her lead-up first, was this:
have you heard about the tour de france?
and, remember, how are roads were suddenly getting fixed?

as it was--just before this, they had a 'sudden' fixing-up of roads that had needed repairs, but never seemed to done, way out in the 'rurals' etc...
well, she now understands of course why, she shared, along with this:

they needed the roads in repair, she said she found out, as:
all the cars from the 'watchers' would have be creating a huge mess, stuck out on the roads...

and now... a few spots along the road, for folks that own property close enough (one small local pub, for example) are now 'selling spots' for folks to sit...

however, for those that will park on these much better conditioned roads, they are informed that there will still be a HIKE up to view anything...

and the BURDEN part for the folks out on the moor, where she and her neighbors live is this:

they have been informed by LETTER that they may NOT drive out, with the use any roads--which are ALL CLOSED--under penalty of?? some kind of fine... until after sunday...

and that there is NO emergency ambulances, either, available, as, they went on stike... though they will have air-ambulance, available, she said...

THEY ARE ALLOWED though to walk down the long private drives, to get use any transport, set up, to take folks into town? (or just to see the best place to watch all this??) ...

feels so odd, she said, to be 'trapped, so to speak' on your property...


just thought it might be interesting to share this... not meaning anything bad about it all, as she was not... but it was all feeling
strange for them... kind of like the 'whole world' coming and going,
with the eyes on the race, and they as if 'hunkered down'
on their own, as the excitement builds just under their feet...


oh my...
least, they got their roads, around them there, fixed, ;))

:)

LIFE out on the moors, who'd ever think, so much commotion, :))

Cav's out.