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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 776.1 | | WAYOUT::TALBOT | Trevor Talbot | Tue Jul 05 1994 11:00 | 4 |
| Not in a similiar place to that which the French
policeman stood trying to get a close up shot...HEAD ON.
oouch...
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| 776.2 | Objects in the viewfinder ... | TASTY::JEFFERY | Children need to learn about X in school | Tue Jul 05 1994 12:56 | 9 |
| When I was on holiday in Noirmoutier last year, we gathered on the bridge to
the island to watch the Tour de France go through. A guy in our party stood
in front with the camera to his eye, snapping away. Unfortunately, the
camera viewfinder makes objects appear further away, and he was nearly run
over.
He was pulled back by a gendarme.
Mark.
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| 776.3 | | COMICS::FISCHER | Life's a big banana sandwich | Tue Jul 05 1994 14:23 | 6 |
| Does anyone know the precise route? I know they come in via Whitchurch and
Overton, presumably down the B3400 and end up going down the A339 to Alton.
What happens in between?
Ian
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| 776.4 | | WAYOUT::TALBOT | Trevor Talbot | Tue Jul 05 1994 16:03 | 7 |
| Hi,
I understand there was a map of the route in last
Friday's B'stoke Guts ache(Gazette!)..I'll dig it out
and phot copy it if you like?
-Trev
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| 776.5 | | TASTY::JEFFERY | Children need to learn about X in school | Tue Jul 05 1994 18:05 | 13 |
| The council offices have a map.
The tour comes in from town centre west junction from the B3400, to victory
roundabout, then to eastrop, then they turn right onto Timberlake road, and
then up the one way system. They then turn left onto London Road, past the
Police station, around London road, and left onto Black Dam estate. They go
around Black Dam estate (A fine place to get lost!), and come out onto the
roundabout by the Crest (can't remember the name). They then head left onto
the A339 to Alton.
Phew!
Mark.
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| 776.6 | | FORTY2::GROOM | | Wed Jul 06 1994 09:15 | 4 |
| First road closures in Bazza start at 11am and continue until 2pm but the
Alton Road will not be fully reopen to Alton until nearly 3pm.
Alex
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| 776.7 | Keep your stinking Tour! | WAYOUT::EVANSNI | | Wed Jul 06 1994 12:56 | 10 |
| Referring to the original note and not the subsequent replies I
firmly believe that the best vantage point could be obtained within the
Golden Lion, as near as possible to the bar, but for all those cycling
fans out there you may like to choose a public house that is actually
on-route of the T-de-F.
Signed,
A firm believer in walking.
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| 776.8 | Not that way!! | REPAIR::SHERGOLD | A new head on the block! | Wed Jul 06 1994 13:40 | 17 |
| Re .5
The tour does not turn into Timberlake Road. It goes straight down
Churchill Way East. (That's why the large roundabout splitting
Churchill Way - I cannot for the life of me remmber its name - was
recently re-surfaced) Then it's the wrong way round the roundabout
and up into New Road. It then turns into London Road and round into
Blackdam estate having passed over the ring road. Eventually it reaches
Hackwood roundabout and turns left for Alton. (As per map issued by
the Gazette)
For a nice convivial view you could try the Anvil bar terrace or the
bridge close by.
Keith
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| 776.9 | Not Hackwood Roundabout!! | LARVAE::LUND_YATES | We are all mortal | Wed Jul 06 1994 14:25 | 4 |
| According to the map from the Gazette, they will NOT be hitting the
Hackwood Roundabout - it's Venture Roundabout (by the Crest hotel).
Dave
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| 776.10 | | REPAIR::SHERGOLD | A new head on the block! | Thu Jul 07 1994 10:42 | 7 |
| Absolutely correct - the one by the Crest. In which case which one is
the Hackwood? Is that the one at the other end of the little dual
carriage way? I've only lived in B'stoke ten years and roundabout names
still confuse me - Blackdam is the only one I am really sure of - I
think!
Keith
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| 776.11 | We should be in topic 10 | ARNIES::SMITHP1 | I survived the Dagmar Xmas Dinner | Thu Jul 07 1994 11:36 | 14 |
|
Hackwood is the one on the Ringway South, at its junction
with Hackwood Road.
winchester rd | | hackwood | blackdam
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| venture
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golden lion |
Not to scale......North is up.
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