On 7/7/07, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > has anyone here ever photographed the start of the tour de france > before?
Ahhhh...no. > tomorrow it is due to pass through greenwich from about 11am. the > clocks will start running when they get to the meridian line. I have > been scouting for a useful vantage point today. the one I like best is > shortly before meridian (about 100 metres before). > > I am assuming that they will arrive from Central London and just carry > on straight through Greenwich - they won't have to stop and line up on > the meridian for a mass start or anything like that will they? I doubt they'll stop. I imagine there is some point on the route where they'll cross the "line" > are there normally large crowds of officials and sealed-off areas > around the 'real' start? in other words, am I likely to be able to get > to the vantage point I want? (I have a plan B, of course) How much interest is this getting in the UK. From what I've seen on the telly in the past in France I would expect large crowds. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
