Tour De France Yorkshire

[wints]

Well my experience of rip off yorkshire is as follows:-

We booked with a C&CC rally at Otley football club. It's bang on the route for the TDF. The C&CC DA had a long standing booking at Otley for a modest sum of approx £10/n, and then.....someone representing Otley FC found out (only a few months ago) that they may have been missing out on a windfall, so they informed the DA that the terms of the booking are being altered and that they now wanted approx £50/n !!
Quite rightly the DA cancelled.
Now I would've thought that a verbal contract (backed up no doubt by paperwork knowing the C&CC) should be legally binding, but Otley FC are still going ahead with their money making scheme. Not sure what the C&CC are doing.

regards
Allen

 

[yorkieowl]

For anybody planning being near Huddersfield:

The race

Gives list of road closures/restrictions etc. You could always get a seat to watch it at Kirkwood Hospice, only £279 pp!! I know this goes to charity, but it takes the p*ss.

 

[Greytop]

So it seems that just parking the Motorhome up along the TDF route, the way the French do, is a non starter in Yorkshire. Lets face it we wouldn't want people to enjoy themselves for free would we, when they can be ripped off!!!
However does anyone know the situation regarding parking up in a layby on the route?

 

[Telstar]

I doubt parking in lay-bys will be allowed. Sheffield council have arrangements in place to physically remove vehicles parked on the route.

Jon

 

[yorkslass]

So it seems that just parking the Motorhome up along the TDF route, the way the French do, is a non starter in Yorkshire. Lets face it we wouldn't want people to enjoy themselves for free would we, when they can be ripped off!!!
However does anyone know the situation regarding parking up in a layby on the route?

not a chance:mad2::mad2::mad2: all they are interested in is ripping people off.

 

[Greytop]

What about other nations???

Surely there will be overseas visitors coming in Motorhomes, who are used to a more relaxed attitude to Motorhomes.
How are the authorities going to deal with them, if they just move them on it will just re-enforce the idea that we live in a police state, with authorities knocking on doors day and night.
My feeling is that if enough people park sensibly along the route they will just have to put up with it.
Of course I could be completely wrong!!!!

 

[travelling phil]

Your best bet is Langsett reservoir, if you are getting there early, plenty of parking all round there, or in the estates near Linley, (Ainley Top) you should find somewhere, in Yorkshire we don't make a big song and dance about owt like this, so can't see most folks getting there too early.

thanks for all the replies - I have followed the tour many times in my motorhome in France. I reckon Yorkshire folk will be in for a shock at the amount of people that are coming over from Europe for these stages i reckon there will be a few hundred motorhomes from France, Holland and Germany on the yorkshire stages and these guys will not want to pay to park - they never do!

 

[John H]

thanks for all the replies - I have followed the tour many times in my motorhome in France. I reckon Yorkshire folk will be in for a shock at the amount of people that are coming over from Europe for these stages i reckon there will be a few hundred motorhomes from France, Holland and Germany on the yorkshire stages and these guys will not want to pay to park - they never do!

And I assume they will let the TDF organisers know their feelings and demand that the race never be held in England again - we certainly don't deserve it after all this nonsense.

 

[Topher]

I reckon Yorkshire folk will be in for a shock at the amount of people that are coming over from Europe for these stages

We have been told to expect 400,000 visitors in Bishopdale, Swaledale and Wensleydale with 80,000-100,000 of those on the Buttertubs. If these numbers are true then that will be a bigger spectacle than the bikes.

 

[slickrick]

campsites

Hi all

Fancying watching up at Holme Moss so just been speaking to the tourist board, they've confirmed what others have said here that there is no parking on route but there is plenty of camping left. Sent this link which thought others might find useful - maybe see some of you there!

Camping and caravan sites

 

[The Camper]

Just had a look at some of the prices of the ‘campsites’ from the link and I can’t believe how greedy/ripping off these lot are – people have long memories about being ripped off so it may come back to bite them in the bum.

My favourite is the funeral home ‘campsite’ at £150 for two nights with only water and an elsan point – who is going to pay that?

 

[yorkieowl]

We have been told to expect 400,000 visitors in Bishopdale, Swaledale and Wensleydale with 80,000-100,000 of those on the Buttertubs. If these numbers are true then that will be a bigger spectacle than the bikes.

Aye, and they told us to avoid Cornwall for the eclipse cos of the amount of visitors, we went, dozens of empty 'camping' fields and the place was like a ghost town, we had booked a site (without deposit luckily) which was a mud bath, we ended up camped with the kids in a lovely little farm campsite, with just a few other families. Same with the funeral of Princess Diana, avoid London at all costs, but there was only a fraction of the expected crowds turned up, many preferring to line the route to Althorp.

 

[mikey2341]

We pretty much follow the tour from start to finish, it's a great social holiday. You get to meet lots of interesting people from all over the world. It's such a shame the councils are not going to embrace the motorhome culture of the Tour.
I'm expecting riots when the caravan gives out the freebies too!

 

[Deleted member 20892]

Still hardly any publicity for this from the Sheffield County Council....maybe there just hoping it'll go away, if it weren't for the fact that I can't get any holiday time over this years Tour dates, I'd hope over to the Alps where I know as a m/homer i'd be made more than welcome.!

jt

 

[travelling phil]

Well seen as it runs right past my daughters at Grenoside, i am going up there, i'm not bothered about it but i would like to see my grandchildren watch it. I'm going to put my van outside her house.

BTW, we was getting all our roads re surfaced any way, its just the route has got priority, and about time, its not called pot hole city for nothing.

We will have a new campsite in Greno woods off the back of this, so if the car park is on the POi's i can guarantee there will be no overnight signs up very soon.

I could go to Grenoside to watch too & park the van nearby....... but as my ex & all her family live about a mile down the road I dont think I will bother her dad has a shotgun!

 

[travelling phil]

We have been told to expect 400,000 visitors in Bishopdale, Swaledale and Wensleydale with 80,000-100,000 of those on the Buttertubs. If these numbers are true then that will be a bigger spectacle than the bikes.

You better believe it, there will be thousands all over the route. If you see a load of guys in orange tag along they will be dutch and always party on the tour - they always have too much beer & wine & love giving it away!

 

[groyne]

Anyone going then? We've booked in near Middleham £20 a night, for 2 nights. As Mrs G says, we'll probably never see it again, so we've bit the Bullet. It's the first time I've ever booked or paid more than £5 for a nights stop. So don't think too unkindly of us.

 

[Deleted member 20892]

Seen Froome and SKy on Bradfield, they really don't know how to "do" "le tour" here yet, give it another 101 years and they may just get the gist if it.!

jt

 

[Wooie1958]

Anyone going then? We've booked in near Middleham £20 a night, for 2 nights. As Mrs G says, we'll probably never see it again, so we've bit the Bullet. It's the first time I've ever booked or paid more than £5 for a nights stop. So don't think too unkindly of us.

£20 a night .. :scared: ... are you mad ?

There`ll be people on here nearly having a heart attack !

You should be taken forthwith to a public place, smeared with strawberry jam and slapped repeatedly with a damp lettuce leaf ..............


Ooops nearly forgot,

Have a good time and some pictures would be good if you get chance ..................... enjoy.

 

[Derby Donkey]

Seen Froome and SKy on Bradfield, they really don't know how to "do" "le tour" here yet, give it another 101 years and they may just get the gist if it.!

jt

True, but I bet they can teach the French how to milk it and fleece the spectators though.

Altruismroolseffalloverhere!