Tour of Britain

The Tour of Britain passed right in front of our house yesterday lunchtime, so I sat up high on our garden wall and waited for them. They passed very quickly! These are the front 5 riders. The peloton arrived on their heels. It was very exciting! Shame about the mountain biker walking on the pavement, who seemed not only disinterested, but spoiled the photo. I should have taken him out. So to speak!

[Sally Ings]

What a treat to have them go past your house.

[Pam Knowler]

Wow front row seats! Lucky you! A great spectacle when the peloton passes - so quickly!

[Wylie]

Nice shot of the leads. Wouldn' t worry about the mountain biker - all in the background noise.

[Denise Wood]

You certainly had a bird's eye view :)

[Babs]

How exciting to be able to see the event from your house

[Kathy A]

How great it must have been to be able to sit up there and watch this

[Valerie Chesney]

What a super position you had Issi to catch the front riders.

[Bep]

Great capture, Issi.

[LManning (Laura)]

Terrific POV on some exciting action!

[Pat Knowles]

Well he has a bike so fits in nicely even if he is facing the wrong way….how weird he didn’t stop & watch. It’s quite a sight seeing the riders like this….exciting actually going right past your door!

[Cazzi]

What an exciting event right outside your front door. They pass so quickly that you were lucky to get a photo. Blink and you miss it.

[Leslie]

wonderful capture . My oldest has really gotten into bike racing and has joined a bike club in San Francisco. His wife now calls herself #bikewife ...LOL she is funny and his biggest cheerleader...

[Islandgirl]

Wow how nice to have them pass right by your house, you could have cloned the mountain biker out of the photo.

[Kathy]

Exciting to see a bit of the race. About the mountain biker, I don't think it ruins the photo. He makes me wonder why he's going the other way and shows that this is a "tour" that runs through a regular town with people doing regular things.

[Shutterbug]

Glad you could grab such a terrific view for yourself and for the photo. Strange that the other biker didn’t have any interest.

[Shutterbug]

@lesip I know the feeling. My hubby is in a bike group. All of us spouses call ourselves bikewife or bikehubby.

[Milanie]

That must have been fun to watch

[Issi Bannerman]

@happypat @shutterbug49 I was really surprised that he wasn't interested enough to stop and watch. I know mountain biking is a different sport, but still!

[Richard Sayer]

We had the same luck 4 years ago with the Tour de France…

[haskar]

This walking cyclist makes a great story.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

LOL on the mountain biker- what a snob! Yeah, take him out hehe. Good shot!