Tour de Oxenhope

A hike from Bradshaw to Oxenhope to watch the tour de France this A.M.

Walking on the Ogden to TMR bridleway I let out a “ I don’t believe it” crowds of hikers on my patch.

We were greeted with a sight I don’t think I’ll ever witness again , wife got her purse out.

According to the N.H.S. or is it the French, we rostbefs are lazy fat idle peeps not doing enough exercise , well let me tell you, there were two , three or maybe even four throngs  out walking  a good 4 miles there and an even longer 4 miles back. I was well impressed.

How many is a throng?

We arrived at Oxenhope Post Office & walked up the folk lined road, found somewhere to park our derriere (that’s French like for ars  bum ) on a wall corner.

Took a few snaps – mostly of Jonny stripy shirt who seemed to get in the way all the time.

The caravan came first lobbing stuff at us from their  vehicles,  they were being chased by the Gendarme,  presumably for being litter louts.

They are rubbish those Gendarmes they didn’t catch any of the litter louts.

Anyway the wife managed to get two “fruit shoot” fans lobbed her way; they have  “Teisseire & Bouge avec nous!" printed on them. Which roughly translated means “Here is a piece of tat for you to put in a drawer and allow to gather dust”

 I would have posted a pic of the fan, but as I got bugger all lobbed at me, I’m in a sulk.

Eventually the riders turned up, they were not going as fast as I though they would be – these northern hills had slowed ‘em up a bit.

They were past is a jiffy & the next lot (I counted 105) were past in two jiffies.

(I didn’t count them really).

The moors were bereft of birds, can't think why, just managed a few gulls at TMR.

We walked back and called in the Causeway Foot Inn for a drink.

I asked Sue "are you having a nice German white wine ?" - “I'm off Hock”  she replied.

No need for language  like that, on what was a really good day out.

a few pics:-

Jonny stripy shirt

Throw me a crap fan please.

Cars parked at Dog & Gun Inn.

After the event people walking over the moors well into the distance.

Home for us, is over the hill on the skyline