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March 20, 2014 at 9:53 pm #20995
William Black
Did anyone else just watch in disbelief as an articulated lorry overtook an entourage on a solid white line?
I’ve just taken a couple of photo’s with the iPad just working out how to get them on the interwebs!
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Yes so nobody got hurt, no I can’t comment on just how long that road is nor just how slow they were going but, I just nearly spat mine glass of wine out when I saw it on the TV…number plate & company name clear and visible to all and sundry
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Also, let’s face it, if it
Also, let’s face it, if it looked a doddle, who would bother donating so much cash to charity. All that suffering for a good cause (and I’m pretty sure it was sincere – see comment above about open water swim) makes for much better TV than, “Oh look, person who’s trained very hard and/or is very good at that completes challenge with no bother”.Good job done!
I’m not detracting from those who are very good and/or trained hard – also, good job done, just talking TV charity cash collection.
We were talking about this sort of thing (not Ms McCall’s travails) at the weekend and we came to the conclusion that it is a lot easier to wrest cash from people’s sweaty maws, if what you are doing will be a real challenge. That’s people for you.
mooleur
Personally, I think she did
Personally, I think she did brilliantly, it was heartwarming to see someone outside the realms of pro or pro am athleticism make an achievement such as this. I’ve done the three day stint from LDN to Paris (for charity) before and even as someone who trains for an average of 16 hours a week that’s bloody hard. To add in a freezing cold swim and the knee shattering pain of a marathon to that sounds like my idea of hell.Also, as well as the reasonably reputable physical achievement, she’s opened the country up to sports at the same time. A lot of people who might’ve had some level of disrespect for cyclists or runners before this may now have formed some level of appreciation for the sports. That might be hopeful thinking of course but it’s nice to think that maybe, just maybe, impressionable Joe Bloggs will think twice before overtaking one of us so close – as they now know that a lot of us do what we do for passion, or charity or whatever. Hopefully she’s set an example to people in Britain.
I can see why folks might not be impressed, plenty of athletes do more for less, but the bigger picture is still a positive one – it’s better than Coronation Street… and I guess we’re not being held at gunpoint to watch these things. 🙂
Mr HT
William, seriously? It’s a
William, seriously? It’s a comfort zone thing, she took herself out of hers for a cause. I’m not a fan, I don’t do TV of the kind she happens to front, its all a bit tedious and vacuous but a large % of the population likes it and her. That was who she was tapping into. Its whom she was targeting to raise money from. Simple use of self. These people exist through the publicity they can gain, it used to be measured in column inches, I think it’s now twitter numbers? Suffice to say she was very successful.To denigrate her challenge rather exemplifies your own place in the world. Are you simply a sad fat middle aged man with no friends seeking contact through forums via
your ill concieved and contentious rhetoric?If so well done you are a success, maybe not by the same measure as DC, but all the same you have raised your profile a little, gained a small degree of notoriety and put yourself firmly on the road to obscurity. HERO.
Flying Scot
I’m not a fan, but having
I’m not a fan, but having watched it, that was tough.The conditions were awful and I know she had excellent support, dry clothes, massage etc. that most charity challenge people wouldn’t have access to, but it was hard.
I did think the hill walking sections were really tame though!
The coach falling off his bike really took its toll on her morale.
A real stretch for a non athlete in their 40’s.
Quince
Think what you will of the
Think what you will of the scope of her efforts; it’s hard deny their sincerity.It takes a particular sort of person – or more charitably – a particular sort of mood, for someone to needlessly belittle another person’s most wholehearted efforts on an internet forum. Especially as an act of charity.
It’s the same sort of vindictive pleasure I associate with a grown adult gleefully lapping 10 year-olds in the park.
It’s tasteless, at best.
Shep73
The OP needs to get a life,
The OP needs to get a life, taking pictures of a TV because a lorry dare overtake someone on a push bike, it was probably given direction by the Police support but lets not use facts when some lorry driver bashing can be done.bikerdavecycling
£2.3m says it all. Bravo.
£2.3m says it all. Bravo.
davecochrane
Her achievement, given she’s
Her achievement, given she’s a non participant in sport and in the weather she did it in, is impressive. Almost dying in near freezing water was bloody stupid.Monsieur Velo
Maybe what Gkam meant was
Maybe what Gkam meant was that Davina is an annoying, loud mouthed, minor celeb who is on TV far too much. Personally I’d pay money to any charity if she would ride off into the sunset never to darken our TV screens again
Simon_MacMichael
BTW if anyone wants to watch
BTW if anyone wants to watch it, the programme is on iPlayer here http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03yrk3b/Davina_Beyond_Breaking_Point_for_Sport_Relief/oozaveared
Gkam84 wrote:mid 40’s and
Gkam84 wrote:mid 40’s and Strava, where does that come from. I barely even use Strava.She cycled a few hundred miles, swam, walked and ran a little bit. It isn’t anything special, there are people doing things like this for charity ALL the time.
Everyone just thinks it is special because she is a “celebrity” who gets a shit load of media coverage…
Gkam. My son is 18 and a decent triathlete. He isn’t impressed by much. Typical teenage athlete that thinks he’s the dog’s bollocks, that anything you can do he can do better, that finds physical challenges relatively easy and wouldn’t admit it if they weren’t. Anyone that’s cold, or slow, or tired is just a pussy and worthy only of scorn. Rule No 5 is his mantra.
Well he was impressed. Especially with the 5degree open water swim. You may want to try that. You know that triathlons would be cancelled in that kind of temperature. NOWCA won’t allow swimming at Thorpe lakes until the temp reaches at least 10 degrees.
So you must be well hard!
I paraphrase from Jarhead.
you there Gkam84, do you have what it takes…to be the meanest, the cruelest, the most savage…unforgiving motherfuckers in God’s cruel kingdom?
Yes, Staff Sergeant!
Will you be able to one day say, “Yea, though I walk…through the valley
of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil…because I am the baddest motherfucker in the goddamn valley”?Yes, Staff Sergeant!
We shall fucking see!
Simon_MacMichael
Gkam84 wrote:”put herself
Gkam84 wrote:”put herself through hell” =))This is only my opinion, I don’t think she did anything special. She cycled, swam, walked and ran to equal 500 miles. Well done her, but thats not special and certainly didn’t need an hour long program about it.
I think it does. Like it or not, we live in a celebrity obsessed culture, and one-off annual events such as Sports Relief that feature celebs outside their comfort zone undertaking challenges such as this will raise way more money than most other charity efforts, simply because of their profile and because it’s one day of the year when half the country is in dip-hand-in-pocket mode.
Seem to recall she hadn’t ridden a road bike before the LEJOG relay a couple of years ago and she was riding overnight in hail and sub-zero temperatures. She’s obviously been bitten by the bug since then, and she’s raising thousands.
Some people may push themselves further, agreed. But I don’t think that should diminish her achievements or her fundraising efforts.
There are an awful lot of celebrities *not* involved in this who will be sitting at home watching, or off to dinner at the Ivy or some such place.
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I was stunned by her
I was stunned by her performance, to be honest. She truly was beaten up by the challenge, and it hurt like buggery – but she smiled at all those people cheering her on, took time to hat to people on the way. Good on her. I count myself as very fit indeed, and I’d shrink at a challenge like that, especially at the time of year.Anonymous
I’ve always understood it
I’ve always understood it that you are allowed to deviate from normal driving practice if directed to by a uniformed PC/Traffic Warden.As for Davina’s achievement.
1) She is not a professional athlete. She is a 46 year old mother of three.
2) What a time of year to be doing a challenge like that! Give the girl her due, she’s bloody tough. My face hurts just thinking about 10 hours riding into that freezing headwind.
3) By using her status she raised more money.
4) There doesn’t appear to be any ‘side’ with her. What you see is what you get.So lets give her a pat on the back, a round of applause and dip into our pockets.
parksey
Ah, I stand sort of
Ah, I stand sort of corrected…Highway Code wrote:129Double white lines where the line nearest you is solid. This means you MUST NOT cross or straddle it unless it is safe and you need to enter adjoining premises or a side road. You may cross the line if necessary, provided the road is clear, to pass a stationary vehicle, or overtake a pedal cycle, horse or road maintenance vehicle, if they are travelling at 10 mph (16 km/h) or less.
Laws RTA 1988 sect 36 & TSRGD regs 10 & 26So, was Davina travelling at less than 10 mph at that point?!
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