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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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parksey
Colin Peyresourde wrote:As to
Colin Peyresourde wrote:As to the pictures – I see an unbroken white line, but I think I see dashes next to it so I think that is a legal pass. He also appears to be giving her quite a bit of space. I did think that her bloody support team were probably clogging up busy country roads.So far as I understand it, in a situation where there are two white lines down the centre of the road, it is only if the broken line is on “your” side that it is legal to cross it to overtake. If it is the unbroken line on “your” side, as seems to be the case in the screenshots, it wouldn’t be a legal overtake. However, as has been pointed out, the coverage showed they had police motorcycle outriders with them who were no doubt directing traffic around the group and therefore “approving” such manoeuvres.
SirCav
stumps wrote:I, personally,
stumps wrote:I, personally, dont like Davina but thats not what matters here. What matters is that she made a load of money for charity. As per other comments though its a shame the other lesser known people are not given the same recognition for all the tireless hard work they put into charity work.Spot on. I think that’s the bottom line, isn’t it – she raised a lot of money for charity. Whoever you are – Joe Bloggs/man-on-the-street or famous TV personality – you raise however much you can, how you can. Yes, Davina has much more media exposure than we mortals can expect but that is just the way it is. My wife and daughters are cycling for #SR14 on Sunday – we won’t get the same recognition or raise anywhere near the same amount as Davina but that’s not why we ride. However much we end up raising, it’s all for good causes. A pound raised by Davina is worth the same as a pound raised by us this weekend (she’s just raised more!).
I’m not a huge fan of Davina’s, but hats off to her – and her support team.
Stumps
I, personally, dont like
I, personally, dont like Davina but thats not what matters here. What matters is that she made a load of money for charity. As per other comments though its a shame the other lesser known people are not given the same recognition for all the tireless hard work they put into charity work.bikerdavecycling
If have not wanted to ride
If have not wanted to ride that week, in to those winds (it was block headwind) and that rain. The walking looked fun, the swimming looked hell. There are some mean spirited people who say “blah, blah, support team, blah, blah, other people are doing the same for charity without the exposure” but a) she still had to do it, get up everyday, overcome injuries & near hypothermia &, b) this effort back to back day after day would be enough for the most hardy of us & c) the whole point is the exposure she can muster as that’s what brings the huge amount of donations in.Good on her. She rides Campag too 😉 Looked like a shit route at times though, too many main roads!
Scoob_84
Well her efforts impressed me
Well her efforts impressed me and earned a donation. =D> =D>
bobbinogs
It was a real challenge, I
It was a real challenge, I don’t think anyone can dispute that really. However, she spent 6 months training for it with a team of professional trainers and had a support crew the size if a small army. Most other charity events would differ significantly.
I find the whole celebs doing charity very yawnsome, I know they raise a lot of money but they also raise their own profile in the process so it is not really as altruistic as it appears. L’Oriel are even rerunning the DM ads on commercial tv so the money must be rolling into her coffers as well as the charity.My mum does loads of charity work and gets the odd cup of tea and a biscuit.
Colin Peyresourde
I understand what you say
I understand what you say Gkam, but I think you are a little harsh. As for the easily thrown insults (at you), I think they are out of order and show a lack of any attempt to engage in debate/conversation. Where do you go with debate once you’ve tossed an insult?!I thought Davina’s challenge was made unintentionally difficult and I think she deserves a tip of the hat to the extent that she persevered despite the weather conditions. It was comical in some ways as she was woefully unprepared. But given that she stuck with it shows guts. She was literally dragged from the water of Windemere which surely shows she pushed herself to the limit.
I get what you’re saying about the nature of Sports Relief. At its root is a laudable idea: get celebrities to inspire people to get active and raise money for charity. The problem is that for the likes of you and I that would love to put ourselves through such a challenge but don’t have the time and money to do so it seems trivialising the endeavours of others because her team made that challenge about as straight-forward as could be possible – the success of it seems guaranteed – but actually in this case it wasn’t. She died on her butt a few times. I would move on from that and focus on the responses above – I think she did what she set out to do and inspire a few people.
As to the pictures – I see an unbroken white line, but I think I see dashes next to it so I think that is a legal pass. He also appears to be giving her quite a bit of space. I did think that her bloody support team were probably clogging up busy country roads.
Gkam84
“put herself through hell”
“put herself through hell” =))Here are just some examples of people doing amazing things for charity, that you will never hear about, because “famous” people hog all the headlines.
I thought it was very fitting, right at the end, she crossed the bridge, on her own, arms aloft in the air “look at me” style. Where did her support team go for that? Where was their recognition? The guy that did the whole thing with her, her medical team, the support crew…etc.
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.
If you don’t like my opinion, fair enough, but to call me a wanker and a tosser just because you disagree is bloody childish. Here is what you can do https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BjMvp5iIYAAVRrD.jpg
Joeinpoole
Gkam84 wrote:
As for herGkam84 wrote:
As for her efforts, nothing special really.You tosser. I thought Davina did brilliantly in some bloody difficult conditions. She’s a 46 year old mum of three and she willingly put herself through hell in order to raise money to help others less fortunate than herself. Fantastic effort and I hope she raises millions.
chokofingrz
The difference is that if you
The difference is that if you or I cycled 500 miles we would be lucky to raise a couple of hundred quid and make 10-15 people aware of a charitable cause.She had the guts to get off the couch and do it where it would have been very easy to say “no, ask some other celebrity”. Kudos for using her fame to make a difference.
mid 40’s and Strava, where
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…
Gkam84 wrote:As for her
Gkam84 wrote:As for her efforts, nothing special really.You’re a bit of a wanker really aren’t you.
I think her efforts were actually really rather special. What have you done that’s really so special? Raise a few thousand for charity recently, or do you just languish in the mid 40’s on your strava that makes you so great?
There were outriders all over
There were outriders all over shuttling traffic, so its no big deal.As for her efforts, nothing special really.
SimonT1971
Yes but surely the Police
Yes but surely the Police would have had some sort of temp blocks ahead and behind (sort of like a moving set of temp traffic lights) to minimise traffic issues in either direction? In other words this manoeuvre was probably ok? -
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