he Taunton Flyer will be taking place from Smeatharpe Airfield near Honiton. The event supports SSAFA, the Armed Forces Charity and is themed around the wartime airfields of East Devon and Somerset, with routes that pass RAF Exeter (Exeter Airport), RAF Dunkeswell, RAF Upottery (Smeatharpe) RAF Culmhead, RAF Merryfield, and RAF Westonzoyland
This popular early season sportive, offers a mixture of open, flowing, flat roads combined with a couple of testing climbs in the Blackdown Hills (an area of outstanding natural beauty). The Taunton Flyer offers you a choice of three routes, the Spitfire (37 miles), the Dakota (63 miles) or the Wellington (101 miles). All routes are fully signed and supported with quality feed station, outriders, mechanics and medics. The Sportive includes electronic chip timing providing you with an official completion time, plus a finishers medal.
BBC R4 on Broadcasting House 9:45 papers segment happily having another "but cycles" hitting most of the wrong notes, stringing together Auriol...
Don't you mean WONNIE PICKEWING!!!
Couple of problems with this....
So on average you've seen a cyclist run a red less than once a month? Not exactly an epidemic round your way then, is it?
Open mind 🤣
I'm gonna wait for the gravel specific ones
Ironic four foot retro reflective SLOW in the road too...
Clearly the poles should have priority in this situation so the cycle path is at fault. Although perhaps like redder lights maybe they have to be ...
Converting soonness to conspicuity is far from trivial when you are using imperial units.
He's doing such a great job