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I'm a bit worried me and Mrs Sparkle won't be able to see owt over 8 deep crowds on Champs Elysees. I'm buggered if I'm carting a pair of steps all round Paris though.
So, I knocked this up at work. Three bit of, ahem, scrap mdf, cut to size and with slots in.
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They slot together like this:

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giving a solid platform to stand on. It's about a foot or so high and is fairly like for lugging round in my rucsack.

Probably doomed to failure but hey ho. 😀


 
Posted : 16/07/2013 2:44 pm
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Looks like some kind of new-fangled pipe bomb to me.
I'm sure the French police aren't prone to overreacting though.


 
Posted : 16/07/2013 2:50 pm
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Chapeau that's ingenious! doubt I'd have thought of that, but then I don't need to 😉 necessity mother of invention and all that.


 
Posted : 16/07/2013 3:12 pm
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Smile sweetly and get lifted on to the back of a parked press bike? Worked for Munqe Chick at the Morzine finish when Floyd Landis infamously won... 8)


 
Posted : 16/07/2013 3:44 pm
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Last year, we just got up very early and bagged a place where we could see. It was a long hot wait, but worth it!


 
Posted : 16/07/2013 3:50 pm
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I thought it was going to involve two mirrors when I saw the pic 😉


 
Posted : 16/07/2013 3:52 pm
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The corner bits where they slot together already look a bit bent - could you redo it with the slits nearer the centre of each board? Might be stronger


 
Posted : 16/07/2013 4:03 pm
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Looks like an ankle breaker!


 
Posted : 16/07/2013 4:05 pm
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have you considered uneven ground? maybe take some of the wood out between the three corners so it's more like legs than flat sides.
also, it needs decorating - preferably with slogans like "howdya like yer steak Bertie?" or something witty.


 
Posted : 16/07/2013 4:11 pm
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It is a lot stronger than it looks. And neither me nor the Mrs are biffers so I reckon it should be ok. Doubt it'll get decorated with owt as it'll be in a Parisian bin by midnight Sunday! ;0)


 
Posted : 16/07/2013 5:00 pm
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I know, you should paint them like Masai shields. Froome would love that.


 
Posted : 16/07/2013 5:41 pm
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Seating has already been put up on about 50% of the Champs....not sure how much further up it's going to go, you may struggle to find a spot though!


 
Posted : 16/07/2013 6:50 pm
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Is this the sort of stuff that little people do in their spare time?

Well I never. 😀


 
Posted : 16/07/2013 6:54 pm

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