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Lolz at him living in "Petty Whin Close"


 
Posted : 30/04/2014 2:31 pm
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matthew_h beat me to it. Thought his address was pretty fitting.

Classic NIMBY


 
Posted : 30/04/2014 2:33 pm
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Well thank goodness someone is making a stand on behalf of the silent majority. 🙄


 
Posted : 30/04/2014 2:36 pm
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"Harrogate is run for the benefit of the residents...."

I don't suppose any hotels, cafes, shops etc will see any benefit, will they? 😕


 
Posted : 30/04/2014 2:37 pm
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He's only saying what everyone is thinking.

Will Lenny Henry be there?

🙂


 
Posted : 30/04/2014 2:37 pm
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Just checked on his address and, unless he absolutely must go into town on Saturday, he is not going to be inconvenienced at all, other than a bit of traffic.

I might go and throw yellow paint at his house tonight.


 
Posted : 30/04/2014 2:45 pm
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The Surrey Nimbys had a go at the Prudential London/Surrey 100 charity ride as well, trying to get it stopped. Galvanised me into action:

[url= http://www.justgiving.com/Mike-Dudley2?https%3A%2F%2Fwww.justgiving.com%2FMike-Dudley2 ]Have a go[/url]


 
Posted : 30/04/2014 2:45 pm
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I had never realised...

Thats the same webpage the Edinburgh TatRag uses.

Same parent company...

Well, that explains alot.


 
Posted : 30/04/2014 2:47 pm
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Better cancel it then.


 
Posted : 30/04/2014 2:49 pm
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Nice to see that all 4 reader comments below give him an appropriate shoeing.

Muppet, what a bitter miserable life he must lead with a world view like that.


 
Posted : 30/04/2014 3:56 pm
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I feel a sudden desire to nip across town and ride up and down his street annoying him!


 
Posted : 30/04/2014 4:12 pm
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I feel a sudden desire to nip across town and ride up and down his street annoying him!

Do it!

I would if I lived nearby.

Arrange an early Sunday morning group ride to start and finish there.


 
Posted : 30/04/2014 4:17 pm
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Clue- It's [b]LE[/b] Tour - bloody foreigners, if it's not unemployed tiddlywinks players coming over here stealing jobs from OUR unemployed actors, it's bloody cyclists - bet they don't stop and red lights or pay road tax, ohmygodmyheadsgoingtoexplde


 
Posted : 30/04/2014 4:19 pm
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Is this the same Harrogate that is the cond=ference capital of England?

Good lingerie shows up there.

Are THEY run for the benefit of the residents?


 
Posted : 30/04/2014 11:48 pm
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He should have some EPO and get in a rage. Or get a road bike.


 
Posted : 01/05/2014 1:14 am
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Arrange an early Sunday morning group ride to start and finish there.

Good god that's a great idea!!!!!! 😀


 
Posted : 01/05/2014 9:45 am
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This reader's comment sums it up:

"..do we really want hordes of French tourists clogging up the roads... I suggest the French save their money for things alien to their culture, namely toothpaste, and drinkable tea."

So they apparently don't want tourists or money?

In that case you can't really fault their approach to this 😀


 
Posted : 01/05/2014 10:00 am
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Isn't Harrogate known as an epicentre of middle-Englandness?


 
Posted : 01/05/2014 10:06 am
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Someone please go "amend" his street sign


 
Posted : 01/05/2014 10:16 am
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I am tempted...


 
Posted : 01/05/2014 10:29 am
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And thank you all, it's nice to see some familiar names post replies on the article 🙂


 
Posted : 01/05/2014 10:29 am
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Just print "ge" on a label sticker and bob it in the end of "Whin"

Print a few of them off for when they are peeled off 😉


 
Posted : 01/05/2014 10:30 am
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Just seems rather typical of yorkshire really, what did they expect 🙂

Now if the had chosen Lancashire !


 
Posted : 01/05/2014 10:43 am
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lolz, it's too ridiculous for me even to get angry about


 
Posted : 01/05/2014 11:32 am
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Now if the had chosen Lancashire

They'd all have their bikes nicked before the first stage....


 
Posted : 01/05/2014 11:47 am
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Whats that rhyme they use to describe Yorkshire folk..?

Strong in t'arm, thick in t'ead..

Sums it up.


 
Posted : 01/05/2014 11:48 am
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Now if the had chosen Lancashire !

They would have had to do 250 laps because its so boring, small and flat compared to Le Yorkshire. 😉


 
Posted : 01/05/2014 11:52 am
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The author of the original letter has a surname of 'Michel' which sounds decidedly French to me too...


 
Posted : 01/05/2014 11:52 am

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