Even with the benefit of the tracking on my phone - though with less detailed info than it shows on my laptop - I got in position 25 minutes before he arrived. It's a busy roundabout, and most of the time there's a steady stream of HGVs to and from the adjacent A(1) and I anticipated a delay at least. Cometh the moment, cometh the man and in bright sunshine he appeared in the distance on the A63 and the traffic disappeared. I'd worked out how much telephoto I needed but fluffed it but clicking on the pic will enlarge it (for anybody who doesn't know.)
I had been expecting local riders might be out marshalling but I suppose technology has done away with that.
While I was waiting I watched two red kites in the sky above but my efforts to photograph them were even worse than my shot of the record attempt.
Anyway, hats off to a great athlete and my thanks again to paulatic for plugging the gaps in my IT. I couldn't find any info this morning so I'm grateful I know the result. Bravo!
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PS
There's been little on here.We’d wondered if E2L wouldn’t get much interest