By chance we camped within a mile of a stage in France a few years ago. My son was too young to stand on a roadside for a couple of hours so my wife had to miss it as well. The FIL and I went and I was impressed by the whole thing
Obviously I am late to the party, but have just realised we could all go to a uk stage this year. It would mean a lot of driving (10ish hour round trip?). Although I think they would enjoy seeing the cyclists go past I remember it being over in a flash!
I also remember what’s best described as a high speed carnival about 30mins before the pelaton arrived. Lots of wacky cars/vans/small trucks with people lobbing sweets, flags, hats etc driving at about 25mph. At the time I thought “never in England H&S would go mad!”
Does anyone know if this sort of thing happens on the UK stages. Obviously it’s all about sponsorship and brand awareness and I guess some of the sponsors are not fussed about us Brits, but in my case it may make the difference between going or not going as I want the family to enjoy it
