{"id":1768,"date":"2011-08-14T16:22:36","date_gmt":"2011-08-14T15:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/?p=1768"},"modified":"2011-08-14T16:26:46","modified_gmt":"2011-08-14T15:26:46","slug":"london-surrey-cycle-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/14\/london-surrey-cycle-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"London Surrey Cycle Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today was the day of the London Surrey Cycle Classic<\/a> road race. They were testing out the proposed route for next year’s Olympics, and seeing as it passed only 2 or 3 miles from our house I thought I would pop out and watch the excitement.<\/p>\n

It was all good fun. I arrived nice and early (I was the first person to park my car at my designated spot – I had picked a place which isn’t too close to where people live so it was quite nice and quiet), set up my chair and my knitting, and sat down to knit a couple of rows while I waited for the action. Here is my little encampment, the yellow bag contains the knitting:<\/p>\n

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As you can see from the view up the road:<\/p>\n

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And the view down the road:<\/p>\n

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I pretty much had the place to myself when I arrived. A few more people did come later, but it wasn’t exactly crowded.<\/p>\n

After a bit of a wait, in which a couple of safety cars went by, and then an info car telling us a bit about how the race was going, the leading motorbikes arrived:<\/p>\n