Round the Orme
12 March 2010
Last week the Tour Britannia organisers had confirmation from the Llandudno Council that the four and half mile Marine Drive round the famous Great Orme can be used as a special stage on this year's event. It will run on the middle day of the Tour Britannia, Wednesday, September 8th.
The Great Orme is a limestone headland that stretches out into the Irish Sea to the north-west of Llandudno with the town sitting literally in its shadow. The Marine Drive has been used in the past, most notably on the RAC Rally. The road clings to the side of the cliffs with a good view down on the other side to the sea. In many ways it is similar to the Oliver's Mount stage that was so popular on the 2009 Tour Britannia though it is double the length. It also has echoes of some Irish stages like Donegal's Atlantic Drive and Cork's Cod's Head. For certain, it will be a stunning addition to the special stages of the Tour Britannia 2010.
It is normally in use as a toll road with one-way traffic circulating in an anti-clockwise direction. Tour Britannia does not allow reconnaissance of its stages so it has been decided to run the stage in the reverse direction, i.e. clockwise, to eliminate any competitive benefit that might be gained from a weekend spent in Llandudno prior to the event.
That is not to say that a weekend spent in Llandudno might not have its cultural and health benefits. The Great Orme is a nature reserve and possesses eight wells that in the past supplied water for the local copper mines. There is a tramway that takes visitors to the top of the Great Orme. The headland also hosts two dry ski slopes and one of the longest toboggan runs in the UK. Down in the town, there is Llandudno Pier and the Parade, a curving Victorian promenade that looks out on Llandudno Bay. And for the nautical, there is the unique lifeboat station that is located inland so that the lifeboat can be launched to either the West Shore or the North Shore as required.
We are also pleased to announce the very positive news that entries for Tour Britannia 2010 are comfortably ahead of the numbers received by this time last year, but the house is not full yet and places are still available. Entry Forms and Regulations can be downloaded from our website www.tourbritannia.com.
If you are visiting the upcoming Race Retro Show on March 12 / 14th, please drop by for a chat on our usual Stand B36 in Hall 2.
All enquiries to:-
info@tourbritannia.com
Tour Britannia,
Suite 300,
30 Horse Fair,
Banbury,
Oxon,
OX17 2LT,
U.K.
Phone + 44 (0) 1295 26 88 88
Fax + 44 (0) 1295 26 88 28
The Great Orme is a limestone headland that stretches out into the Irish Sea to the north-west of Llandudno with the town sitting literally in its shadow. The Marine Drive has been used in the past, most notably on the RAC Rally. The road clings to the side of the cliffs with a good view down on the other side to the sea. In many ways it is similar to the Oliver's Mount stage that was so popular on the 2009 Tour Britannia though it is double the length. It also has echoes of some Irish stages like Donegal's Atlantic Drive and Cork's Cod's Head. For certain, it will be a stunning addition to the special stages of the Tour Britannia 2010.
It is normally in use as a toll road with one-way traffic circulating in an anti-clockwise direction. Tour Britannia does not allow reconnaissance of its stages so it has been decided to run the stage in the reverse direction, i.e. clockwise, to eliminate any competitive benefit that might be gained from a weekend spent in Llandudno prior to the event.
That is not to say that a weekend spent in Llandudno might not have its cultural and health benefits. The Great Orme is a nature reserve and possesses eight wells that in the past supplied water for the local copper mines. There is a tramway that takes visitors to the top of the Great Orme. The headland also hosts two dry ski slopes and one of the longest toboggan runs in the UK. Down in the town, there is Llandudno Pier and the Parade, a curving Victorian promenade that looks out on Llandudno Bay. And for the nautical, there is the unique lifeboat station that is located inland so that the lifeboat can be launched to either the West Shore or the North Shore as required.
We are also pleased to announce the very positive news that entries for Tour Britannia 2010 are comfortably ahead of the numbers received by this time last year, but the house is not full yet and places are still available. Entry Forms and Regulations can be downloaded from our website www.tourbritannia.com.
If you are visiting the upcoming Race Retro Show on March 12 / 14th, please drop by for a chat on our usual Stand B36 in Hall 2.
All enquiries to:-
info@tourbritannia.com
Tour Britannia,
Suite 300,
30 Horse Fair,
Banbury,
Oxon,
OX17 2LT,
U.K.
Phone + 44 (0) 1295 26 88 88
Fax + 44 (0) 1295 26 88 28
