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EVENT HQ PUNCH BOWL INN Marton-cum-Grafton YO51 9QY The A168 is a Clearway. NO PARKING,NO U-TURNS. Please note that marshals are only to indicate your direction, and not to control traffic in your favour. At each junction it is your responsibility to ensure that it is safe to proceed. Keep your heads up, and keep to the left of the carriageway. There is no parking available near the start, except for Officials. Do not park in the long-lay on the east side of the A168, it is now private property. There are other lay-bys/parking spaces on the west side of the road north of the finish. Overlapping: Riders should take care when proceeding out of Braimber Lane, or Arkendale Road from the start. Later starters may encounter riders approaching from the right, who have already started. The Punch Bowl Inn is located centrally in MartonCum-Grafton. A beautiful village in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire. It is easily accessible from Harrogate and York via the A59, taking the turning for the A168 at the roundabout for the A1M, Marton Cum Grafton is then clearly sign posted. The Result Board, signing-on sheets & bodynumbers will be located here. Return your numbers for a free drink. Parking is available here. GO DOWN DRIVE ON RIGHT (see pic above) LARGE PARKING AREA TO REAR NO PARKING IN FRONT OF PUNCH BOWL or anywhere else in the village. The roads are quite narrow, and there is a regular bus service. To get to start: From Punch Bowl, turn left, and continue through the village to T-junction with Back Lane. Turn right (CARE!!) and follow Back Lane, becoming Braimber Lane, to junction with A168. Turn left, then in a couple of hundred yards, turn right into Arkendale Road. Start is just above motorway bridge, on right. (Total distance approx.. 2 miles – follow CTT arrows). After finishing retrace outward route, back to HQ. IN THE INTERESTS OF YOUR OWN SAFETY, CYCLING TIME TRIALS, AND THE EVENT PROMOTERS, STRONGY ADVISE YOU TO WEAR A HARD SHELL HELMET WHICH MEETS AN INTERNATIONALLY ACCEPTED SAFETY STANDARD. NB: HARD SHELL HELMET COMPULSORY FOR RIDERS AGED UNDER 18 YEARS & JUNIORS. CTT recommends that a working rear light, either flashing or constant, is fitted to the machine in a position clearly visible to following road users, and is active whilst the machine is in use.