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HEADQUARTERS: Bentley Memorial Hall Hole Lane Bentley GU10 5NB IMPORTANT NOTES • Please respect the local residents of Bentley by parking considerately. Do not park on Hole Lane. • Please sign on and collect your numbers from the headquarters, exchange for a drink after finishing. • No cleats or bikes in in the hall. • Please allow at least 10 minutes to get to the start. • Riders should not use aero bars whilst rounding the Coxbridge Roundabout. Anyone seen doing so will be disqualified from the event. • The start is on the opposite side of the carriageway from the HQ. Riders should only use designated crossing points and must not climb over the central reservation. • No vehicles, except those of the timekeepers, shall be parked at the start or finish ? ADDITIONAL NOTES Car parking is available at the HQ and in the lay-bys past the finishing point. Please do not park on the road just outside the HQ (Hole Lane). Please bear in mind the safety of yourself and other road users when parking. To reach the start from the HQ in Bentley, go eastwards through the village to join the A31, cross to the right hand lane after 850 yards (there are lane markings) and then cross over to the South side of the A31 at the Gravel Hill road junction just short of the ‘Bull’ PH and continue for 760 yards to the lay-by start point. The normal dual carriageway of the A31 has been reduced to a single lane at a point approximately three miles from the start. The left hand lane has been cross-hatched for a distance of approx 400 yards to finish at a point opposite the Petrol filling station just beyond the Hen & Chicken Public House situated on the north side. Returning from the Holybourne roundabout on the north side of the A31 the road has been reduced to a single lane by road cross-hatching on the right hand lane commencing approximately 220 yards before the junction to Mill Court on the south side and finishing adjacent to the Hen & Chicken Public House on the north side. Competitors are to act in a manner appropriate to competing on a single lane road whilst within the restrictions imposed by the road cross-hatching area. After finishing, riders must not stop but continue to one or other of the central reservation breaks, cross over with great care and go westwards passing the start point lay-by and along the Bentley by-pass to fork left onto the slip road signposted ‘Bentley’. Turn right at the ‘T’ junction to the Bentley Memorial Hall which you can see ahead of you. LOCAL REGULATIONS: No vehicles, except those of the timekeepers, shall be parked at the start or finish Riders should not use aero bars whilst rounding the Coxbridge Roundabout. Anyone seen doing so will be disqualified from the event. The start is on the opposite side of the carriageway from the HQ. Riders should only use designated crossing points and must not climb over the central reservation. IN THE INTERESTS OF YOUR OWN SAFETY Cycling Time Trials and the event promoters strongly advise you to wear a HARD SHELL HELMET that meets an internationally accepted safety standard. In accordance with Regulation 15 ALL JUNIOR competitors must wear Protective Hard Shell Helmets. It is recommended that a working rear light, either flashing or constant, is fitted to the machine in a position visible to following road users and is active whilst the machine is in use.