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The finish changed a few years back. It used to be at the hotel itself.
"The hotel is inaccessible now as it has had a waist high wall built around it. A footpath leads to the south east corner of the building, but it isn’t very wide and I fear it would be dangerous for a record breaker to ride on at speed to get closer to the hotel. With members of the public and sightseers wandering around it could be an accident waiting to happen, especially if it is wet, dark or getting dark.
The finish line isn’t visible, in fact I think they have either covered it in grass, tarmac or slabs. There has been a lot of development both at the hotel and on the approach road where holiday chalets have been built on the left.
I would suggest that the timekeeper stands on the slightly raised mini RAB at the roads termination, which is almost opposite the famous signpost pointing to Land’s End 870 miles. It is a public car park road which is an extension of the A99.
If we wish to put a time value/penalty on the few metres/yards of road omitted at this terminal point due to lack of access, I would suggest no more than 2 seconds. This is not really relevant considering the 30 or more miles saved by the bridges since 1960."
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hippy
I like this bit
End: drain grating at the left leading edge of the mini roundabout
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