Bensons are ready for Le Tour
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Bensons are ready for Le Tour by Gordon Hatton as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Gordon Hatton Taken: 5 Jul 2014
Throughout Yorkshire [and not just on the race route] shops and houses were decorated for the arrival of the Tour de France. Bensons window sports a smart bike and knitted mini tour jerseys. Many thousands of these appeared across Yorkshire in the days before the big event.