Went to Le Tour de France in...erm...Woodford Green, Essex, England today!
What amazed me, apart from the fever pitch excitement of it all, was the absolute democracy of the event.
Old people, young people, male, female, people of different nationalities - and all of us paid the princely sum of 'zilch' to see it.
Adds fuel to my theory that, in 2014, the more you pay for something the less value you're likely to get.