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// Story made by Oliver Lord, published by Isobel Sonksen.// But, for the pupils and the staff at The Knoll School, Kidderminster, it was a memorable way to spend a lovely September morning. The roadside verge on the Habberley Lane roundabout on the outskirts of Kidderminster was packed with more than 100 men, women and mostly children as the riders on Stage Four of this year’s Tour of Britain thundered past. The children at The Knoll had been allowed to miss morning lessons to watch the race go almost past the school’s front door. And, with all the flags waving and the young crowd cheering, and the multi-coloured cycling vests, it was a great scene. But, for most of the excited Knoll pupils, the fun started long before the cyclists came in sight. Nigel Humphreys, the head master of The Knoll School, had decided before the new school term started last week that watching the cyclists would be an exciting event. “I was hoping this would be something the children would remember for a long time,” said Mr Humphreys. And he was proved absolutely right.“I was hoping this would be something the children would remember for a long time,” said Mr Humphreys. And he was proved absolutely right. from the moment, just past 10 o’clock in the morning, when we all lined up in the hall and were led off class by class in pairs down Manor Avenue and round the corner into Habberley Lane taking up a position on the roundabout to watch the race go bye. But before the cyclists came into view, running slightly late due to flooding in Worcester, there was plenty to look at. As the race got nearer, almost 50 police motor bikes came past, making sure the right roads were closed and that there were no obstacles in the way. Most of the police bikers were flashing their blue lights, almost all of them were wailing their siren responded by waving back and making an even louder noise. There were a fleet of cars too, including one with a megaphone attached to the top, through which one of the race organisers stopped and spoke to us, telling us the position of the leading group as they approached their first big climb of the day at High Habberley, just back up the road. Then came the highlight, the cyclists themselves. 120-mile route from Worcester to Stoke. But none of the crowd had probably realised just how fast they would be going as they whizzed down the hill from High Habberley, round the roundabout and past the cheering Knoll School Supporters Club.But none of the crowd had probably realised just how fast they would be going as they whizzed down the hill from High Habberley, round the roundabout and past the cheering Knoll School Supporters Club.
 * For the cyclists in the Tour of Britain, it was just another stage in this year’s exciting race.**