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Johnny Woodard
Staff reporter
The Laurinburg Exchange
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!["Cycle NC" riders take a break from the road to speak with Bob McNeill (right), whose home served as a rest stop for the cyclists.](http://matchbin-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/public/sites/473/assets/Scotland_pitstop_for_bikers0_1349470192.jpg ""Cycle NC" riders take a break from the road to speak with Bob McNeill (right), whose home served as a rest stop for the cyclists.")
"Cycle NC" riders take a break from the road to speak with Bob McNeill (right), whose home served as a rest stop for the cyclists.
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Cyclists stopped to repair and perform maintenance on their bicycles at a rest stop in Laurel Hill.
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More than 1,000 cyclists participated in the trek. Some stopped over in Laurel Hill Thursday morning to rehydrate.
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More than 1,000 cyclists participated in the trek. Some stopped over in Laurel Hill Thursday morning to rehydrate.
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More than 1,000 cyclists participated in the trek. Some stopped over in Laurel Hill Thursday morning to rehydrate.
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The Laurel Hill home of Bob and Millie McNeill hosted the cyclists on Thursday.
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!["Cycle NC" riders are seen here making their way through Laurinburg. There was a rest stop set up on the grounds of the John Blue House for the cyclists.](http://matchbin-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/public/sites/473/assets/Scotland_pitstop_for_bikers6_1349470201.jpg ""Cycle NC" riders are seen here making their way through Laurinburg. There was a rest stop set up on the grounds of the John Blue House for the cyclists.")
"Cycle NC" riders are seen here making their way through Laurinburg. There was a rest stop set up on the grounds of the John Blue House for the cyclists.
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!["Cycle NC" riders are seen here making their way through Laurinburg. There was a rest stop set up on the grounds of the John Blue House for the cyclists.](http://matchbin-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/public/sites/473/assets/Scotland_pitstop_for_bikers7_1349470203.jpg ""Cycle NC" riders are seen here making their way through Laurinburg. There was a rest stop set up on the grounds of the John Blue House for the cyclists.")
"Cycle NC" riders are seen here making their way through Laurinburg. There was a rest stop set up on the grounds of the John Blue House for the cyclists.
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!["Cycle NC" riders are seen here making their way through Laurinburg. There was a rest stop set up on the grounds of the John Blue House for the cyclists.](http://matchbin-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/public/sites/473/assets/Scotland_pitstop_for_bikers8_1349470205.jpg ""Cycle NC" riders are seen here making their way through Laurinburg. There was a rest stop set up on the grounds of the John Blue House for the cyclists.")
"Cycle NC" riders are seen here making their way through Laurinburg. There was a rest stop set up on the grounds of the John Blue House for the cyclists.
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More than 1000 cyclists touring North Carolina by bike made pit stops at rest areas in Laurel Hill and Laurinburg this week.
The cyclists participating in “Cycle North Carolina” departed Brevard on Sep. 30 and started their trek to the coast, where the tour will conclude on Oct. 7.
After camping on Wednesday in Rockingham, the cyclists made stops at the Laurel Hill home of Bob and Millie McNeill, where food, water and bicycle repair facilties were set up for the morning.
“We were happy to have them,” said Millie McNeill fromt the front lawn of her home Thursday morning. “And there were many of them, especially earlier in the morning.”
After continuing down Rockingham Road in Laurel Hill, the cyclists also made a stop at the site of the John Blue House in Laurinburg where they rested, ate and took tours of the historic house grounds.
The Laurinburg rest area was organized by the local Tourism Development Authority and Habitat for Humanity.
Cycle North Carolina’s tour will conclude with a celebration at Carolina Beach on Oct. 6.
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