Assen study tours - worthwhile?

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Assen study tours - worthwhile?

I'm interested in furthering cycle route design in my home town of Shrewsbury (an aim I admit is likely to be successful only in the very long term!). I've found the blogs by A View From the Cycle Path fascinating with great visual explanations/contrasts. I see there's one of their Dutch study tours coming up soon at a cost of just under £500. While tempted to satisfy my curiosity, I also wonder how much I'd learn by being there in person over reading the wall to wall blogs on their website. Does anyone here have experience of attending a study tour, and does it materially advance understanding do you think? cheers, Peter