The festival of fiftieth anniversaries for cycle campaigning in London has pedalled off in style with a ten minute video from ICAG – Islington Cycle Action Group (now Cycle Islington), celebrating its founding in 1976. There is plenty of footage of cycling in the metropolis at that time, plus of progress in the borough to… Continue reading Pedalling past the fiftieth anniversaries
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Forty years in the saddle
Classic bike, classic holiday Four decades of use from a trusty Brooks saddle, and 40 years since the first of many cycling holidays with Bicycle Beano. Everything but the Dales * The mid-Wales valleys {1}, rather than the Yorkshire Dales, are the more natural home of my Claud Butler ‘Dalesman’ bicycle, acquired June 1984. Just… Continue reading Forty years in the saddle
A Bicycle Beano bonanza
You wouldn’t guess it from this website, but I like to think that I’m not that into nostalgia. However, recently various conversations {2} have led to trying to remember when I first/last went to a particular place on cycling holidays with Bicycle Beano {3}. Many of these were as a helper/crew member, so some might… Continue reading A Bicycle Beano bonanza
LCC Sunday rides
For many years LCC had a regular programme of train assisted rides, meeting early Sunday morning at a central London station for an excursion to the countryside. I organised these for a total of 7 years, with a reliable bunch of ride leaders (some of whom then took a turn at organising the calendar) and… Continue reading LCC Sunday rides
Beano Times
Some of these photos used to be secreted on hidden MalvernTrail pages. No longer! My little helper hard at work. Henri giving a friend a Beano hug. Also see: A Bicycle beano bonanza