Fellowship News - December 2008

The usual range of subjects again covered, though less discussion of the metric system and helmets than in previous issues. Harold Bridges our resident Canadian member sends a good description of the Rocky Mountain 1200 and raises the query who/what is a Randonneur. Other members reminisce about the Brighton to Glasgow road races. Comments also made regarding Epping Forest and in particular the High Beech area. A Boy a Girl and a Bike is also mentioned and its nice to hear there are DVD copies available and hopefully one of these will find its way into Club archives.

The Autumn Meet of the club is reported (pictures), this being a week of cycling in East Anglia with some 48 members and friends based in a holiday camp near Lowestoft. Rides varied between 25miles and 30 miles with short runs in the morning for those whose high mileage days are but a distant memory. In the past I recall a time when 25% of those riding were on Moultons, but this time out of the usual 28 or so riders each day there were four on trikes, making quite an impressive sight as we rode though town and paused at Ness Point, the most easterly part of England. The base provided not only accommodation but alternative interests for those who wanted more of a social meet than a cycling one.