"B" group from Caterham

Me I feel like a fool and in fact I am. I had intended to join the "A" group to follow the speedy Janice but when I got to Caterham I could not extract my shoe from the pedal. Lots of people helped and I am so grateful. Thanks to our ex SouWester editor Jeff Tollerman I invested in a splendid pair of leather shoes from Spar Cycles. They have been a complete nightmare!
Net result was that I had to take out the lace completely, leave the shoe clipped into my pedal and hobble around bare foot. I hope that Tim our leader has some suitable photo's to show.

Anyway to lighten up our lives here are a few photos of my adventures on the CTC Birthday Rides in Sropshire last week.
The first photo is a replication of the Poppies from the Tower in London. In this case they show the cascade of porcelain Poppies (£25. each) cascading down from the Kiln in Stoke on Trent.
The second photo shows some exhibits from the RAF  museum at Cos-ford a magnificent display.
The third is me fooling around with some models I found hanging on a washing line at Norbury Canal Junction.

Peter Mathison the organiser of the CTC Birthday for the last 7 years has said that he can continue no longer due to health reasons. So unless someone comes along to organise 2019 there will be no Birthday Rides. May I set a challenge! I did try to organise the Birthday Rides in 2011 but the committee rejected the idea. I would like the committee to invite me and Collin Quemby to to the next SWA meeting to see if we can work something out. I would suggest that we get Kent involved and base it in Canterbury.

Here are my photos.

Finally I spoke to Sandra Peter Mathison's wife at home this evening and was much surprised to hear that Peter was already home. We all wish him well in his recovery!

Author: mike morley