Those were good years to be a club cyclist. There was very little motor traffic on the main roads, and country lanes were usually empty, except for the odd herd of cattle. There were cafes geared to the arrival of the cycling clubs, and club runs were lively days out, usually in the sunshine, with 30 to 40 riders being normal for a Sunday run.
The club met at George Dingsdale's cycle shop at Fingerpost, at 9 am, summer and winter, but by 1953 had switched to Ada Webb's shop on Duke Street. There was a hard core of regular members, and always a stream of new riders trying it out. Those who survived the first few runs, stayed with the club, or moved on to another local club, where the runs were faster and longer, or even slower.....
