CTC End to End Tour 1978
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I was 18 at the time.The route taken north from Land's end at most times avoided,where possible, A roads;and as such totalled near to 1000 miles riding.
I still have the list of riders,[age range between 16 and 60]and the route booklet produced by the CTC.
Two of the lads,[it was all males]were hospitalised after a car ran into them outside Hawick in the Borders.Unfortunately they were unable to continue.
There were many different characters and levels of cycling experience among the group.
I recall Nick Crane was a terrific organiser/leader,with a good balance of enthusiasm,knowledge and humour.
Sadly none of us kept in touch after.To find anyone still around would be fantastic.
Further to the April 78 EtoE,I rode in a 500 mile event,[BCF Commemoration of 100 years of organised cycling]from Cambridge to Aberdeen,in the August of 1978.Knackered and halucinating,[sleep deprivation]I packed in at Edinburgh.Anybody no anyone who took part?
"Cycling Weekly did a feature at the time;lost my copy in house clearance some years ago.
Cheers Unionman
I still have the list of riders,[age range between 16 and 60]and the route booklet produced by the CTC.
Two of the lads,[it was all males]were hospitalised after a car ran into them outside Hawick in the Borders.Unfortunately they were unable to continue.
There were many different characters and levels of cycling experience among the group.
I recall Nick Crane was a terrific organiser/leader,with a good balance of enthusiasm,knowledge and humour.
Sadly none of us kept in touch after.To find anyone still around would be fantastic.
Further to the April 78 EtoE,I rode in a 500 mile event,[BCF Commemoration of 100 years of organised cycling]from Cambridge to Aberdeen,in the August of 1978.Knackered and halucinating,[sleep deprivation]I packed in at Edinburgh.Anybody no anyone who took part?
"Cycling Weekly did a feature at the time;lost my copy in house clearance some years ago.
Cheers Unionman
