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Magazine in Progress MAGAZINE & RUNS LIST February to April 2001 50 Cycles by Cycle World 244a London Road, Waterlooville ( 023 9224 0087 Extensive range of parts, accessories & clothing Repairs Hand-built wheels Agent for Argos Racing Cycles for resprays, repairs and hand-built cycles Open Monday to Saturday Closed Wednesday pm CTC discount The Quarterly Magazine of the Portsmouth District Association, February 2001 The Cyclists’ Touring Club page 4 Editorial opinions Welcome 8 AGM minutes 10 P&O confusion 11 75th anniversary celebrations 12 The history of an old fool 14 Where were they? 15 BHF Westbourne ride 16 Playing hopscotch on a tandem 20 Cycling matters 21 Photographic hints 22 Kennet and Avon canal 24 Derek's diary 1962 25 Havant cycle-way advisory panel 26 Christmas 2000 27 Joyce is the choice 28 Brook Meadow 30 Errors and apologies Sales & Wants 31 Leaky patch Portsmouth DA events 18 Feb 75km ride 9 May Breakfast ride to Stonehenge 15-19 May Spring break Barneville-Carteret 20 May DA photo 30 June Hillclimb and freewheel 7 July 75 minute rides 6-24 Sep Dordogne week 10 Nov Barn dance DA President: Dave Pilbeam ( 023 9226 7095 DA Secretary: Mike Elson ( 023 9247 5785 Newsletter Editor: Keith Wileman ( 01243 372841 (email) [email protected] Newsletter Sales: Mike Edwards ( 01243 371267 Copy for next issue as soon as possible - 30th March latest to Keith, 3 Danbury Court, Emsworth, PO10 7RD Cover design by Rob Iredale Portsmouth DA on the internet: www.hants.org.uk/ctcportsmouth Email: [email protected] 4 Portsmouth DA Magazine Editorial opinions The old Portsmouth DA had the same problem until at the prize presentation lunch in January I In May this year the DA will be 75 years old met our newest recruit, John Robert Bailey. and in this magazine you'll find details of the Unlike his mother, he didn't qualify for a free many events which have been arranged to raffle ticket by arriving by bike, after all he celebrate this anniversary. Several of them was only five weeks old. cunningly incorporate the number 75 just to remind you. Diversions Do try to support these events. Even if you It's certainly been an interesting winter. don't feel up to the breakfast ride to Many of our usual routes have been flooded Stonehenge, there are other rides which are and ride leaders have had to use some less demanding. And it would be good to have ingenuity in finding new ways of getting to as many members as possible to take part in destinations. the DA photo in May. If you have a story about the floods, write it And the young down and send it to me. Many cycling clubs seem to have difficulty attracting young members. I thought the Mr M Abbott Cowplain Ms J Ingram Gosport Mr P Smith Wickham Mr M Burnham Havant Mrs A M Walker Emsworth Mr R Bird Hayling Island Mrs A Bird Hayling Island Mr C McGuire Emsworth Mrs J M McGuire Emsworth February5 2001 Portsmouth DA Magazine5 DA 75th anniversary programme Sunday 18th February 75km ride, start 9am Cosham Library, finish Fort Widley cafe Wednesday 9th May breakfast ride to Stonehenge, start 6am Portchester Castle 15th-19th May Spring break in Barneville-Carteret, Normandy Sunday 20th May DA photo Fort Widley 3pm Saturday 30th June hillclimb and freewheel competition Hooks- way Saturday 7th July 75 minute rides 10 miles,15 miles or 20 miles, start between 9.30am and 11am Rowlands Castle 6th-24th September holiday by bike bus to the Dordogne Saturday 10th November barn dance, Hayling Island Photographic competition - subject anything connected to 75 75 word competition entries will be published in DA magazine throughout the year For those of you not at the prize presentation lunch, this is the photo you missed of dashing Keith Drew on the front of the menu. Photo by Brian Gray byBrian Photo 6 Portsmouth DA Magazine ave Searle sends his regards to Port- Dorset Downs 100km Randonnée. Note that the D smouth DA members and points out the Downs also incorporate a lot of ‘ups’ but there coincidence that it's also the West Dorset sec- are some magnificent views. There will be an tion's 75th anniversary next year. alternative for those who prefer an easier ride, with a tea stop at one of the Dorset Downs’ Calling all Cyclists controls, where you can meet up with some of the randonneurs. he West Dorset Section of the Wessex DA T is inviting all cyclists to our 75th anniver- On the Monday, for those who do not have to sary weekend. dash off, there will be a short circular ride. This ride goes east, visiting the pretty village of The three-day event will be held over the late Moreton where you can view the grave of TE May bank holiday, 26th, 27th and 28th May, Lawrence (of Arabia) and the beautiful etched and centred on the county town of Dorchester. glass windows of Moreton Church. We will also be visiting Wool, passing the Tank Muse- There will be three short rides on the Saturday, um at Bovington. following the morning registration. One ride will be easy pace, one will be for the ‘friskier’ For those who wish to stay longer, the West cyclists, and the third will be off-road. All rid- Dorset Section can furnish you with more de- ers will converge on the picturesque village of tails of what to see. Abbotsbury, where a pre-booked tea will be available. For a booking form, please send a large SAE to Johnny Read, 12 Cobham Drive, Weymouth, On the Saturday evening, there will be a slide Dorset, DT4 0ST. show entitled ‘Return to the Andes’, presented by Neville Chanin. Alternatively, download from the Wessex DA website www.wessexctc.org n On Sunday we will be hosting the ever-popular Congratulations to Roy and Jackie ohn Robert was born at ten to one in the morning of 3rd December J weighing 7lb 10oz. He's already been out to meet the club run at the tea stop and, as far as we know, he's the youngest person, at five weeks old, to attend the DA prize presentation lunch. Roy drove him to the lunch, while Jackie cy- cled there. They already have a bike trailer and I'm sure it won't be long before he's out with the A-riders. February7 2001 Portsmouth DA Magazine7 or our 75th anniversary year the DA magazine is running a competition. F Anquetil ride Write something - a story, a poem, a joke, a letter, whatever. Anything, as If you're interested in joining the Jacques long as it's exactly 75 words long. Anquetil ride this spring, speak to or phone Mick Cooper ( 023 9258 1618 Worthy entries will be published in the magazine and the best entry wins the Scribe of the Year award. Entries to the editor at any time. Competition closes 30th September. And you may have realised that this notice has exactly 75 words. CTC national dinner 2001 he national dinner and prize presentation is being hosted this T year by the Leicestershire and Rutland DA. It's at the Hermitage Hotel, Oadby, Leicester on Saturday 24th Febru- ary. Phil Liggett, CTC president, will be there and the guest of hon- our will be John Grimshaw, Director and Chief Engineer of Sustrans. Previous members of the Havant Safe Cycling Campaign will re- member John Grimshaw talking at a meeting held at the Ship, Lang- stone, when John presented a plan for converting the Hayling Billy line into a cycle path. What was most impressive was that he had spent no more than that afternoon cycling on his Moulton down what was then just a grassy, muddy track and from that produced a very convincing presentation in the evening. A 25-30 mile ride is planned for the Sunday morning. Discounted overnight accommodation is available at the hotel. Tickets are £17.50 for the four-course meal. For booking information see page 15 of December's Cycletouring. 8 Portsmouth DA Magazine Minutes of the AGM of Portsmouth DA of the CTC Sunday 19th November 2000, at the Memorial Hall, Denmead 1. President’s address Dave welcomed all to the 74th AGM, next year being at our 75th anniversary. He mentioned some happenings within our DA during the year: David and Sally Walters having a baby; Mike McGarry completing the Ventoux, the hardest stage in the Tour de France in atrocious conditions; and Roy and Jackie Bailey getting married. Dave congratulated Chris Davies on his marvellous achievement of 50 years of cycling covering over 750,000 miles. Dave thanked all the committee for their hard work and support during the year. He spoke of the benefits of club riding with the CTC, namely the friendship, banter and team spirit and the meeting of marvellous people such as Bill Harmsworth, Lily Fine and Godfrey Joly. 2. Apologies for absence Twenty-nine members and our CTC councillor Brian Morris attended. Apologies were received from Roger and Fiona Pratt and Gwen Harmsworth. 3. Minutes of the previous AGM and any matters arising Dave highlighted the items from the previous minutes for which the required actions had been done. These were: 1) Dave Lambert had included email addresses on the address list, anyone with an email address not included should let Dave know; 2) a letter had been written to the Hampshire and Havant Councils concerning the delays to the Hayling Billy cycle track; and 3) the DA had rejoined the RTTC.
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