Scene December 2020 HULL THURSDAY Road Club Amanda & Neil Enjoying some mud: Dave Millson and Doug Jaram at Kings Forest, Thetford Email: [email protected] Page 1 of 16 Website: www.htrc.co.uk Club Scene December 2020 HULL THURSDAY Road Club Contents Front Page: Merry Zwiftness and Mud Fun Club Scene: Don Wilkinson Youth Scene: A love for two wheels Muddy Scene: Muddy Trail Tales Social Scene: Thursday on Thursday and Saturday, Scene 2003, Gerries rides Odds & Sods: Who are you, Einstein’s Cyclists’ Riddle, Joke Time, A Call for Contributions, The 6 Day Circus, Answers to November Word Search Back Page: Youthful Lee Coulson Thank you to Dave Millson, Jim Sampson, Lee Coulson, Phil McCormick, Ron Nozedar, John Ulyatt, Dave Tyas and Shirley Sutton for contributing to this month’s newsletter. To Neil Dean for proofing and prepping and printing the hard copies. And thank you to everyone who over the past five years has supported the Scene production by sending me contributions. Please keep it going for Mark Ollerenshaw, our new Scene Editor. Have a lovely Christmas everyone and Best Wishes for 2021. Amanda Dean, Scene Editor, [email protected] Don Wilkinson: Jim Sampson A number of you will remember Don, a stalwart in the geriatrics from the early days. He helped me at the very beginning, some 24 years ago, to get Baz Hewland back on his bike after a heart operation. These ‘bashes’ grew just like Topsy and Don was out every week, rain or shine whatever the weather. He said he had a Wednesday pass from Betty, his wife, but we thought she just locked him out for the day. During this time, perhaps 15 years ago, he had an accident and lost the sight in one of his eyes. This didn’t stop him from his weekly rides. Dapper Don he was called in one of our limericks. I haven’t seen much of him in the last few years and his daughter called me yesterday to give me some news; not good I’m afraid. Early this year he developed a growth in his good eye, a cancerous growth as it turns out. This, hopefully, has been dealt with but he’s now lost his sight altogether. Not being able to look after himself he’s had to go into a home, he’s 92. He still is, and always was, compos mentis but he’s developed Charles Bonnet Syndrome, a disease which causes visual hallucinations. It’s not possible to visit him because of Covid, and because his hearing is poor it would be difficult to make contact. Not a nice thing to happen to anyone, particularly this time of year. Hope we can get together soon, maybe an Easter dinner to make up for the loss at Christmas. Keep safe everyone and have a nice Christmas – I know it’ll be a quiet one, Jim. Email: [email protected] Page 2 of 16 Website: www.htrc.co.uk Youth Scene December 2020 HULL THURSDAY Road Club A Love for Two Wheels... Lee Coulson Well Thursday members, we all certainly do. Whether it’s only a little or being totally consumed with the love. We love the freedom. We love the excitement. We love the accessibility. We love the challenges. We love the bike. My affections for the bike began as a youngster I suppose, getting a ‘croggy’ from my dad. Then ‘racing’ the other kids down the ten foot, around the block, or getting to training for another sport. I would guess really though it wasn’t until commencing secondary school that I started to feel the freedom and excitement the bike offered me. ‘Larking out’ on the bike all day, finding new parks and trails with my mates. The bike thankfully gave me the freedom to explore sun-baked islands on holidays and filled me with wonderful memories I still cherish today. For some of us, the love of the bike may have lead us into competition and the challenges it brings but for some, that same love will have lead us into exploration of different areas and countries. We will all have a different story, a different memory. Some may not be from childhood but the story is still important isn’t it? These stories are amazing in their own unique way and I welcome all of you to take a trip down memory lane and share some of them with us. Be it local and recent or from your youth or in a foreign land… So my challenge to all club members is to dig out an image or two of you showing love for the bike. Share it with Scene from January or if you can’t do that then continue to post it on the club’s social media like a few members have been doing. Let’s show our club off from old and new and be proud of it. Here are a few of mine from my youth, enjoy and ride safe… (continued on back page). Email: [email protected] Page 3 of 16 Website: www.htrc.co.uk Muddy Scene December 2020 HULL THURSDAY Road Club Muddy Trail Tales: Dave Millson Mud Bath on Brantingham Trails: Paul Campbell Doug Jaram ‘Guns Out’ Kings Forest Thetford Art Installation near Cottingham. Cool dudes Dave & Doug hanging out. Email: [email protected] Page 4 of 16 Website: www.htrc.co.uk Social Scene December 2020 HULL THURSDAY Road Club Thursday on Thursday: Phil McCormick With the rule of 6 returning, so could the mid-week ride. Thursday 10th #35. The first ride after lock down and already at 50% capacity for the ride! Paul, Neil and I had a 36 mile ride up and around Hotham. Any more than 6 riders, no one would be turned away. We would just split into two or more groups. 15/12/20 #36, Neil and I bravely decided to go where very few other people go on the Southbank, this included Winteringham, West Halton, Alkborough and Burton upon Stather before heading back to more familiar territory at Flixborough, where Neil’s bike decided to protest at the route and throw a front wheel puncture. It’s great to watch someone mend their bike in the December sun. We finished off the 62 mile ride with a sightseeing trip through Scunthorpe (the steel works is worth a look), and a short stretch of the A18 before Brigg. I don’t think we’ll be replicating that route too soon! Saturday on Saturday 5/12. A 55 mile ride taking in Autumnal France, or possible Sunk Island, with Neil. Email: [email protected] Page 5 of 16 Website: www.htrc.co.uk Social Scene December 2020 HULL THURSDAY Road Club 12/12 Great to see four out today. 42 miles around the Cliffes and Caves. James and Paul were very strong and Mike looked and sounded far too comfortable riding up South Cave. Watch out for those three next season! There was talk of a Saturday morning chain gang in the New Year, hope it comes off. Scene 2003 Many thanks to Ron Nozedar who sent in this Christmas edition front cover of Scene. All the best to all for Christmas and hopefully for a much brighter 2021. Ron Email: [email protected] Page 6 of 16 Website: www.htrc.co.uk Social Scene December 2020 HULL THURSDAY Road Club OUR DAY WILL COME - RUBY AND THE ROMANTICS (22.11.2020): John Ulyatt We WONDER when OUR DAY WILL COME to get out on the bike in a group again. Hopefully Wed 3/12 if restrictions are lifted. At the moment we're restricted to going out on our JACK JONES or with a BUDDY GUY. YESTERDAY was a cold SUNNY day. Not quite NINE BELOW ZERO, more like 9 above and ideal for a morning’s ride. I set off down Willerby Low Road, up Harland Way and to Skidby where I bumped into Richard and Lyn Mills so had a chat. Onto Walkington where the TRAFFIC lights don't detect a lone cyclist and as a lack of CARS around I rode cautiously to THE EDGE of the main road and whipped across! NAUGHTY BOY! Lovely CHERRY (LIPS) Burton came next leading to Etton. MEN AT WORK on the High street certainly causing lots of MUD on the road so caution required. Up the drag where the S. Dalton church tower slowly reveals itself. A marvellous aspect. Quite a (PIXIE) LOTT of cyclists and (JOHNNIE) WALKERs out which was great to see. A cheery HELLO always brightens up the day. Took a right at the pond and headed towards Bracken but took a left into Lund. The film 'Lease of Life' was filmed here and Beverley in 1954 starring 2 big stars of the day ROBERT DONAT and ADRIENNE CORRI. Onto the main road for a few hundred yards before turning off to Middleton on the Wolds. Lovely to see 2 guys collecting GARBAGE from the verges. The VILLAGE PEOPLE were observing lockdown as I swept through and turned for home via Lund WARREN (MITCHELL) and Holme on the Wold. Flew past the Church and up the drag, down Warter Lane into the back of Etton. There must have been 20 cyclists of varying shapes and sizes between here and Cherry. All in ones and twos. David Hought (Pactimo Cycling gear) caught me up here and we chatted till he went over the Westwood home and I came home via Walkington/Skidby and the Low Road.