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Pickwick Bicycle Club Magazine Volume 20 No.1 March 2023 7

President Hunt Reports on the Hampton Court Ride

October 2022

As the then President, last year’s ride for me, was the best ever, weather, food
and company on the day was brilliant! HOWEVER as the organiser, and from my
point of view it was very disappointing!!!
One of my favourite jobs each year on the day,
is to decide who is worthy of a trophy for
either lack of maintenance of their machine or
gets lost or any other misdemeanour. But this
year riders and machines behaved impeccably,
making my job almost impossible! Cycles and
riders perfectly turned out, the whole event
running like clockwork! So for the
presentations of the day, luckily for me, the
modern invention, the mobile phone came to my WaiJng for the start
aid!.

Firstly ‘ Namby managed to time his incoming call at the precise moment he cycled
alongside yours truly taking a 40 minute business call,
(sometimes you just have to take them) giving me my first
recipient of the day.
The second member who decided to help with my
presentations (and can remain nameless for the moment
pending the size of the insurance claim the club could be
facing) walked straight into a Victorian glass hanging lamp,
again as he studied his small screen walking back to his
table before lunch. I would like to thank both for helping
with this year’s awards selection .
The third award went to ‘Mr Gunter’ who, after reminding
everyone for the last 3years about German efficiency
turned up late, not giving himself time to prepare for the
ride, and then again left the other 37 riders waiting for a
Namby sans mobile phone
second time, whilst he took a comfort break. On this
award I would like to thank ‘Pruffle’ for his help.