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14 Pickwick Bicycle Club Magazine. Volume 9 No.3 October 2012

Hampton Court Revival Ride - a report from Pruffle.

Thursday 27th September saw 30 cyclists gather at Imber Court Sports club in Surrey for the 5th
running of the Pickwick Bicycle Club's Hampton Court Revival ride. The weather was favourable
and stayed dry. The group split with twelve mounted on vintage cycles being led by Hunt on their
usual route to Hampton
Court Palace then along the
Thames towpath to
Kingston and a
circumnavigation of the
interior of Bushy Park
before dropping into a
hostelry in Hampton High
Street. Revived by ale and
victuals they then returned
to Imber Court to prepare for lunch.

The other eighteen Lycra clad cyclists on modern machines took a ride out through Esher and
Cobham. They cycled some of the roads used for the Olympic cycle road race and this was
apparent by the graffiti on the road
surface still remaining supporting
mainly Team GB. A perambulation
through the Surrey lanes led them to
their morning coffee stop at a garden
centre in West Horsley. Refreshed
they also made their way back to

Imber Court to shower and dress for lunch. I am
pleased to report that neither cycling group suffered
any mechanical mishaps. I must express my
gratitude to Mr. Malcolm Rooke ( guest of Pruffle)for
driving behind the "moderns" as mechanic and "sag
wagon"

Forty members and guests sat down to an excellent lunch comprising of a pate starter, chicken
main course and Eton Mess dessert . We all received a fine vintage cycle print from Peter Magnus
and he has our gratitude for his generosity.

Everyone present at lunch also received a medal struck by the Pickwick Bicycle Club as a
memento of their participation .
We were entertained after lunch by Julian Parker (guest of Brooks) who gave an excellent and