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

Secretarial Report from The President

Well the months that purported to be summer have passed and I trust all members survived the
dreadful weather. As I am writing this most of the country is again in deluge and I do hope that
all members of the Club are secure and not suffering from the horrors of flooding.

I was disappointed that only the “regulars” joined us to ride at Benson this year. This is an invitation
open to the whole Club and whilst the rally itself is for cycles pre-1929, other club members are
always welcome to ride along and join is what is usually an enjoyable day. I do hope that more
members will perhaps join in next year. The event is always held at the village of Benson, just
south of Oxford on the first Sunday in July.

Personally, the year has been extremely busy and memorable. In my last report I gave details of
the Dickens celebrations, since when I have been to Australia for a month to celebrate my
daughter’s wedding, organised a second wedding reception for my daughter for relatives in this
country. She brought her new husband to visit the family at the beginning of August.

No sooner had she returned down under than with the local Solent Veteran Bicycle and Tricycle
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Club I became heavily involved in organising the 56 Annual Rally of the National Association of
Veteran Cycle Clubs. This was a full weekend’s entertainment with the rally ride on Sunday
morning, but included a cycle jumble and a very well attended, well supported, cycle auction.
A number of complete machines were sold, including a Victorian tricycle that realised £4,400, two
Dursley cycles, one needing complete restoration that achieved over £1,000 each and a modern
Moulton A7 that achieved £800. A large number of cycling posters and pictures were also sold
together with a number of Patterson books and prints. We were extremely grateful to our Club
member, Dr Slammer (Peter Card) for his considerable assistance in making the auction an
extremely fun afternoon.

I hope that there is a good turn out for the Hampton Court ride and no doubt this will be fully
reported elsewhere.

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Arrangements are well in hand for the Garden Party on 6 December 2012. Would members
please note that we are back to the first Thursday in the month as we have had in the past.

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