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Pickwick Bicycle Club Magazine Volume 13 No.2 October 2016 20

The 2017 Benson VC Cycle Day…………by Mr Dumkins

Sunday July 3rd saw another fine day for the Benson
Veteran Cycle Club annual rally. Around 180 wonderful bicycles,
some ridden by their owners in period costume, cycled around the
Oxfordshire countryside visiting various watering holes en route.
The first stop is provided free of charge by a local resident who
opens his gardens for the participants to stop for refreshments,
including a very fine local real ale (yes provided free of charge!).

The ride continued onto The Lamb at Chalgrove for
lunch and a fortifying pint before returning back to
Benson to collect the commemorative horse bras
memento. Riding on the day for The Pickwick Bicycle
Club were Baillie Mac Something (retired injured), Mr.
Brooks, Alfred Jingle & Mr. Watty, a lower than usual
turnout for this event.

A delicious picnic provided by Rosemary and Diane
made for a great lunch at The Lamb accompanied by
the sounds from the local brass band.The only down
point was the very poor service from the bar staff,
taking around 30mins to get a round in! From here it
was mainly a downhill run back into Benson and after
collecting the Horse Brasses we headed home.

This really is a great event and it would be great to see
more members turn up to ride in the event (we have two club veteran cycles that
members can use) or why not turn up and support your fellow members like I did this year!
The event always happens on the first Sunday in July so please put SUNDAY JULY 2nd
2017 in your diary.
Mr. Dumkins
{aka Patrick (Paddy) Green}