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Pickwick Bicycle Club Magazine olume 19 No.2 October 2022

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The Anniversary Ride
- June 19th 2022

As mentioned already, your President reported that he was
invited to participate in the Anniversary Ride in June, organised
by new(ish) member Phil Saunders/The Marquis of Filoteville.

He continues the tale…..”we met up at the Downs Hotel Hackney
with fellow members, Mr Watty & Mr Gunter, both riding their
Penny Farthings, along with eight invited guests, including three
lady riders. There was a splendid variety of machines ranging
from 130years old to modern power assisted bikes, as we readied
ourselves for the 20 mile ride. Our journey took us through
Hackney Marshes, the Olympic Park, and Victoria Park on our way
to the Dickens Museum, seeing parts of London, I’ve only read
about in the Dicken’s books. Having made our presence known at
the Museum, and supped copious amount of champagne in
celebration, we adjourned to St.
Paul’s Churchyard for a picnic lunch,
before turning our wheels north-
east to retrace our route to the
Downs Hotel site, and head home
after a very enjoyable day. Thanks
At The Downs Hotel Site to the Marquis for his organisation
of our ride.”
It is Phil’s intention to make this a
regular event in the Club calendar and to make it something of a
special occasion, starting with next year’s ride which is planned
to be on June25th. so watch out for details in the March 2023
magazine. As one of the organisers of the Hampton Court ride,
I know how much effort goes into these events so please
support him…….your President. Wa\y at The George & Vulture

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Eroica Britannia 2022? - just in case you’re wondering what happened about
this event, it was cancelled! A rather confusing message was sent out by the organisers
that it was due to ‘technical difficulties’ with no real explanation, but there were also
murmurings locally that entry numbers were quite poor. So we wait to find out if it will
happen in 2023.