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Pickwick Bicycle Club Magazine Volume 11 No.2 September 2014 !17

The Lanes of Oxfordshire

with the Benson Veteran Bicycle Rally

With the continuing good summer holding out, a
plethora of vintage cycles and cyclists
descended on Benson in Oxfordshire on Sunday
3rd July. What a weekend this was for cycling in
England, with the Grand Depart of the TdF in
Yorkshire the day before, and the crowds lining
the roads. Not quite so many spectators for this
Some of the Starters event, but our President had come straight from
the festivities in Harrogate, fit and ready to
participate on a 1928 Sunbeam Road Racer **
courtesy of Mr Brooks once he appeared.

Also present (as seen right) were: Alfred Jingle,Mr
Dumkins, Baillie Mac Something and Bullman. Due to a
war wound the latter was unable to ride. Support
teams were in place including Mrs Baillie Mac, Joe
the Fat Boy and Hilary, plus your editor (on a 1954
road bike) and Janet.

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Mr Brooks at speed

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Pit Stop

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