This year we have to admit that none of the usual riders rode over to the run from East Anglia although Richard Rosenthal did ride across on his Cyclemaster. The treasurer and spares secretary took a van—well they did have a lot of things to take to the auction. And Simon Farrier had a note from his mummy. Andrew Roddham gave a very feeble excuse for not going!
Anyway, we all arrived safely and spent a cosy night at the Youth Hostel. The morning of the run dawned and Simon Farrier rode over to Southam despite a dodgy big-end. There was a choice of three routes: short, medium and long. Most of the cyclemotors took the short routes, but the treasurer on her trusty Clark Scamp and the spares secretary on his even more trusty New Hudson sutocycle braved the long route. The Scamp decided that Araldite was not good enough to hold on its clutch linings and finished the run without them. Otherwise all machines went round—Simon Farrier’s big-end lives to fight another day. At the auction afterwards the spares secretary managed to get rid of all his old rubbish (sorry—priceless spares!) and three sets of … wait for it … 25cc Cyclemaster rings were seen to go for 75p a pair!
All in all a nice ride with lovely weather and relatively few problems for any of the riders.
First published in Buzzing, Autumn 1984
Photos first published in August 2026.