The PC50 at
9:00 on the day of departure; maybe should have left the old oil
in.
Ready to go: PC50, a spare PC50,
plus a Wisp.
The view from the bedroom in
Alston on Friday morning.
Getting ready to leave Alston.
The road out of
Nenthead.
Why go abroad
when you can push a bike up a hill in this country?
A future C2C rider?
At the start
Johnboy's Puch City
Peter Crowder's Cyclemaster twin
A Honda Express at the
start
At the start
Brian's Peugeot, over from France
Ian, can you pick up Dave's bike?
Loss of compression
and spitting out all that fresh oil.
First stop: Crimdon
Brian and John arrive at Crimdon
John's Puch seizes within sight of
his home
Approaching Shildon
James Superlux
- one of just two autocycles on the run this year - and a Fizz
thing
Johnboy's Go-Go went well-well
Tomos receives some points
adjustment
John's Tomos and Brian's Peugeot
A rose between two thorns in
Grumpy's van
Johnboys Batavas HS50
after retiring the siezed Puch
Peter trying to
fix the brakes on the tandem - and the only other Cyclemotor on
the run
A view from Ian's car
The end for this Puch (rear wheel
bearing?)t
A view from Ian's car
The day's third stop: High Force
Leaving High Force
Looks like another
bike with rear wheel bearing problems
Arriving at Alston
Plan B: use the engine from the
spare bike
It was a bit
damp but the engines were swapped before our evening meal...
...thanks to the
helpers
After a test
ride on the PC50, John kindly offered his spare machine
Arthur joins us
from Scotland and John rides his spare machine
Thanks to John, I ride the Tomos
No comment on the Tomos's stickers
This Express climbed the hills OK
Lightweight Excelsior
The Express, ready for the next leg
Peter's tandem at the
Bassenthwaite lunch stop
Well done that
man, Junior-powered James autocycle (don't mention the bike on
the back of the truck)
Well done that man and machine
The Tomos made
it, despite problems with points on both days
Honda Caren
Thanks John; he
bought me an ice cream for borrowing his bike!
Well done that man
The Excelsior made it
Made
it
This PC50 made it but the
rider said 'never again'
Behind you!
Young Ollie has a sore behind.
Well done that man on the 25cc
Cyclemaster
Which way to the pub?
George rode
from Gloucester with camping gear to do the run
Johnboy and Co
- last to arrive after making up their own route
Back at
Hartside on Monday
All over for
another year
June 2011
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