A Rare Grouping

It is not on every occasion we see these leading characters posing for posterity.

Left to right:  Mr Charles Chadwick, Mr Tom Idle, and ‘Blackberry Joe’.  Contemplate if you care the ground conditions and their clothing.  Not much protection against the wind chill factor if I may say so !  This picture was taken in the Peckforton Woods on the 17th of January, 1926. The day was as you can see somewhat inclement, but from his runs log I can see that the weather was very much snow, and they ONLY achieved 90 miles. Dressed like that with no toeclips and frequently only one brake, but with fixed gear, these guys were Titans compared to the likes of us !

Photo Album Page 3009Charlie and Jack Sept 1927By way of a contrast 18 months later, on the shores of Ullswater, Charlie and Jack (Jack of the hilarious tour of the southwest on a tandem ‘Two, A Tandem and a Tyre’, Book Two) have been swimming in the Lake, and you should have Charlie’s caption to this picture, which was ‘The Human Form Divine’.  I cannot imagine what Charlie was thinking about at the time !

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