Starting out from Morecambe with his Father, who is riding his small motor-bike, Charlie cycles as far as Hornby, but the noise of the motor-bike was annoying Charlie, so a parting of the ways and Charlie puts in quite a ride, culminating in a visit to Malham Tarn.

Later, taking tea in Bolton by Bowland, he finds the village Church and the nearby Sawley Abbey of great interest.  Then the longish ride home, much of it in the dark, which Charlie always claims to enjoy.