This long circular route today contains an illustration of the vulnerability of cyclists when colliding with lorries. Whilst we might think of this as a fairly modern phenomenon of our increasingly congested roads it is clear that there was enough traffic about, even in those bygone days, for this to be all too familiar. Sadly the outcome of such collisions, it seems, was not so very different then to what it is now.

Although Charlie goes to visit the site of Gelert’s grave he doesn’t describe The Legend of Gelert.

This piece, the first day of a four day Easter tour to North Wales by Charlie and two friends – and typical of Charlie, no names were mentioned.  As a fairly new member of the Bolton CTC section, he clearly enjoyed the connections the CTC badge engendered. It is worthy of note that the Bolton CTC section was so large that Mr Grey’s companions, who were also members of Bolton CTC, were not known to Charlie. (Mr Grey was an officer of the Bolton CTC and so a cyclist who commanded considerable respect from an 18-year old Charlie.)

The argument about rear lights was something that motorists were beginning to get worked up about, because they felt that cyclists should have red rear lights during the hours of darkness.  During these particular years, the 1920’s, most cyclists seemed to think that they shouldn’t have to provide red rear lights as they had never been fitted to horse drawn vehicles and why should cyclists be treated differently.