Awakening in Meriden, the self styled Heart of England, Charlie and Tom meet up with their CTC clubmates from Bolton, who had ridden down overnight, and so wet were they that they had to use a ‘mangle’ to dry out their clothing somewhat.

After the memorial service all pretence of chivalry disappears as they ‘blind’ along to get to the lunchplace first.  And seemingly they ‘blinded’ all the way home to Bolton, arriving home at 8.30pm.  Press reports later stated that 10,000 or so cyclists had attended Meriden that day.