Summary
Eleanor Palmer was a keen cyclist who regularly travelled around the leafy lanes of Birmingham, Warwickshire and Worcestershire in the 1940s. Eleanor Burrows, as she was in those days, was a member of the Billesley Wheelers cycling club who rode out every Wednesday evening and most weekends. Eleanor, also known as 'Nellie' and 'Bunny' is now 96 years-old and lives in Canada, but has written this account of cycling 100 miles in a day.
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Day I Cycled 100 Miles in 12 Hours ; Back in Time
We used to ride out on Wednesday nights, to Haseley 16 miles away where we would have a brief business meeting and arrange the runs for the next week and, after a cup of tea and a bun, sandwich or whatever, we would t...
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