Thursday 6 September 2012

UK, August 74. Biking round the UK


"Outside Salisbury Cathedral. UK, Aug 74"

"Beer garden, Mark [Awerbuch], Rob and Peter. The Cotswalds, Aug 74"
Mark, Rob, Sal, picnic in Cotswalds, Aug 74

Chillin' in the Cots.... Aug 74

One of the classic Cotswalds signs
And somewhere in the UK, 1974

"Upper Slaughter.  The villages were so neat and clean with flowers
everywhere.  The Cotswalds, Aug 74"
We went back there with John and Jing in September 2010 and it's just the same..... John doesn't find that consistency beautiful just "boring".
"The North Coast of Exmoor. England, Aug 74"
Sal: I love the above photo.  You at the head of the bike.  Beauty on West Coast....
All the stuff on the bike: the tent in plastic bag, the collapsable water bottle. The removable panniers that I'd got as a special order. The crash bars (special, again). The Tank Bag, with its plastic pouch for the map, the GPS of those days.... Even the "AUS" sticker, which I'd forgotten about; we must've been proud Aussies....
Same as above, near Auntie Sadie, Sal's great Aunt

Taken by aforementioned Autie Sadie, I presume
Sal, Forse, Oz, Jen.  Aug 1974

Pop concert somewhere.  Note seat cover

Forse, Jen at same "Pop concert, somewhere"
Forse, Oz, Sal, Jen. Biking Aug 74

"This bike was a 1905 Triumph which still
worked.  The man who owned it let us have
a ride.  Isle of Wight. Aug 74"
 Sal: again, I'm filled with admiration that you labelled all these photos!  Otherwise, how do we remember that it was a Triumph?  That's Oz riding the bike. I remember it. But I wouldn't have remembered that it was a 1905 Triumph...
"These houses are all over England - and are protected by the
National Trust now.  Outside Oxford. Aug 74"

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