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Re the Fairham badge, the same picture of the swan can be seen cast into the old Clifton bridge end from the Clifton side viewed best from the footpath at the top of the steep rise from Wilford lane(cycle track), family crest of the Clifton family Rog

Sun and Carlton were different company's, Falcon were built in Lincolnshire part of the Holdsworth company, If you check the "retrobike" or "Sheldon brown" websites you should be able to find all the info you need. Lizzie M I do like the picture you posted, especially the Padgett Yamaha, takes me back to those days at Mallory park to watch such riders as Mike Hailwood,Giacomo Agostini,Barry Sheen etc etc Rog

Den, only at the bottom Rog

Carlton cycles was a sub of the Raleigh lightweight division, if you check out the CTC or "retrobike" websites Carlton's history will be on there Rog

Just to show I have a sensible side, here's me on a TWO wheeled pavement cycle, (I think I've posted this before) Rog

Here's one from a ride around Draycote water near Rugby, note Nigel who is stood up near his trike, he only has one arm, he's had his trike specially adapted to fit his false arm, just after this ride he rode from his home in Northampton all the way up the west coast of England and Scotland returning down the east side until he reached Derby, he then cut across to Birmingham and back to Northampton just to achieve his 1000 miles, I think it took him three months, all this towing his camping trailer full of gear, I don't know if trike riders are a special breed or just crazy, but whatever it is

Found the Rutland ride pics, pub stop for lunch half way round Rest stop and photo call Hope you enjoy the pics as much as we enjoyed the ride Rog

Hi Stephen, not me i'm afraid, there is a few of us about though, a couple of years ago we had a ride around Rutland water, there was about 17 of us, that was a bit of a sight I can tell you, I have some pics somewhere I'll post when I find them, I'm thinking of riding to Sleaford this weekend weather depending, through all the back roads, the hardest bit is climbing upto the Lincoln ridge from where I live but once up there it's pretty easy going Rog

Fell off the trike once up at Lady Bower/Derwent resevoir, riding down the road with the pathway about 6 feet above road level up a grass bank, thought it would be a good idea to take a picture of my trike with the Derwent dam in the back ground, so carefully pulled to the side of the road and rode up the bank at an angle, unfortunately the angle was too great and the trike with me in it rolled over, my cycling shoes still clipped into the pedals and me upside down with the contents of my drinks bottle slowly emptying itself over my head, could'nt right myself up for laughing, fortunately no o

Sounds to me Carni you need to start riding a recumbent trike like mine, 3 wheels so very difficult to fall off, nice comfy seat to lay back in when resting (similar to a deck chair) and plenty of luggage space to keep your camera Rog

Nearly there Saracens head, formally The Kings Head, King Charles 1st place of capture to the Scots More to follow when I get time Rog

British Horological society at Upton, time for a food stop, banana and Robinsons fruit drink with no added sugar Southwell workhouse,too early for the gates to be open

Managed to get a few pics off photobucket of my Southwell ride so here goes, first one riding through Stapleford wood near Newark Newark castle signal box

My trade/job for most of 41 years was a heavy plant fitter/welder, when I first got a computer I could only choose a user name with 8 letters hence plantfit Rog

Thanks for the reminder about Jack Jack Bing, I remember him well, I think I've mentioned him before in a post, we used to take our bicycle wheels to him to have them trued up after them being buckled, I think he charged about 3d each back in the mid 60's, by the time we got to the top of Farnborough road they were as bad again Rog

I'll post some pics of the Besthorpe Egrets if I get photobucket to work Rog

Little Egrets have been present there for a few years now, good to see they are still there and breeding now. I've carried out a few bird survey's for the Notts wildlife trust at Besthorpe in recent years and the site seems to get better each year, disused gravel quarry's are like a magnet for wildlife of all types Rog

Photobucket playing up again so on with the writeup, Set off at 07.05hrs and headed west towards Newark 8 miles away, took a picture of a nice horse chestnut tree at the junction of Newark road and Staplford woods, arrived in Newark breaking the speed limit yet again, this time only by 2 mph, ok I was going down Beacon hill luckily the traffic lights at the bottom were on green so didn't have to touch the brake levers, left at the end of that road and right at the island saw me going over Trent bridge at a fair lick only stopping to get a picture of the Newark Castle signal box, (one for the r

Bazalways, I mentioned the mortgage monkey sometime ago on here I think the trivia thread and I said I would get a picture of it next time I was in Nottingham, when I did get there I struggled to park the car and when eventually on Thurland street the little fellow had been removed, reason for this post is "Thanks for bringing that picture up" Rgog

Alma park on the outskirts of Grantham heading east towards Lincoln, It's a sensory park with different smells from the flowers and different sculptures to touch and hold, nice place for a drink of juice and a quick bite to eat before heading back through Ancaster and Cranwell Top of the Lincoln ridge at Leadenham and home to an old aerodrome from ww1 before the RAF was born, RFC (royal flying corps) Leadenham, there is a few brick walls left from some of the old buildings but nothing to suggest the history of the place, all private farmland now though, anyway it was 8 miles to go to reach

hour and three quarters after leaving home and I arrive in Grantham, just a mile or so to the final destination. Birth place of Margaret Roberts (Thatcher) I just had to pay homage to the great woman, the reason for this trike ride

Another Normanton, this one on Cliffe, nice little village for a cycle ride or just a walk Must find out the origin of the word Scroop

pics of the Grantham ride Just before Welbourn coming from Brant Broughton Lincoln side of the A17, went from there to Fulbeck and over the bridge

Always remember one on the side of a house near Midland Magneto Broad Marsh which read "Beds for the night 6d" that was there in the late 60s early 70s, probably long gone now, also rode passed one in Grantham last Sunday at a junction just passed Alma park heading into Grantham, something about hand made leather goods Rog

Condom machine in the gents at the Pelican pub Bilborough, 50p each early 70s Rog