CTC Gazette, Vol 1910, No 8
Articles in this issue
- An update on the Cycles Carriage Bill, which has been introduced in the House of Commons and backed by members of all parties, with a petition of over 200,000 signatures presented alongside it.
- The editor announces that this August issue is devoted principally to touring articles, curtailing regular features in favour of descriptive accounts to help members plan their summer holidays.
- The second instalment of H. J. Lewis's Black Forest tour, continued from the previous issue: riding on from Hausach through Hornberg, Wolfach and Furtwangen, noting local costume and the clockmaking and wood-carving towns of the Schwarzwald.
- A further instalment of the Tyrolean pass-storming account, covering the more remote high routes of the Austrian Alps and their particular challenges for the loaded touring cyclist.
- A description of touring through the Dolomites from Toblach and Landro to Cortina d'Ampezzo, visiting Schluderbach, Monte Cristallo and Lake Misurina, with an evocative account of a mountain storm at Cortina.
- A cycling tour around the Bavarian village of Oberammergau, famous for its Passion Play, describing the roads through this part of the German Alps and the character of the village.
- A report on the CTC's Bournemouth centenary meet, describing the gathering of cyclists and the events organised to mark the resort's hundredth anniversary.
- A cycling tour through the remote north-west Highlands of Scotland around Gairloch and Torridon, describing the dramatic mountain and sea-loch scenery of Wester Ross.
- A cycling tour of the historic Cinque Ports on the Kent and Sussex coast, linking the ancient harbour towns and describing the maritime history and character of each.
- A cycling tour through the Wicklow Mountains south of Dublin, describing the glen roads, the heather moorland, and the contrast between the coastal resorts and the wild interior.
- A cycling tour around the Isle of Mull in the Scottish Hebrides, describing the mountain and coastal roads, the ferry crossings, and the distinctive atmosphere of this island.