CTC Gazette, Vol 1910, No 9
Articles in this issue
- The editor asks members in various towns — including Lewes, Ambleside, Filey, Oxford and Lincoln — to volunteer as local Consuls, and solicits suggestions for hotels and farmhouses to include in next year's handbook.
- A rebuttal of claims that cycling is in decline, citing the enormous crowds of cycles seen at the Lanark aviation meeting as proof that the bicycle remains a central part of British life.
- The Bristol and Gloucestershire District Association's Bank Holiday tour through the Cotswolds, taking in Fairford Church, Cirencester, the Chedworth Roman villa, Northleach and Bibury — "the prettiest village in England".
- A cycling approach to the remote falls of Glomach in the Scottish Highlands, one of the highest waterfalls in Britain, describing the road and track leading to this dramatic spectacle.
- An instalment from the New Zealand cyclists' ongoing account of their British and European tour, now describing experiences back in familiar territory.
- A cycling tour along the River Wye from its source to its junction with the Severn, describing the castles, abbeys, and dramatic river scenery of this classic Welsh Borders touring route.
- An account of a day's cycling with the Home Counties' Archaeological Society, visiting historic churches around Aylesbury, Chesham, Wendover and Dunton, including the Norman font at Aylesbury and the legend of Sir John Schorne at North Marston.
- A continuation of the Isle of Mull cycling account, covering the remaining roads around this Hebridean island and the ferry connections to the mainland and neighbouring islands.
- A cycling tour through the dramatic limestone gorges of the Tarn river in the Massif Central of France, describing the towering canyon walls, the river road, and the medieval villages perched above.
- A literary cycling pilgrimage to the Breton fishing port of Paimpol, made famous by Pierre Loti's novel Pêcheur d'Islande, describing the town and its sea-going tradition.
- A concluding instalment of the Black Forest cycling series, completing the traverse of the forest and describing the final roads and views of this German touring region.