October 1912

Articles in this issue

• Notes by the Secretary (opens in a new tab)

  The Secretary announces Lieut.-Col. C. H. L. Baskerville's election as Chairman of Council in succession to the late Mr. W. Kendall Burnett, and previews the Half-Yearly General Meeting to be held at the Literary and Philosophical Society, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
• Annual Election of Councillors (opens in a new tab)

  Official notice that nominations for the Annual Election of Councillors for 1913 must reach Headquarters by 15th October, with the number of Councillors required for each division set out in full.
• R.I.A. Activities (opens in a new tab)

  Wallace E. Riche reports Col. R. E. Crompton's chairing of the July Council meeting, the R.I.A.'s opposition to L.C.C. trailer and coupled tramcars before the House of Lords Select Committee, and Bristol and Sussex Centre representations over dangerous corners at Cromhall and Berwick.
• Camping Topics (opens in a new tab)

  Fred Horsfield contrasts the washed-out 1912 camping season, including the plight of Territorial campers shown in the illustrated papers, with his own fortunate dry June holiday and a similarly wet 1903 season remembered for constant site-hunting.
• Mixed Tandem Cycling: Especially from the Lady's Point of View (opens in a new tab)

  Writing as 'The Quadruped', a married couple with fifteen years of joint tandem touring compare their experience of an American lady-front steering arrangement against their long-used Raleigh No. 15, advocating tandem riding for couples.
• The Charm of the Surrey Hills (opens in a new tab)

  George Long, writing and illustrating, guides readers from Charing Cross via Dorking and Box Hill to the little-known village of Holmbury St. Mary and the 965-foot summit of Leith Hill, the highest point in southern England.
• Switzerland and the Italian Lakes on Bicycles -- and the Cheap (Concluded) (opens in a new tab)

  J. F. Ashby concludes his economical Swiss and Italian-lakes tour, riding from Sarnen and Alpnach on Lake Lucerne through the Reuss gorge toward the St. Gotthard and on into Ticino, visiting Bellinzona and Locarno.
• Through Glen Affric and the North-Western Highlands (opens in a new tab)

  F. K. Prescott, Consul for Leigh, describes a twelve-day, 413-mile tour by three friends from Fort William through Glen Affric to Lochinver and back via Dingwall, Inverness, Aviemore and Kingussie, all for under £6.
• Motor-Cycle Notes (opens in a new tab)

  Douglas Leechman welcomes two established pedal-cycle makers, John Marston Ltd. of Sunbeam-land and Lea & Francis of Coventry, into motor-bicycle manufacture, having inspected the new Lea & Francis machine's 3 h.p. twin Jap engine in Coventry.