Story of monumental effort

[wetny]

Was talking to my uncle the other night. There was old an blind chap who lived near me when I was a little kid. Apparently in the fifties, him and his mate would would finnish work on a Friday after a full working week down the pit, get cleaned up and have their tea and cycled 190 miles to Great Yarmouth through the night. When they got there, they set up their tent and had a few hours kip. Spent the weekend up until lunch time on Sunday and then head back, arriving home in the early hours of Monday morning so that they could have a few hours sleep before another shift down the mine. Apparently this was a regular trip through the summer months and in their two weeks off they were all over Europe. I am assuming that bikes in the fifties took a bit more effort to ride than contemporary bikes. I just thought he was some old blind guy. You never know.

[Long Drax]

wetny said:

Was talking to my uncle the other night. There was old an blind chap who lived near me when I was a little kid. Apparently in the fifties, him and his mate would would finnish work on a Friday after a full working week down the pit, get cleaned up and have their tea and cycled 190 miles to Great Yarmouth through the night. When they got there, they set up their tent and had a few hours kip. Spent the weekend up until lunch time on Sunday and then head back, arriving home in the early hours of Monday morning so that they could have a few hours sleep before another shift down the mine. Apparently this was a regular trip through the summer months and in their two weeks off they were all over Europe. I am assuming that bikes in the fifties took a bit more effort to ride than contemporary bikes. I just thought he was some old blind guy. You never know.

Your uncle were lucky!

My uncle and his mate only had a wheelbarrow between 'em. They had to
commute 300 mile t'pit every day(but Christmas), taking turns to ride in it.

At Christmas, they'd put t'kids in t'barrow and go to t'pit for their
annual holiday on t'slag heap.

[princeperch]

I'm at somewhat of a loss as to how someone who is totally blind can cycle at all. let alone 190 miles at night when presumably his mate couldnt see much either.

[okgo]

Custard.

[pacman1]

He probably wasn't blind when he used to cycle.

[wetny]

He could see when he was younger, but I only knew him as an old blind chap.

[wetny]

He could see when he was younger, but I only knew him as an old blind chap.

[yellowjack]

swerni said:

But we were 'appy

There. 'appen that's more like it!