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20th January 2017

 

 

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

"À vaillant coeur rien d’impossible"  (For a valiant heart nothing is impossible)
Jacques Cœur
 

TOUR DE BULLECOURT - REGISTER NOW!!!!

We had a huge turnout and great enthusiasm in our Tour de Bullecourt planning meeting ...

BUT ONLY FIVE HAVE SO FAR REGISTERED:

Steve B
Tom V
Stuart G
Pete S
Roger F

If your name isn't on the list please register now so Steve can book the ferry tickets.
Of you are not sure just register and select "no ferries" to be kept in the loop.
Details of the Tour and Registration Form are here:
https://anerleybc.org/tour-de-bullecourt-registration/

Pete adds: "I texted a friend to ask him if he wanted to go on the Anerley bike ride to France. Thanks to spell check I actually asked him if he wanted to go on a nerdy bike ride to France.
Surprisingly he said he did."


 

CLUB DINNER - FINAL CALL

Saturday Friday 4th 6:30 for 7pm @ Purely United Reformed Church, 906 Brighton Road, Purley CR8 2LN (£20pp payable on the night)

Are you on Sandra's list? If not this is the last chance by replying to this email:

Stuart and Diana, Jo S, Meike and John, Sally and Tim, Maggie, Tom M, David S, Sandra and Harvey, Sian, Brian, Bob and Denise, Barrie, Paul, John D, June, Len and Anne, Des and Trish, Tom V, Steve, Steve B and Sue, John and Frank.  There are question marks for Bob, Ian and Karen.
VEGETARIANS: Tom M, Tom V, John D plus Bob. Let me know if there's anyone else.


 

BICYCLISTE DE LA SEMAINE

Maurice-Francois Garin (3 March 1871 – 19 February 1957) was an Italian-born French road bicycle racer best known for winning the inaugural Tour de France in 1903, and for being stripped of his title in the second Tour in 1904 along with eight others, for cheating. The start of a grand tradition!

Life story here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Garin

 

 

BICYCLETTE DE LA SEMAINE

A close up of Maurice Garin's steel 1903 La Francaise. His heavy frame featured new-fangled toe clips invented only a few years prior. More here: http://inconstant-eden.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/100-years-of-tour-de-france-bikes-map.html

 

THIS WEEK'S RIDES


Sunday: 9am Shurguard/501 Brighton Road. Tom V leads to Polesden Lacey and onto The Plough, Leigh
Tuesday: 10am Shurguard/501 Brighton Road. tba
Thursday: 10am Shurguard/501 Brighton Road. Mark H leads somewhere ...

Tom's Sunday Rides List is now here: https://anerleybc.org/runs-list-january-to-march-2017/

 

RECENT RIDE REPORTS


Very chilly week. A few ventured our but no one wants to remember it

 

FINALLY

The website has changed. Its optimised for mobile devices so you may not find things where you expect. But they are still all there. Latest Rides under Rides and so on.

Its a work in progress. Old stuff needs re-formatting, some bits have yet to be written! All contributions welcome! 

Remember you can get new members and interested friends to subscribe to The Bugle by clicking on the menu link to go here: https://anerleybc.org/bugle/