Log of a Cycle Tour in the Wye Valley, summer 1943
In the summer of 1943 (26 June - 4 July), Roy Spurgeon, Les Lee, and five friend from the Civil Service Cycling Club made a 300 mile tour of the Wye Valley. Roy kept notes of their route, places visited, amusing incidents en-route, encounters with a variety of military activities, and of each youth hostel. On return he wrote a 15 page log of their journey, including 3 photos and a hand-drawn route map. On the tour were Miss N.Day ("Norma"), Miss P.M.Green ("Pat"), Miss E.B.Vogan ("Jean"), Mr E.A.Boman ("Ernst"), Mr D.R.L.Griffith ("Grif"), Mr L.J.Lee ("Les") & Mr R.W.Spurgeon ("Roy", "I").
Day-by-day log:
Saturday, 26 June London,Bath,Batheaston YH 20.0
Sunday, 27 June Batheaston YH,Aust,Chepstow YH 52.9
Monday, 28 June Chepstow YH,Monmouth,Mitcheldean YH 38.4
Tuesday 29 June Mitcheldean YH,Ross,Symonds Yat, Mitcheldean YH 27.9
Wednesday, 30 June Mitcheldean YH,Ledbury,Rushall YH 25.7
Thursday, 1 July Rushall YH, Tewksbury,Cleeve Hill YH 51.9
Friday, 2 July Cleeve Hill YH, Cheltenham,Cirencester,Lechlade,Inglesham YH 39.1
Saturday, 3 July Inglesham YH, Malmesbury,Chippenham,Batheaston YH 47.2
Sunday, 4 July Batheaston YH,Bath,London 11.2
Total cycling distance 316.3 miles
Also available is a scanned copy of the original:
