This
is Nina's Postcards Chapter
(Updated
August 17th)
Nina has been eMailing
progress reports from CyberCafes
whenever time and cash allowed, as they followed her father's
route
of exactly 50 years ago.
They are
Back home now,
50 years on the dot!
Well done both!

They're back where they started
outside Nina's house in Turnchapel |
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Nina's map's beyond the help of
sellotape! |
The 1953
itinerary
( Map
"borrowed" from the news item on BBCDevon page)

This
is the route that Roy and Gordon took in 1953; Nina and Simon
followed it as closely as possible.
Copyright © 2003 Nina Jenkin. |
The tour took it's
toll of the intrepid travellers and their mighty machines.
Simon ended up with only one of his gears actually working
and a spoke about to ping through the wheel rim.
Nina's map has seen
better days but then it lasted right to the end,
to see the last of the 2250 miles they cycled.
click to return to voyagevoyage.com
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copyright © 2003 Nina Jenkin.
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