Thanks Nivard Yes newspapers can be a great source. The weekly rides are often listed – some CTC groups had many rides of different length and severity. Dad’s diaries match up with some detail reports in the Nelson Leader about the rides of the Nelson Wheelers. Gives a fascinating insight into their life. No medals in our family but Uncle Jack and Dad were founder members of the Northern Cavern and Fell Club. Each is credited with firsts in cave exploration. Dad was in the group who made the cave rescue at Gingling Hole in 1934 and after this their club called the meeting which set up the Cave Rescue Organisation. Robin -----Original Message----- From: Nivard Ovington <ovington.one@gmail.com> Reply-To: <lancsgen@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, 17 July 2018 at 18:49 To: <lancsgen@rootsweb.com> Subject: [LAN] Re: Browns and Copster 1927 Hi Robin My great grandfather was one of the founders of a cycling club in East Retford Notts circa 1880, he was in various races and organised many events, he was also the timekeeper for a great many of them He appears in the newspapers at various times as a competitor or as an official So I would check the online newspapers for the clubs your father was in and I suspect you will find mention of the events and locations In 1896 my g.grandfather won a gold medal in a veterans race for completing 100 miles within 12 hours, he was 48 at the time Cycling was a huge participant and professional sport back in the day Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK)