CYCLE RIDES
ROUND LONDON
RIDDEN WRITTEN
& ILLUSTRATED BY
CHARLES G. HARPER
AUTHOR OF “THE BRIGHTON ROAD” “THE PORTSMOUTH ROAD” “THE DOVER ROAD” “THE BATH ROAD” “THE EXETER ROAD” “THE GREAT NORTH ROAD” “THE NORWICH ROAD” and “THE HOLYHEAD ROAD”
London: CHAPMAN & HALL LTD. 1902.
(All Rights Reserved)
PREFACE
When that sturdy pioneer, John Mayall junior, first rode his velocipede from London to Brighton in 1869, in much physical discomfort, and left his two would-be companions behind him in a crippled condition, no one could have foreseen the days when many thousands of Londoners would with little effort explore the Home Counties on Saturdays or week-ends, and ride sixty or seventy miles a day for the mere pleasure of seeking country lanes and historic spots.