Out of interest I was browsing through CTCsections in Leicestershire.
The Loughborough section appears to have gone out of existence.Beside the CTC section we had The Soar Valley Wheelers Loughborough College cycling club and a YHA group.which as far as I can see no longer exist
Leicester CTC had the General. Intermediate.Loiterers and photo group
Charnwood section seems to still be in existence and has Sunday runs
Loughborough has a Wednesday group There are groups meeting in Broughten Astley and Barrow On Soar
I joined the Loughborough group in1956 We had a club room at theRoyal oak A runs committee,Social committee and two District Association reps
Club runs were always well attended and were all day rides never returning home much before 7 PM
Things seem to have changed since the CTC became Cycling UK
I don’t have much experience of the local club scene and am quite happy to bimble about on my own or put my bike in the car to go a bit further afield
One or two club runs stick in my mind are Alton towers Trentham Gardens pre development days
Matlock was a Mecca for cyclists.Last time I visited admittedly by motor bike Motorcycle had taken over.
I rode with the Loughborough section ten or twelve years. I don’t know if I now view that period through rose coloured spectacles But for me it was a golden era of cycling.
Here end the the musings of an old fart


