On Mon, 10 Feb 2020 20:00:45 +0000, Chris J Dixon
wrote:

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I now find it hard to believe that I regularly did the run from
Barnsley to Manchester, over Woodhead Pass, on a Honda 50.

My (first) Mrs had the Honda C50 LA, a fully automatic 3 speed (step
through) that looked very much like the straight Honda C50. I think I
can remember riding a C50 (or it could have been a C70) but not owning
one. I did have a Yamaha T80 Townmate (shaft drive, 4sp, step-through)
and that was perfect around town, or, if you could get there, the
country lanes. ;-)

There
were occasions when I had to resort to 1st gear in order to
battle against the wind whilst actually going downhill.

When motorcycle camping to Lands End [1] with the family (3 of us, two
bikes) there was a photo collage of all the 'End to Enders' and the
happiest bunch by far were half a dozen or so lads that had done it on
Honda 50's. ;-)

I recall that I had ample opportunity to contemplate the newly
installed Armco barriers, put in place after somebody significant
(MP?) had gone over the edge. For me, it would simply mean that
it would break my leg before I plummeted, head first.

Yeah, I've thought similar ... ;-(

Cheers, T i m

[1] London, New Forest, St Austell (LE and back for a day trip, Eden
Project and the Bovingdon Tank Museum?), Cardiff, Porthmadog, Malvern
Wells and back to London.