1956 – Lourdes
P.Bowyer, R.Carter, T.Finn, P.Hambley, V.James, M.Johnson and P.McGough, North Staffs.
3rd – 20th August, 1956
Route:
Lorry to London cycling Maidstone, Ashford, Lydd, Bristol air freighter to Le Touquet, FRANCE cycling Montreuil, Abbeville, Amiens, Beauvais, Paris. train to Bordeaux, cycling Bordeaux. Biarritz, Bayonne, Irun, SPAIN, St. Sebastian, Pamplona, Jaca, col de Somport 5000ft. Oloron St. Marie, Laruns, col d’Aubisque 1710 metres, Lourdes for the Feast of the Assumption, cycling Montreuil, Le Touquet, and Bristol air freighter, Lydd, cycling Brighton, Marlborough, Gloucester, Wolverhampton, Stoke.
Duration / Distance: 1200 miles
17 days, return via rail.
