This run was to cement Charlie’s Easter Holiday tour friendship with a Manchester CTC member Tom Idle.  They had met and become pals whilst staying at a Bed and Breakfast address in North Wales over Easter.  They spent lots of time together in the forthcoming years and were sort of founder members of the ‘We.R.7′, a rather select group of hard riders.  All you need to know about this group can be gleaned in the Charlie Chadwick series of books promoted and published by the Veteran – Cycle Club (VCC) edited by me.