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Lucky dip |
- Jul 8, 2007 10:44am
 
Well it wasn't actually a new bike -- that's Mum's words.
It was something I was initially ashamed
of, as it was secondhand.
I had begged and begged for a bike and
it never occurred to me they'd get me
a secondhand one; everyone else
had new -- a Humber or a Raleigh.
Still, I got used to it and it became
my horse for a couple of years.
My friend Karen and I would go on expeditions
whenever possible, with snacks and supplies.
We didn't so much polish our bikes as groom our horses.
We even talked to them and patted them.
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PS The only set of wheels I'd had previously
were homemade for me by our nextdoor neighbour.
Look at that, spoilt brats of today!
We were poor but happy.
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