An Autobiography of an Ancient Athlete & Antiquarian

200 AUTOBIOGRAPHY On the 24th or 25th, my very old friend, Cuvelje, -died in his sleep in London. On the 27th, Downes successfully fitted np electric light in my bedroom. On Saturday, the 29th, I cycled over by Aylsham (lunch at '' Black Boys") and on by Edgefield to Holt, where I -slept at the "Feathers." Dr. Hales came in and we harl. a long and amusing talk in the smoke bar. Sunday I rode back through the woods by Edgefield, and had lunch at Aylsham. This week I went to London about Chaucer researches, Duwpie meeting me at the Station. M.M.R. who had been searching for me at the P.R.O. met me there. Lunched with F.G.R., at Simpson's, and back by 4.53. On the 13th December I rode over to orth Walsham to lunch, then trained to Cromer, cycled by road to Holt, where I slept at Dr. Hales'. A rather nice grammar school master there. Sunday he motored me over to see the Rev. Meyrick Jones' collection of old furniture at Kelling. On Monday, the 15th, I cycled over by Thornage (Mrs. Hales with me part of the way) and on by Melton to Purdy's to lunch. Back by Bawdeswell, Reepham, and Booton, but puncturing by Cawston I had to wheel my machine to Aylsham, where I left it to be repaired. On the 17th December up to London re Cuvelje, slept at Dumpie's flat. Met M.M.R. at P.R.O., where she had been doing some record work for me re Chaucer, and lunched her at Simpson's upstairs. Friday saw Dr. Poole at Guildhall, also re Chaucer, lunched with Dumpie at " Trocadero '' and back by 3.20. A very slow Christmas, indeed worse even than the year before, all by ourselves except H.G.R. and Marjorie. We were all ill and in bed all Boxing Day and Saturday. They returned early on Monday. All the autumn and winter I had been working at Chaucer. In spite of bad stomach troubles I had got 83 good long tricycle rides as against 54 the year before, but it was the flaring up of the candle in the socket! The joint work with Mr. Hamon le Strange on the address to General Monck was all that I printed in 19r 3. During this year there were many rumours as to German airships having been seen over Eno-land. All rumours are not true (e.g., the secret landing of the