Adventures of an Archivist

As well as the diary of his cycling adventures, Rope also deposited some of his maps and guidebooks at the archives. I discovered among...

Transcription by Alex Mager Itinerary: Horsepath, Foresthill, etc. (cycling) – 14th May 1901  Littlemore, Cowley and Cliffton Hampden...

Transcription by Alex Mager A few notes about this transcript before we begin... Words added as quotes (like this) are all taken from ...

Transcription by Alex Mager* April 1901 Faringsoutset We left Shrewsbury sheer against a sharp cool freshenend windbluster which grew as...

I can't wait to tell you about the wonderfully quirky diary which I have had the pleasure of unearthing of late! But first, as ever, I'd...