As well as the diary of his cycling adventures, Rope also deposited some of his maps and guidebooks at the archives. I discovered among these a Bartholomew's Cyclist's Touring Map of England and Wales published in 1901, the exact same year that he cycled across the country and wrote our diary. The map is well used, in fact it has fallen apart at many of the folds and it seems very likely that he took it with him on his travels. He seems to have meticulously annotated every road that he cycled along, not only on the numerous trips recorded in the 1901 diary but also all the many other trips he must have taken before and since. Most of the roads around Shrewsbury are highlighted, as well as those around Oxford, but also those as far south as Cornwall and as far north as Berwick on Tweed. He undoubtedly travelled beyond Berwick - I wonder if we have a similar map of his for Scotland?
Shrewsbury to Barmouth:
Friday
Shrewsbury
Montford Bridge
Nesscliff
West Felton
Whittington
Gobowen
Chirk
Llangollen
Corwen
Cerrigydrudion
Cernioge
Pentrefoelas
Betws-y-Coed
Saturday
Betws-y-Coed
Capel Curig
Pen-y-Gwryd
Beddgelert
Pont Aberglaslyn
Tremadog
Criccieth
Sunday
Criccieth
Monday
Criccieth
Chwilog
(Llanaelhaearn – not mentioned, but deduced)
Llandwrog
Caernarfon
Pont-rug
Llanrug
Cwm-y-glo
Llanberis
Pen-y-Pass
Pen-y-Gwryd
Pont Aberglaslyn
Criccieth
Monday (???)
Criccieth
Porthmadog
Penrhyndeudraeth (parts ways with his uncle)
Harlech
Llanfair
Barmouth
Suffolk to Shrewsbury:
Thursday
Little Glemham
Marlesford
Eaton (Easton)
Brandeston
Cretingham
Framsden
Helmingham
Gosbeck
Coddenham
Needham Market
Stowmarket
Friday
Stowmarket
Elmswell
Woolpit
Beighton (Beyton)
Bury St. Edmunds – parts ways with Uncle Edwin
Kentford
Newmarket
Quy
Cambridge
Saturday
Cambridge
Sunday
Cambridge
Monday
Cambridge
Madingley
???
Enstone
Chipping Norton
[Chastleton?]
Moreton(-in-Marsh)
?
Moreton(-in-Marsh)
Bourton(-on-the-Hill)
Broadway
Evesham
Spetchley
Worcester
Shrewsbury
Rope Diary: Additional Trips
Pitchford (walking) – 21st June 1901
[gap]
Oxfordshire – 27th May 1901
High Ercall (cycling) – Jan 1902
Keble-chapel (walking) – May 1901
Bicester (cycling) – 28th May 1901
Garsington-church (cycling) – 24th May 1901
North Hinksey and Cumnor (walking) – 18th May 1901
Stratford-upon-Avon (cycling) – 13th May 1901
Horsepath, Foresthill, etc. (cycling) – 14th May 1901
Littlemore, Cowley and Cliffton Hampden (cycling) – 12th May 1901
Kingston-Bagpuize (cycling) – 12th May 1901
Dorchester (walking and railway) – 11th May 1901
Water Eaton and Kidlington (walking) – 10th May 1901
Whitehorse Hill, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) (cycling) – 4th May 1901
Elsfield, Woodeaton and Islip (walking) – 9th May 1901
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