I used to cycle a great deal between the ages of 16 and 18, when I was a cadet nurse based in Leamington Spa and Warwick. My small room in the nurses’ home was more like a cell and we had to be in by 10.00pm. The sisters were very strict and they would do surprise checks on the rooms. It was however a very happy time.
On summer evenings I would escape on my battered old bike and ride down Warwickshire’s lanes. In those days, the verges were full of
