title: Bike Britain: Cycling from Land's End to John O'Groats
author:  Paul Salter 
description: Paul Salter was born and raised in New Zealand and developed a passion for cycle touring while studying geology at Auckland University. He has cycled New Zealand from end to end, and across Australia, as well as long-distance tours in several other countires. Paul currently works as a geologist in California.
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  # The Bicyclers and Three Other Farces
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  **THE BICYCLERS AND THREE OTHER FARCES**
  
  
    
  THE BICYCLERS
  
  
    
  A DRAMATIC EVENING
  
  
    
  THE FATAL MESSAGE
  
  
    
  A PROPOSAL UNDER DIFFICULTIES
  
  
  
  
  
  Transcribed by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk
  
  
  # THE BICYCLERS AND THREE OTHER FARCES
  
  
  Contents:
  
  
  The Bicyclers
  
  
  A Dramatic Evening
  
  
  The Fatal Message
  
  
  A Proposal Under Difficulties
  
  
  ## THE BICYCLERS
  
  
  CHARACTERS:
  
  
  MR. ROBERT YARDSLEY, _an expert.
  
  
    
  _MR. JACK BARLOW, _another_.
  
  
  MR. THADDEUS PERKINS, _a beginner.
  
  
    
  _MR. EDWARD BRADLEY, _a scoffer.
  
  
    
  _MRS. THADDEUS PERKINS, _a resistant.
  
  
    
  _MRS. EDWARD BRADLEY, _an enthusiast.
  
  
    
  _JENNIE, _a maid._
  
  
  _The scene is laid in the drawing-room of_ Mr. _and_ Mrs.
  
  
  Thaddeus Perkins _, at No. —- Gramercy Square_. _It is late
  
  
  October; the action begins at 8.30 o'clock on