In mid-summer, Reg Best had started a series of articles for the "Woking Review" - on equipment as well as reporting the D.A.'s activities - and these continued until 1939.

After the fifth A.G.M. at The Rio Cafe, Ripley (next door to the church - not the present site) there was a tyre-bursting event.  Supplied by the North British Rubber Co., the electro-deposited tube was attacked by relays of members for 1½ hours.  It reached a diameter of 8 ft and, after 4,500 strokes of the pump, it collapsed with a disappointing report.

Fifty were at the Red House dinner that year and, instead of a later Saturday afternoon run to Hurst, members went skating on Wisley Pond.  A supper at the Rio preceded a slide show by Les Gray and a D.A. photograph album was started.  Leaving Woking at 7.30 am on the Good Friday, 70 miles were covered by lunch time (126 in the day and 363 in 4 days) embracing Wookey Hole, The Quantocks and Weston-Super-Mare.  Ron Sadler appeared as did an unofficial section from Godalming headed by Alf Watling and "Creamy" Hammond.  In July there was a night ride to Lee-on-Solent and Gosport and a 5 am start had the riders at Amberley by 8 am for a day's boating on the Arun with 20 to tea back at Amberley.

A visit was paid to the model village at Bekonscot while 17 were on the "100 in 8" to the Uckfield area.  Early December saw a visit to Southall Gas Works, 32 were on the usual Christmas morning ride to Godalming, there was a rough-stuff event in the Camberley area the following day and 1933 ended with lunch at Farley Green and tea in a cottage at Plaistow, a jolly evening being spent there round a big open fire.  The party did not break up until 11 pm to ride out the old year via Dunsfold and 26 members later helped to swell the crowd outside Guildford Guildhall to usher in 1934.

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