I once went on holiday for a week with some friends to Skegness one summer. It was just supposed to be a relaxed week but with maybe several nights out and parties thrown in. The weather was pretty hot all week, so we actually went to the beach most days to see what was about, which in most cases was donkeys, old aged pensioners and disabled people. Not exactly Baywatch I know. When this all got too much for us we went for a drink, or to the arcades or maybe if we were feeling really reckless to the bingo hall. It wasn’t exactly the holiday we had intended but thought we would make the most of a bad situation.
Even though we had been in one of the bingo halls 1 day, we befriended a good tiny old lady named Mildred, she told us that there was incredibly tiny to complete in Skegness for men and women our age, that is why many young residents had ventured into drugs or glue sniffing. She told us to employ some BMX Bikes from the nearby employ shop and then meet her by the beach at 1pm the following day. We believed that we may as well, our holiday ended up being rather boring as much as that point and she looked trustworthy for an aging lady with fairly impressive facial hair.
Sure enough, we met up with Mildred and her mate Ethel and we came with some BMX bikes that we had hired from the nearby shop. Mildred also had her own BMX and Ethel was on a skateboard. We rode around Skegness and had loads of fun, Mildred brought sandwiches cut into triangles so that we didn’t go hungry, and a thermos of Ovaltine too. Along the way we picked up some more of Mildred and Ethel’s mates, including Ethel’s boyfriend Percy who was riding his Penny Farthing.
We continued to meet up with Mildred every day for the rest of our holiday and she had truly made it an awesome week. One of my mates actually had a bit of a holiday romance with Mildred in the last couple of days, which is perfect as we were able to keep going back to Skegness for more fun with Mildred and her friends.
That was until she died final year, in a water skiing accident. We had been completely shocked by the news, but we usually try and get down to Skegness whenever we can, for a drink and to stroke our personal unwanted facial hair in tribute to her.
Rutland Cycling offer a nice summery offering of BMX cycles. Ethel and Mildrid would be happy with this offering of cycles. They also have a offering of retro cycles from “straight out of the 80’s”.