Writing in the September 6, 1956 issue of The Motor Cycle, Harold Briercliffe detailed how he’d covered 1400 miles in nine days, on a 192cc side-valve flat twin Velocette, riding from his home in North Hertfordshire to the “wild, lonely, fantastic grandeur of the far-off Highlands of Wester Ross.” An asterisk by Briercliffe’s name explained: “Mr Briercliffe is the editor of our associated journal, and Cycle Trader.”
