Who was Roye England.
Roye was a pacifist and brought up as a Christian.
I bet most of you haven’t heard about him.
He was born in 1906 in Australia and moved to England when in his early 20’s where he settled in The Vale of the White horse.
Roye was a passionate cyclist and railway enthusiast. He loved the old world nature of the surrounding countryside, hamlets and villages and he could see how as “modernisation” swept across the country, much of this history and charm was going to be lost, so he set about taking thousands of photographs and measuring various notable buildings with a view to recreate them as models which he added to his model railway.
His attention to detail was meticulous, everything was to scale and exact, every scene told a story.
Royes model railway grew with time and the help of others and is now an impressive “one of it’s kind” in this country. He even made a model of the Vale of the Whitehorse, it is Massive.
You can now see for yourself the true extent and expertise that went into his work by visiting the Pendom museum at Long Wittenham Oxforshire.
Roye died in 1995 and his ashes are interred at St Mary the virgin church at Bishopstone.
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Had to reupload this as I wasn't pleased with the audio, I had to do some fancy audio editing to get it to sound better.
Will look forward to watching this tonight with a beer after work.
That looked like a fun adventure. Always lovely to revisit a place from your childhood and find it has barely changed 😊 Dave's 'bikeputer' looks impressive … radar on a bike, whatever next?? 😂
Got beer, have watched and loved! Well done you two for giving us a wee trip through some beautiful parts of England. Reminds me of the Berks of my youth🤩🤩
Very lucky to have those trails mate enjoyable
Great ride Sandy.
I met Roye England a couple of times and he signed two of his books for me. A real gentleman.
Stay well. Love to all,
Noel
I just love these bike tours. Thanks for the route, Dave. 🙂
Very enjoyable video Sandy. 🙂
Great vlog
We are blessed over here to have such amazing country side
Great ride, Thank you Gentlemen 👍
You can't beat the back of beyond.
Cheers guys! Great route and a pleasure to watch!
Nice to see my old stomping ground Sandy. I live in Northern Scotland now. All the very best Ian
What a lovely watch….thanks
Great ride out through the countryside nice villages. You're getting me confused with that new tune Stuart Filligan uses it on his channel its hard to remember which is which. Never mind keep the good work up nice to see places that are hidden away
Great video, Sandy lovely scenery cheers Dave
Great video Sandy, good to see Dave again. Hope Mandy is ok 😊