Brian Bent has heard the sad news from Ron's daughter, Kay, that Ron has died.
The funeral for Ron will be held on Wednesday 6th November at 10:15am.
When he was more active with us it was with the Easy Riders and Beginners. Ron was a mine of information about local history and on the bike was quite an explorer, often deviating from the Easy Riders routes with Mark Roy or Brian Bent to satisfy his curisosity about various unexplored corners of Surrey.
Many would have regarded Ron as an eccentric. Here he is pondering how to move a piece of furniture with his bike.
Here is Ron checking to see if the water level on the path under Chertsey Bridge was too deep for cycling.
In 2012 Ron borrowed my GPS recorder to see if he could sign his name in Cheam Park, with this result:
This portrait of Ron was painted by Brian for the occasion of Ron's 85th birthday in May, 2018:
And here is a short profile of Ron, posted on the Beginners blog in 2015:
https://swlctcbeginners.blogspot.com/2015/04/rider-profile-ron-weedon.html
~ Tim
2 comments:
Will miss Ron, his short cuts made sure we always got to the tea-stops, having been dropped by the group ...
Thanks whoever put the photos together, they encapsulate his character. Ron was always such good fun and always a story and a laugh to share. A very full life well lived.
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