Name: Anonymous 2007-04-25 12:38 ID:jLHJuqkM
"In 1926, at the age of 14, he went on to Sherborne School in Dorset. His first day of term coincided with a general strike in England, and so determined was he to attend his first day that he rode his bike unaccompanied more than 60 miles from Southampton to school, stopping overnight at an inn — a feat reported in the local press."