#278 Isabel Woods: The 93-Year-Old Record-Breaking Cyclist - a podcast by Matthew Thompson: storyteller from Belfast, Northern Ireland

Isabel Woods is a 93-year-old who set long distance cycling records back in the 1950s.

In this episode we talk about:

• Street-games she played as a young girl on the streets of Belfast
• Saving up to buy her first bicycle while working in a factory
• Cycling through rain, wind and snow to make her club proud
• Giving a donkey a bath in her cottage
• Set dancing over Zoom during the pandemic
• And the greatest highs/lows she’s experienced along the way

Check it out.

 

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https://bestofbelfast.org/stories/isabel-woods-cyclist

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