By Slanted Light

anyway, those definitely go with the city childhood. I just found myself really taken with the Derby remarks right from hearing them the first time. No idea why
That sounds like you're not thinking of Derby as a city? Hmmn, according to Wiki it had 132,408 people in 1961 - not exactly London, but I reckon bit enough for Doyle to be more a city-boy than a country-boy growing up (depending entirely on what we want - there's no reason he couldn't have grown up on a farm by Derby either, I guess! But still... Derby-city-boy is what i see...who p'raps learned to ride to keep up with that older woman of his... *g*

Although I do like old Uncle Clem, and I can well imagine him in fact... Plus Doyle had to get his more thoughtful side somewhere... *g*

I shall wish you dreams of Doyle thundering across a beach to Bodie... bit like in A Beach to Walk On, come to think of it, but the other way around... *g*