Description: Accompanying article on reverse of mounting reads: FIFTY YEARS IN THE SADDLE: Biking is bliss to Nottingham GPO telephonist, Reg Baker. His passion for pedalling is such that Reg - a familiar grey-bearded and suntanned figure in Nottinghamshire villages - makes sure he's on the road every day. And now Reg, 58, usually bare-chested, and in shorts and sandals, has reached a golden milestone - 50 years in the saddle. He tell us it was exactly 50 years ago today that he began cycling. And he has not stopped! Until recently, he averaged 10,000 miles a year on his trusty machine, keeping a log of his journeys. Even now, he cycles up to 200 miles a week. He has ridden as far as Devon and South Wales, and is proud of a three and a half hour run to Skegness. But most of his trips are within Nottinghamshire, where he makes regular stops to indulge his other interest of photographing subjects of architectural or historical interest for the local studies library. Then it's back on the bike - a five-speed Falcon racing model. And it's on the bike he'll be on his golden jubilee day on Monday. Said Reg, who lives in Galena Drive, Carlton: 'Give me my bike, a bit of sunshine - and a stop-off for a lunchtime pint - and I'm a happy man.' Mr Reg Baker (who was responsible for donating many thousands of the Nottinghamshire photographs on this web site) sadly died in the 1980's.