What a wind: coupled with a delayed start it resulted in us missing Graham and the Highwaymen at Drum Bridges. Kevin left us here - we hope he caught the others up at Chudleigh Bridge.

On to Bovey to find no Paignton contingent waiting for us. After a brief wait we headed off for the Primrose cafe in Lustleigh via the old railway track. The surface seems to be gradually improving over the years. The owner told us Mark had been and gone, but would return, which he did. We dragged Richard B away from his second pot of tea to have lunch down in the Cleave - an idyllic spot. A few spots of rain threatened as we dropped down Bone hill to Widecombe, but came to nothing. Ponsworthy Splash gave Mark a chance to clean off the mud from the Cleave, and the tailwind blew us home.