With everyone in fine form after our recent tour we took the Silver Street route to Scoriton and the café at Holne where a new coffee machine had taken residence. Also visiting the café was an Ashburton mother and son on a child-back tandem, equipped with Carradice bar bag and saddlebag. As they were leaving we noticed that the saddlebag had been cleverly adapted to carry the family dog, who seemed quite happy to have the bag closed around him.

Michael had guests for the weekend so we needed to be home for lunch, but our entusiastic youngsters voted to return via the steep climb from Combe to Cross Furzes and of course rode the hill with ease.