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Friday 4 September 2015
19:00 - 21:50
Evening ride: Ashburton
Warm and dry
13 miles
4 Participants: Dillan Edwards, Michael Jones, George Rogers, John Rogers
Our ride took us along the old Ashburton road, down the old railway line and then along the narrow path beside the swimming pool. Skirting behind Ashburton School we then took the lane up to Rew, down to Holne Cross and then down towards Holne Bridge.

The youngsters chose the River Dart / Holne Woods route rather than the Holne Chase road alternative, but things didn't go totally to plan. First we stopped in the games room at River Dart for a game of Air Hockey, but after putting in the money we discovered there was no puck! Michael went to try to get one from the café but was told it was lost and was given a refund.

Joining the Holne Woods track things went well until Michael went past the required right turn which took us partway towards the Galant le Bower footpath. He made the decision to continue on along the path rather than backtrack to the woodland track, but this proved slightly problematic as the path had been re-routed behind a fence that was overgrown with nettles and long grass. The "shortcut" ended up taking twice as long as the track we had intended to use, but it was certainly an adventure of sorts.

We returned quickly via Hembury hill for a short social that involved some upgrade and repair work on Dillan's and George's PCs.
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