On a glorious sunny evening we set out along the old Ashburton road with Michael following in the car. Today, however, he had his bike in the back, and at Peartree he switched to two wheels for his first club ride since his recent spell in hospital.

We took the path past the park and then the lane to Belford Mill. Dillan had commented last week that we never have videos of ordinary weekly rides, so Michael produced his camcorder and took some shots as we rode through the woodland track.

After climbing the hill to Druid Gavin led the youngsters down to Holne Bridge while Michael returned to the car and caught them at the top of Holne Chase. We continued home via Hembury Woods, getting back by around 9.20.