Across the UK, today was nearly the warmest February day on record, although down here in Devon, temperatures only reached around 11 degrees. We decided to go towards Bovey Tracey as we left, as we have not been there for a while. Jude would have liked to go via a different route, but we had little choice other than the usual route via Bickington and Blackpool. We went to the café at the Craft Centre for refreshments, looking at the various pieces of carpet on the wall priced at upwards of £3500.

After a quick visit to the coop where we forgot to get a bottle of water, Jude left us on the Brimley road to ride home to Ilsington so Dillan and Michael took a new route back through Lounston that took us past one of Michael’s customers. This involved climbing a very steep hill during which time Dillan was almost dying of thirst, but we managed to get to Ashburton where we were able to buy a bottle of water from the Spar before heading home for around 2.30.