The five brave souls who turned up at Buckfastleigh station soon became four as Willard Minor decided that sitting in a warm house was preferable to sitting on a cold bike. We arrived at Avonwick to find the Torbay contingent awaiting us and were soon heading towards Bittaford.

In view of the biting wind and the threat of snow over the moors it was decided to abandon the scheduled trip up the course of the old Red Lake mineral railway, and we returned to Buckfastleigh where Michael had kindly invited us to eat our lunch at his house.

[Andrew, Jane an Suzie did not take part in the main ride.]