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Friday 17 May 1996
19:00 - 21:00
Evening ride: River Dart Country Park
Occasional light drizzle
6 Participants: Michael Jones, Keir Manning, Edward Millard, Phillip Oakley, Daniel Smith, Philip Stone
Report to be written from the following notes made at the time - please write a full report if you remember the details.

[Hembury lower track. Hembury Fort track. River Dart Country Park, Philip O fell off. Home by 9pm. Weather light drizzle (occasionally).]
Saturday 18 May 1996
Weekend ride: Bellever YH
Day 1
Cold, grey, occasional drizzle
5 Participants: Richard Burge, John Hayes, Michael Jones, Oliver Lindley, Craig McCracken
Report to be written from the following notes made at the time - please write a full report if you remember the details.

[Cold and grey with occasional spots of drizzle. Lovely open fire at hostel. Played Monopoly, Battleships & Squares. Torrential rain and heavy wind from 5.45 right throughout the night. Ten Tors weekend.]
Sunday 19 May 1996
08:00 - 11:30
Weekend ride: Bellever YH
Day 2
Torrential rain
5 Participants: Richard Burge, John Hayes, Michael Jones, Oliver Lindley, Craig McCracken
Report to be written from the following notes made at the time - please write a full report if you remember the details.

[Wet and very cold in morning so straight back to Buckfastleigh after Oliver had returned to hostel for Cool (?) Cubes. Buckfastleigh by 11.30. Rest of day at Crofters.]
Friday 24 May 1996
Evening ride: Landscove
Damp start, dry later
5 Participants: David Burt, Michael Jones, Oliver Lindley, Phillip Oakley, Philip Stone
Report to be written from the following notes made at the time - please write a full report if you remember the details.

[Green Lane, Landscove. Michael got blow-out and had to walk. Returned via High Beara back to Austin's Bridge. Weather: damp start, then cleared up.]
Sunday 26 May 1996
Day ride: Leonard's Cove
Very wet
5 Participants: David Burt, Llewellyn Holmes, Michael Jones, Oliver Lindley, Luke Whiting
Report to be written from the following notes made at the time - please write a full report if you remember the details.

[Ride abandoned owing to bad weather. No-one at Totnes so café stop at Ticklemore Street. Spent time at Crofters. Finally went out 4.00pm for half an hour ride to Dean Combe. Oliver showed off his new bike! ]
Tuesday 28 May 1996
Evening ride (Junior): Skerraton Down
Mist and drizzle
8 Participants: Jason Braund (14, Buckfastleigh), Michael Jones, Daniel Smith, Graham Smith, Holly Smith, Maureen Taylor, Philip Taylor, Wendy Turrell
Report to be written from the following notes made at the time - please write a full report if you remember the details.

[Light drizzle and mist got heavier and thicker as we climbed to Skerraton Down. Maureen thought we were going to get lost but no difficulty in returning via Cross Furzes. Wendy foot in water.]
Friday 31 May 1996
19:00 - 21:25
Evening ride: Venford Track

7 Participants: John Hayes, Michael Jones, Oliver Lindley, Paul Oakley, Phillip Oakley, Daniel Smith, Adam Unknown (10, Halwell)
Report to be written from the following notes made at the time - please write a full report if you remember the details.

[Hembury Woods, Holne, Venford. Skylark's nest seen on the moors near Venford. Track to Michelcombe. Philip almost lost Michael's pump - it fell off as he carried bike across leat. Adam and John small collision Scorriton but no damage. Home by 9.25.]
Sunday 2 June 1996
14:14 - 16:30
Afternoon ride: Broadhempston
Torrential rain and hail
7 Participants: Peter Bonnet, Richard Burge, John Hayes, Michael Jones, Alistair Lindley (Adult, Buckfastleigh), Oliver Lindley, Daniel Smith
Report to be written from the following notes made at the time - please write a full report if you remember the details.

[Torrential rain, hail. Waited until 2.45. Colston Road flooding Kilbury Manor, sheltered Colston Farm (Michael's relatives). Staverton, Hole Farm. Home about 4.30.]
Friday 7 June 1996
19:00 - 22:00
Evening ride: Totnes
Dry
8 Participants: Neil Ault, Julian Duquemin, John Hayes, Michael Jones, Oliver Lindley, Keir Manning, Daniel Smith, John Stuart
Report to be written from the following notes made at the time - please write a full report if you remember the details.

[Dry evening. Rattery, Tigley, Follaton. John Hayes came off, grazed elbow. Took John to hospital. Returned via riverside track and Colston Road by 10.00.]
Sunday 9 June 1996
Day ride: Ten Tors Event
Dry
7 Participants: Richard Burge, Tao Burgess, Llewellyn Holmes, Michael Jones, Oliver Lindley, Daniel Smith, Luke Whiting
Report to be written from the following notes made at the time - please write a full report if you remember the details.

[Haytor, Saddle Tor, Top Tor, Pill Tor, Tunhill Rocks, Bonehill Rocks, Meltor, Chinkwell Tor, Honeybag Tor, Bel Tor. Lunch at Saddletor - air ambulance was circling. Shop stop at Widecombe. Fabulous views of Dart Valley from Bel Tor. Dr Blackall's Drive. Home via Hembury. Dry day. All 7 completed ten tors.]
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