Nobody except Michael was available for today's evening ride, so the ride was cancelled.

Nobody except Michael was available for today's evening ride, so the ride was cancelled.

Nobody except Michael was available for today's evening ride, so the ride was cancelled.

With Michael away, today's ride was cancelled.

Nobody except Michael was available for today's evening ride, so the ride was cancelled.

As the weather wasn't very inspiring we did only a short ride, riding along Colston Road to Riverford and returning via the track to Hole Farm and Abham.

On a cold and windy evening we rode up the long hill to Cross Furzes, making the top in 45 minutes, and played Frisbee on the nearby moorland. Everyone seemed to enjoy this despite the weather, but we didn't hang around too long before heading back.

Our junior adventurers didn't do so well today. We rode up the hill past Nurston only to find that Ryan was out of energy and somehow we had forgotten to pack the chocolate shop into Michael's pannier. All we could do was turn left and ride down Dean hill, but even that caused problems when Ryan, who was going slowly down the hill, didn't arrive at the Timbers Road meeting place. We went back to look for him but there was no sign. It later transpired that he had decided to turn left in Dean for some reason and had gone back to Buckfastleigh along the back road! Michael reminded him that we never turn off a road without waiting for the whole group.

Zac was borrowing a friend's bike tonight that didn't have lights, so we were forced to run a short ride to Hembury Woods, returning as darkness was falling. Congratulations to Callum who did very well on his first ride.

Michael's "Mystery Ride" today took us along the old road to Ashburton and then up the steep hill to Chuley Cross and Parkfield. The track from just beyond Parkfield starts with a rough section along the edge of some high fields, then drops down to a flat and sometimes muddy section through the woods. Not surprisingly everyone enjoyed it, and the subsequent cafe stop at Landscove and Frisbee game in the nearby playing fields helped make this a very enjoyable ride. We returned home via Green Lane.