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Sunday 25 August 2013
10:15 - 13:30
Morning ride: Dartington
Sunny and warm
13 miles
7 Participants: Lawrence Buttress, Ash Freeman, Michael Jones, Callum O'Brien, Jack Parnell, John Rogers, Will Rogers
Perfect weather and a good turnout made this great ride. We followed Colston road to the cycle path at Dartington and enjoyed refreshments at the Venus café in the Cider Press Centre. We then rode to the riverside path at Staverton and visited the recreation ground for some frisbee and rocket fun. Ash tried a few flips on level ground as well. We returned home via Abham.
Friday 30 August 2013
19:00 - 22:20
Social: Badminton

6 Participants: Lawrence Buttress, Ash Freeman, Michael Jones, Callum O'Brien, Jack Parnell, Will Rogers
We started the evening with a game of Supreme Commander, ruined slightly when Callum nuked Will early on, then used two cars to drive to Newton Abbot leisure centre to play badminton from 9 until 10.
Sunday 1 September 2013
10:15 - 13:17
Morning ride: Avon Dam
Sunny and warm (19°C)
13 miles
4 Participants: Lawrence Buttress, Ash Freeman, Michael Jones, Alastair Shapland
Everyone wanted an offroad ride today, and Avon Dam was the obvious choice on such a perfect morning. Since they were so fast up Dean Hill Ash took us down to South Brent and up to Shipley Bridge from there.

We ate ice-creams while Ash did some flips over a hillock, then we had a very enjoyable ride up to the dam and back to Buckfastleigh via the Abbots Way track to Cross Furzes.
Friday 6 September 2013
19:00 - 22:00
Social: Pool

5 Participants: Lawrence Buttress, Ash Freeman, Michael Jones, Callum O'Brien, Will Rogers
The youngsters decided on a trip out this evening, so we drove to Plymouth and played a few games of Pool in TenPin.

(We do not have an accurate list of the members who took part in this evening, so please let us know if we have it wrong.)
Sunday 8 September 2013
10:15 - 13:20
Morning ride: Holne
Mainly dry
10 miles
6 Participants: Lawrence Buttress, Ash Freeman, Michael Jones, Jack Parnell, John Rogers, Will Rogers
We rode the track through Burchett's Wood today: it was a little muddy after Friday's rain but wasn't as bad as we had expected. We took the steep climb to Ridgely Cross and after a café stop at Holne introduced John and Will to the Langaford track. The track starts smooth and level but gradually gets steeper and rockier as you go down. By the time they reached the bottom they didn't have many good things to say about it.

We returned via Hawson Court by 1.20.
Friday 13 September 2013
19:00 - 22:05
Social: Supreme Commander

6 Participants: Lawrence Buttress, Ash Freeman, Michael Jones, Callum O'Brien, Jack Parnell, Will Rogers
It was raining tonight and everyone wanted to stay in to play a massive team game of Supreme Commander. We had three teams of two: Lawrence and Will both tried nuking Ash and Mike but they just had too many defences up to get through.
Sunday 15 September 2013
10:15 - 13:20
Morning ride: Landscove
Cloudy
8 miles
6 Participants: Ash Freeman, Michael Jones, George Rogers, John Rogers, Will Rogers, Sam Swift
The forecast was for rain this afternoon and some of our youngsters seemed terrified of the prospect of getting even a single drop of rain on them, but eventually Michael persuaded them to do a shorter than usual ride to Landscove via Green Lane. We called in at the Hillside garden centre café where we had enormous slices of cake and spent some time afterwards playing with the frisbee in the gardens. We returned home for 1.20, well before the rain began.
Friday 20 September 2013
Social: Games Evening

6 Participants: Lawrence Buttress, Ash Freeman, Michael Jones, Jack Parnell, George Rogers, Will Rogers
Tonight we had a huge multiplayer game of Supreme Commander. It was Ash and Mike against the kids, and just for a change the kids won (Lawrence had been practicing!)
Sunday 22 September 2013
10:15 - 12:58
Morning ride: Holne
Cloudy but dry, quite warm
10 miles
5 Participants: Lawrence Buttress, Michael Jones, Callum O'Brien, John Rogers, Will Rogers
We rode out along the old Ashburton road and on to River Dart Country Park where, for the first time, we were actually questioned at the gate! There was no problem of course, so we rode through the park and then up the track through Holne Woods to Holne where we enjoyed refreshments in the café. We returned home via Hawson Court.
Sunday 29 September 2013
10:15 - 12:15
Morning ride: Coombe
Cloudy but dry
7 miles
7 Participants: Lawrence Buttress, Ash Freeman, Michael Jones, Callum O'Brien, Jack Parnell, John Rogers, Will Rogers
Michael had difficulty persuading the younger riders to cycle at all today in view of the overnight rain and threatening clouds, but in the end we enjoyed a shortened ride up to Cross Furzes and then on to Coombe. Will got a puncture at Hawson Court which was fixed hastily to enable a return home by 12.15.
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