Ride Reports

Report photo
Easter Special: Diptford
Sun, 04 Apr 2010

With a good turnout and good weather we headed up Dean Hill. On the way up Matt’s chain fell off but a passing cyclist kindly helped him in returning it to the chain ring. We con...

Event photo
Tour 09 Apr–12 Apr 2010

Bath & the Somerset Levels 4

Ducks mating in the Roman Baths set the tone for a sun-drenched jaunt to Bath. From sneaking an extra bike onto packed trains to Manhunt in the hostel grounds, this was a tour dripping with quirks as well as scenery.
πŸ‘₯ 8 105 miles 1165 m 1155 m
Chalk Ford
Fri, 16 Apr 2010

This was a good first evening ride of the season, taking us up the long hill to Cross Furzes, along the track to Lud Gate and then down over the moorland track to Chalk Ford. We r...

Chalk Ford
Sun, 18 Apr 2010

Ryan and Zac told the others of the excellent ride they missed on Friday, and after a little discussion there was much enthusiasm for the same ride again. We climbed Wallaford Roa...

Report photo
Landscove
Fri, 23 Apr 2010

This evening we rode up Green Lane and took the short route to the start of the Beaston track. Plane trails criss-crossed the sky this evening as airlines tried to catch up after ...

Report photo
Dartington
Sun, 25 Apr 2010

The forecast this morning was for occasional showers, and one hit just as the youngsters arrived at 10.15. They had to be dragged off the computers when the rain stopped at 10.35,...

Converted to Social
Fri, 30 Apr 2010

There was little enthusiasm for riding in the rain, so we arranged a video evening by watching the latest Blu-ray DVD release, Avatar.

Report photo
Hembury
Sun, 02 May 2010

Callum was unable to join us today as he had recently cut his leg on some barbed wire. The rain had pretty much stopped by 10.25 but it was very cold, so we did a short ride up th...

Belford Mill
Fri, 07 May 2010

We almost had two Aclands this evening, but sadly Olly was ill so only Sam was able to join us. We took the old road to Ashburton on a slightly chilly evening and then rode to Bel...

Report photo
Lutton
Sun, 09 May 2010

Our ride today was the back road from Duckspond to Dean Hill, then up to Bloody Pool and down the late through Lutton. Hallam was a little over-enthusiastic and had to be slowed d...

Lower Combe
Fri, 14 May 2010

After a damp afternoon we were pleasantly surprised to find the weather dry by the start of our evening ride. We came up with a plan for a novel ride, starting with an exploration...

Staverton Bridge
Sun, 16 May 2010

We planned a ride up Green Lane to the café at Landscove as there was a threat of rain in the forecast. When we reached the top of Green Lane however none of us felt hungry, so we...