Ride Reports
Ashburton
The afternoon rain gave way to a wonderful sunny evening so we organised a varied ride to Ashburton that took in Pridhamsleigh, the railway path, the park path, the main street, So...
Dartmeet
Some of our members were apparently “too sleepy” to come out today, but we proceeded with our planned ride to Dartmeet with Julian adding to our numbers.
We made good speed thro...
Chalk Ford
We were joined this evening by Lawrence Buttress, a long-standing member of the computer club who thought that today would be a good day to try his hand at cycling. He borrowed th...
Staverton
Our provisional plan for a car-assisted ride had to be abandoned when seven turned up at the start – far too many for Michael’s car. Anyway Lawrence was out for his first Sunday r...
Hembury Woods
Having ridden through Buckfast to the lower Hembury track we discovered that the annual Quigong camp was in full swing in the field beside the Holy Brook. There was another marque...
Kings Wood
The poor forecast and low turnout led to Ash and Callum O’B abandoning plans for a car-assisted ride to Haldon Forest. After some deliberation we rode up Wallaford Road to the ent...
Converted to Social
Michael had just persuaded everyone that the forecast showers would probably not come to anything when a shower came along, so we organised a badminton session at Ashmoor instead o...
Landscove Tearooms
When Callum had decided that his stomach pain had gone away he performed very well on our ride up Green Lane, around to Penn farm and down the field track to Landscove. At the tea...
Spitchwick
With a good turnout and great weather we actually reached Spitchwick tonight via the Hembury route, mainly as a result of Callum O’B riding really well. We played Frisbee there fo...
Widecombe-in-the-Moor
This officially turned out to be our best ride of the summer. We rode to Ashburton on a glorious sunny morning and tackled Ausewell Hill with enthusiasm. Callum O’B got faster as...
Cancelled
Michael was away so this evening's ride was cancelled.
Rare Breeds Café, Totnes
The forecast today had been for showers, but the day dawned bright and sunny and stayed that way for the whole ride. Jack wanted to take us to the Rare Breeds Centre café at Totne...