Ride Reports

Venford Reservoir
Ashley had got it into his head today that the ride was going to be hard, so he just couldn't motivate himself to put any effort into the climb to Holne. It took us all morning to...
Film Night
The film Stormbreaker was unanimously chosen from a wide selection of DVDs. As usual, refreshments were served during the interval.

Broadhempston
After climbing Green Lane Michael presented two alternative routes for the ride, one circling west from Broadhempston that included several tracks and one circling south that did n...

Somerset Levels 4
Brilliant sunshine and a near perfect weekend forecast greeted us as we gathered at Newton Abbot Station for the start of our Easter tour to Somerset. With nine in the group we had to split over two trains: the Acland family had already passed through Newton Abbot on their way from Totnes. Zac, be...
Staverton
Our first evening ride of the season took us along Colston Road, where Michael's cousins entertained us with a pony and trap display in their field. At Staverton we called in at t...
Converted to Social
Our regular crew all had various excuses for not being out today, and since Matt was still tired from the tour we elected to spend the day at Crofters practicing our skills at the ...

Avon Dam
With only two of us on the ride we had the opportunity to fulfil Ben's wish of riding to the Avon Dam, something we could not have attempted at this stage in the season with slower...

Dartmeet
With a forecast of cloud all day we weren't expecting too much from the weather. After completing the stiff climb to Venford reservoir we paused briefly at the Holne Moor Leat. T...

Ashburton
Just three of us set off on a wonderful balmy evening along the old road to Ashburton. The interesting paths through the town were all new to Charles, and since he is training to ...

Bow Creek
We made excellent speed along Colston Road were soon enjoying the cycle path from Dartington to Totnes. The tide was out and the river level was so low that the youngsters could w...
Hembury Woods
There was some disagreement concerning the destination for this evening's ride: Sam had decided that everyone should be treated the delights of last week's ride to Ashburton, but A...

Holne
Jordan was sporting a new bike at the start of today's ride - a touring bike! Actually it was Michael's spare bike, but Jordan was thrilled with its performance and fully intended...