Our plan to reintroduce summer evening rides on a trial basis did not work out too well when some who had said they would be here failed to arrive. Callum arrived for his final event with us in jeans and was not surprisingly complaining of the oppressive heat. We also had new rider Ashley Challis who preferred cycling to computer games, so we planned a short ride through Hembury that would enable to him to return home before dark.

Things didn't work out quite as planned in that Callum found the heat so unbearable that he had to go home before we even reached Hembury, so Michael and Ashley continued along the lower Hembury track where the usual summer camp was in full swing. He's a good cyclist so we hope he will be back again for Sunday's ride.

I'm sure everyone in the club would like to wish Callum the very best for his future when he moves to Newcastle on Monday. We very much hope he will be able to join us on tours and weekend rides from time to time.