Our evening started with a ride to Pridhamsleigh, although we lost Luke on the way who decided he needed to go home. We introduced the youngsters to the delights of the Pridhamsleigh track, but it was a bit overgrown in places and both Craig and Philip managed to fall into the stinging nettles - they seemed to have the idea they could suck the poison out but gave up when the pain showed no signs of abating.

We crossed the lane at Bulland and tried the left hand track for the first time. This led us across some fields and then up towards Parkfield by the side of a hedge that was littered with fox burrows. Graham got a puncture along the way and needed some help as he didn't have a pump.

Since everyone seemed to be enjoying the off-road riding we tried a third track, the one from Parkfield to Gullaford. Our resident bird-spotter Ben pointed out a kestrel flying overhead, just before Philip fell off his bike.

We returned home via Green Lane after an interesting and eventful ride.

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