This adventurous evening ride took us out to Ashburton along the old road and then through the back lanes and up the hill to Halshanger Cross. We then turned left for the climb to Cold East Cross, stopping for some water fun at the bridge on Rushlade Common.

We checked the map and caught sight of a new track shortcut to Buckland, so we had to try it. Once we were through the gate the track was easy and quite short, linking into a lane we had never used before. It wasn't long before we had ridden through Buckland and were watching Neil jumping into the river at Spitchwick again!

New Bridge was unusually busy with some kind of festival so we didn't waste any time climbing the hill to Hembury, although Richard Goss somehow got a lift up the hill. We took the usual track down through the woods, but Keir was evidently riding a little too boisterously as he got a puncture at the bottom and needed to get a lift home.

Congratulations to Craig who did especially well this evening.

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