We were all surprised to find John Hayes waiting at the start after an absence of several years. He's been getting a 2.1 in his computer science degree, but now that he's back in Devon again for a while he hopes to come on many more rides.

Our planned route to the Landscove cafe had to be shortened a little after Ryan came off on the newly-laid gravel surface of Colston Road, but we still managed to enjoy good conversation and high quality refreshments in the shade of the mature trees in the cafe's garden.