Our planned ride to Bradley Woods ran into some difficulties when we experimented with the lane signposted to Down Farms on the far side of Ashburton. It proved very scenic and interesting, with narrow twisty lanes meandering through old fashioned farms, picturesque woodland and ancient bridges. It brought us out to a place that Tao knew well, and when he said he knew the best way to Bradley from there, we took him at his word. Unfortunately the route he has in mind included a very long, very muddy, very overgrown track. Navigation took so long and involved so many stings and scratches that we had to abandon the idea of the Bradley Woods track altogether.

Fermoys restaurant - also part of the plan - was just too tempting to abandon even though we were running quite late. Numerous freshly-squeezed orange juices provided us with the sustenance for our brisk return home via Staverton. Will coped well with his longest ride yet.