We were pleased to welcome John Iles back to club rides after an absence of many years. This evening he was accompanying his daughter Abi, one of several new youngsters to join the second of our junior rides for 2004. We were ten at the start, but just beyond Buckfast Abbey we bumped into Julian Duquemin, so he tagged along as well!

The off-road fun started with the lower Hembury track - slightly uphill but everyone made good speed. After the climb to the high road at Gallant Le Bower we took the track descent to River Dart Country Park, the final steeper stage of which proved very popular with the boys who were all for going round again. The ride finished with the riverside track from the Park back through Hembury: several plucked up courage to explore the small cave part-way along.