9-year-old Harry amazed everyone this evening by powering up the long climb from Buckfast to Cross Furzes as though he'd been doing Friday rides for months! Sunshine greeted us as we passed through Lud Gate onto the open moor, and swarms of midges welcomed us to Chalk Ford after we had enjoyed the long moorland descent: the sounds emanating from the tents seemed to suggest that the insects had found a way inside! We didn't hang around too long to find out, pressing onwards along the stony track to Scoriton and then home via Combe and Buckfast.