Today's ride took us through Ashburton and then up the long climb past Creek Farm to Combe Cross. The recent rainy season had left some huge lakes along the ridge that provided plenty of splashing fun for our youngsters. Just near the Rising Sun inn Keir decided to cut across in front of Joe, leaving poor Joe with nowhere to go except down. It was only his fourth ever fall on a bike, and fortunately this time he was only bruised.

We had clocked up 11 miles by the time we reached Fermoys restaurant, so Keir and Ben were eagerly looking forward to their first twenty mile ride as we tucked into a range of excellent value lunchtime meals. When everyone was rested we set off for our return route via Ipplepen and Staverton, calling in at Orley Common for a quick spin around the tracks.