Weather was perfect for the outward journey on the Saturday. There was a delay at the start when Mark Lakeman's crank fell off and Michael discovered that Andrew S hadn't returned his crank extraction tool, but the local garage solved the problem.

The ride across the moor was superb, but the track through Laughter Hole didn't provide Toby with much amusement - his derailleur fell apart and we spent half an hour searching for the jockey wheel! A warm welcome at the hostel, both from the warden and from his huge open fire, helped the frozen searchers to a speedy recovery

There really isn't much to say about Sunday. It rained all day and everyone got thoroughly soaked and miserable. The brave ones managed to cycle home but a good few rang for help from various telephone boxes along the route.