Leaving Buckfastleigh at about 10.30pm the dark clouds were banked up over the moor as we headed towards Two Bridges. But the threatened rain never came, and in fact the skies cleared by morning. Three bikes: Simon's skinny-tyred fixed wheel machine, Martin's chunky-wheeled ATB, and Richard on his tourer with a totally bald rear tyre. So it was obvious there was going to be a puncture; Martin was the lucky one, but fortunately it didn't spoil his first ride on the cycle path. With our night vision fully adjusted we got a surprisingly better view of the inside of the old railway tunnel. One of the delights of night rides is the nocturnal wildlife. We saw numerous rabbits, were buzzed by a bat, dazzled by glowworms and nearly ran down by a badger. The other pleasure is having the roads almost entirely to yourselves.