On a superb May morning we rode to South Brent, stocked up with food at Plymco and then pressed on to Wrangaton and the steep lane to the golf course. When Dennis had proved his worth by reaching the top first we started the short walk across the golf course, where a competition was in progress. Ten-year-old Dennis spotted a golf ball lying by the path, and when he saw some golfers heading in his direction he did the obvious thing: picked it up for them to save them a walk! Poor Dennis! But they were very understanding, hastily urging him to drop it back where he had found it.

We had lunch half-way up the hill, hunted for letterboxes at Ugborough Beacon itself, then headed across the moor to pick up with the path down the valley to South Brent. Part-way down we found a spring producing a stream of pure ice-cold water - just what we needed on such a hot afternoon. There was time to explore the wooded riverside before we headed home via South Brent.