John Stuart joined us tonight with some new suspension forks fitted to his bike and a request to include as much off-road riding as possible. We rode to Ashburton, up to Chuley Cross and then took the first rough track towards Baddaford. From the top of Baddaford hill we took the over-field path down to Landscove, and for our final piece of off-road we suggested the often-overgrown path from the centre of Landscove.

When we reached the start the nettles and brambles were meeting to make a narrow tunnel: while the rest of us stopped to consider whether this was a sensible idea, John shot straight through and made surprising progress. He had to ride back again though because nobody else was prepared to tackle such growth in t-shirts and shorts! To complete the ride we circled around the offending track and returned to Buckfastleigh via Green Lane.