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Saturday 21 July 1990
Weekend ride: Instow Youth Hostel
Day 1: Eggesford to Instow YH
Hot / sunny
28 miles (▲ 215m ▼ 290m)
17 Participants: Neil Ault, Matthew Bentley, Tao Burgess, Julian Duquemin, Dayle Guy, Matthew Hamlyn-White, Paul Hamlyn-White, Martin Hills, Roger Johnson, Michael Jones, Marcus Kudliskis, Martin Luke, Keir Manning, David Platt, Martin Rushworth, Peter Rushworth, Eliot Thomas-Wright
Matthew Hamlyn-White admires the sunset on Instow beach [Remastered scan, July 2019]
Matthew Hamlyn-White admires the sunset on Instow beach [Remastered scan, July 2019]
Approximate map of today's route [Added July 2019]
Very hot weather made this weekend particularly exhausting despite the selection of the easiest possible routes. British Rail escorted us on four separate trains between Newton Abbot and Eggesford, all of them DMUs, without a single hitch - well done BR. We took the A377 to Barnstaple and then the cyclepath to Instow - virtually flat all the way. There was time for a walk to Instow beach after supper. The hostel was well-liked by everyone, most looking forward to their next visit.
Sunday 22 July 1990
Weekend ride: Instow Youth Hostel
Day 2
Hot / sunny
24 miles (▲ 315m ▼ 240m)
17 Participants: Neil Ault, Matthew Bentley, Tao Burgess, Julian Duquemin, Dayle Guy, Matthew Hamlyn-White, Paul Hamlyn-White, Martin Hills, Roger Johnson, Michael Jones, Marcus Kudliskis, Martin Luke, Keir Manning, David Platt, Martin Rushworth, Peter Rushworth, Eliot Thomas-Wright
Sunday's route was via Bideford and Torrington. The cyclepath was not completed beyond Bideford, but that didn't stop a few hardened members trying it out. The rest watched their progress from various vantage points along the easier road route. Tao performed very well in view of his illness: we tackled the remaining hills through Beaford and still reached Eggesford with half an hour to spare before the train was due.
Martin R and Tao, ready to leave [Remastered scan, July 2019]
Martin R and Tao, ready to leave [Remastered scan, July 2019]
David Platt, in deep contemplation as we prepare to leave Instow youth hostel [Remastered scan, July 2019]
David Platt, in deep contemplation as we prepare to leave Instow youth hostel [Remastered scan, July 2019]
The group at Instow youth hostel [Remastered scan, July 2019]
The group at Instow youth hostel [Remastered scan, July 2019]
The group at Instow YH [Remastered scan, July 2019]
The group at Instow YH [Remastered scan, July 2019]
Lunch at Bideford Quay, looking back towards Westleigh and Instow [New scan, July 2019]
Lunch at Bideford Quay, looking back towards Westleigh and Instow [New scan, July 2019]
Approximate map of today's route [Added July 2019]
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