Joe would have joined us this evening, but he was late to the start and just missed us as we were heading out on the old Ashburton road. We rode to Belford Mill (the long, wedge-shaped building behind Ashburton) and too the usual track through the woods along the river. At the far end a van driver had cleverly parked his van to almost completely block the exit from the path to the road - we had to squeeze between the van and some nettles to get out! We returned home via Ashburton and Peartree, arriving just as the rain was beginning to come in.