Numbers were depleted by the Easter tour, but the five of us who set out from Buckfastleigh enjoyed a pleasant, almost summery ride to the meeting point near Broadhempston. Arriving on the dot of 3.15 we found the Totnes and Paignton groups waiting, and the Newton Abbot contingent coming in on our tail. We all rode together to Littlehempston, and then split, Steven, Ian and Nicholas coming back with us.

At Broadhempston Alan and Rohan opted for the Beaston track, dragging Richard H with them. The swampy conditions of a fortnight earlier had abated somewhat, but we still had enough to make us anxious. The saner riders had gone through Forder Green. They were waiting for us at the end of the track, and here we split again, leaving four to return to Buckfastleigh via Pridhamsleigh (which looks a lot better without a Texaco service area).