Our junior adventurers didn't do so well today. We rode up the hill past Nurston only to find that Ryan was out of energy and somehow we had forgotten to pack the chocolate shop into Michael's pannier. All we could do was turn left and ride down Dean hill, but even that caused problems when Ryan, who was going slowly down the hill, didn't arrive at the Timbers Road meeting place. We went back to look for him but there was no sign. It later transpired that he had decided to turn left in Dean for some reason and had gone back to Buckfastleigh along the back road! Michael reminded him that we never turn off a road without waiting for the whole group.