Callum pointed out that Michael still hadn’t fixed Ash’s puncture from last week, and when he got on with fixing them it turned out there were two. We finally got away at around 11am on a lovely sunny morning and set off up Nurston Hill. Here we met a woman walking four unfriendly dogs that looked like they would have killed us if they hadn’t been tied down!

We took the track to Skerraton Down and then walked up over the moorland. Here the gorse had recently been burned leaving blackened stalks all around – we all managed to get charcoal-coloured legs by the time we reached the top.

It was breezy on the ridge but the views across South Devon were spectacular as always. From here we could also see Buckfast Abbey and the spire of the old Buckfastleigh church. Everyone then went on to enjoy the excellent downhill across the moor to Cross Furzes and then the additional downhill back to Cross Furzes.