Ryan and Zac came on the ride today, but when Ryan rang he said he was very tired and would like a shorter ride today if possible. Well that suited Michael OK. It was a sunny morning with average temperatures for the time of year. Some people suggested Haldon Forest but as we couldn’t do that in the time we had we did a short ride to Ashburton Play Park for Ryan and Ash to do some jumps, then returned up the hill to Chuley. Ash saw a stoat with a young rabbit near the top: he chased off the stoat and the rabbit eventually ran into the undergrowth but it looked as though it had been at least partially injured.

We took the stony track down from the far side of Parkfield – it was OK, but boggy at the bottom as usual. We then tried the Pridhamsleigh track which we hadn’t been on for many years. Here there were very large badger holes in the bank and one actually in the floor of the track! Michael had warned about the possibility of the track being overgrown, but in fact it was clear today and very enjoyable, except for Ash coming off on the way down and hurting his knee. We got home at 12.50.