Zac was having problems persuading his boss not to make him work on Sundays, but the rest of us rode along Colston Road to Staverton where we arrived at the station just as a steam train was passing through. We chased it along the riverside path to the foot crossing, arriving just before it.

By way of a change we crossed the gate (that was always locked on Sundays) and skimmed stones across the river from the beach on the far side of the island – Connor got quite good by the time we left. Nipping up through the woodland path we spent a little time playing on the swings in the park, then when we heard the whistle we raced back to the station in time to see the same train returning to the station on its way to Buckfastleigh. The vintage Milky Bar machine was working so we all exchanged our money for old pennies and bought tasty chocolate bars.

We returned along the usual route past Hole Farm and Abham for 1.10 and enjoyed an after-ride computer games social at Crofters until 3pm.