Callum O’Brien was back on his old bike today as his new one had a broken derailleur. He was slow for the first part of the climb past Nurston but then seemed to find some new gears and led the way up the track to the top of Skerraton Down – I think he surprised himself with his new turn of speed.

It was fabulous on Skerraton this evening – perfectly quiet and warm. We enjoyed the descent to Cross Furzes as always, although this evening the lads noticed some Year 9 pupils camping nearby, something we have never seen in this quite stretch of moorland.

We got home around 9.15 and the youngsters enjoyed some trampolining and Call of Duty 4 at Crofters.