Lawrence was out on his brand new Trek 3700 disc bike today, and he was clearly very pleased with it. Michael had decided to lead the ride by car today as he was still not feeling up to cycling after his recent virus. Michael suggested Diptford as a good destination today but Ash managed to persuade everyone to vote for the shorter ride to Chalk Ford and that is what we ended up doing.

Lawrence rode well up Wallaford Road on his new bike. At Cross Furzes Ash, Callum F and Callum O’B wanted to ride the track to Chalk Ford, so the rest of us rode down to Scoriton where we had to wait 25 minutes for them to emerge from the track. They were all muddy and wet but had clearly enjoyed the ride.

We went on to Michelcombe and met ex-member Ricky Dixon digging a hole by the side of the road to lay a pipe. We had a nice chat with him – he is now working for the Department for International Development.

At Holne everyone liked the idea of a café stop, and Lawrence and Callum O’B ordered their usual meal of scrambled egg on toast. The elderly American chap who was serving half remembered some of our names from the last time we saw him.

We left there at around 12.55 and all but Zac rode the slalom track through Hembury Woods. We met Jack near the top, out for a ride on his own, then got home for around 1.40. Ash uncovered the trampoline with a little help from the two Callums, and once they had put the safety net back on they were able to enjoy some quality time on the trampoline in the afternoon sun. Zac, Lawrence and Michael played some games of Call of Duty 4 which Zac won clearly by killing Lawrence a lot! Everyone left at 3.30.