Our plan on this very sunny but chilly morning was to head for Venford Reservoir, but after leaving late at 10.32 Jerry and Jack were slowing us down by stopping for serveral chats, and then Lawrence was a bit slow as well. We split for the climb to Holne, with the shortcut steep hill brigade narrowly winning the race despite Ash pushing hard on the Michelcombe route. By the time we reached Holne Park it was 11.30 and everyone voted to visit the café and head for River Dart instead of Venford. We still found time to play in the park first though.

Starting down the River Dart track we noticed that several trees had been felled near the upper end: clearly it is harvesting time for parts of the woodland. We stopped to play on the snake slide in the park before heading home along the old Ashburton road for 1pm. There was a social after the ride until 2.30 which included Lord of the Rings and trampolining.