The Rogers family had never really done much off-road riding so they were a little apprehensive as we rode along the old Ashburton road and out along the back lane to Belford Mill. We took the woodland track back towards Ashburton which is all gently downhill and George really enjoyed it. John and Will remained unsure of the benefits however.

We called in at Ashburton Park on the way back and, at John’s suggestion, stopped to play Frisbee for a while. The park was quite busy today and Michael didn’t really like the audience we attracted, but the youngsters enjoyed the time.

We returned home along the old Ashburton road for 1pm and then spent a couple of hours playing on Modern Warfare 2 and the trampoline, which made the youngsters very happy. They all left at 3.10.