George changed his mind about coming at the last minute, so John had to stay home with him too. There had been some rain earlier in the morning at 6.30 and it was forecast to be cloudy until lunchtime, which it was. We considered a few routes but it didn’t take long for everyone to settle on Totnes for a café stop.

We rode out via Colston Road and the Dartington Cycle Path at a very good speed with everyone on top form. The youngsters all climbed into a tree along the riverside path to pose for a photo. The only shower of the day arrived at the most opportune moment – just as we were arriving at Morrisons, our chosen café stop.

After some excellent value food and some unusually friendly banter between Callum and Will we set off around 12.30 and returned via Littlehempston and Totnes by the remarkable time of 2.15, which shows that everyone was on good form. There was a games social until 4.15 that involved Modern Warfare 2 and Ghost Recon.