Michael suggested a ride to Skerraton Down today but Will was feeling a little ill so we headed instead to the Lower Hembury Woods track. Everyone was chatty and friendly today, and about halfway up the track we climbed down to the Holy Brook to play on a fallen tree. Ash ended up demonstrating his cricketing abilities by batting stones with a stick.

When we had negotiated some muddy sections and reached the road, Will and Lawrence wanted a café, so we turned left up the hill past Shuttaford and called in to the Holne café. Most people had scones, coffee and lemonade, but Lawrence, being Lawrence, took the scrambled egg on toast again.

ON the way back we called in to Hembury Fort where Ash tried to get everyone to take him down, then we all rode down the Slalom track through the woods – including, amazingly, John! We got back for 2.00 and played games of Infected on Modern Warfare 3 and some trampoline until 3.40.