John was feeling a little under the weather today, and since showers were forecast for the afternoon we decided on a morning-only ride to Dartington. We took Colston Road to the Dartington cycle path on the way out and then called in to Baynard's Kitchen, the new restaurant that has replaced Cranks.

Cranks served up vegetarian meals for thirty years before it closed last November, and whilst Baynard's Kitchen had some excellent meals available the prices were sky high, the range was far more limited and there were a number of meat dishes on the menu. We all ordered soup but were told we had to wait five minutes for the lunch menu to start. When it finally arrived it was not properly heated, but once that had been sorted it was generally a good meal.

With showers in the air we headed back to Staverton, arriving at the station just as a steam train was leaving for Totnes. A good pace through the lanes past Riverford brought us back to Buckfastleigh for around 1.40.