The threatening weather had discouraged all but the most hardy (or insane!) who set off under Ken's indecisive leadership to Edginswell. The idea was to meet a new member, Dominic Steeples, near his home as he would not have had time to get to Marldon for 7pm. In the event Dave had a puncture due to the tread of his Hutchinson tyre disintegrating. By the time we had patched the tyre, fitted a new tube and maimed all of our thumbs struggling with the Hutchinson's ridiculously tight beading, we didn't get to Edginswell until 8pm and Dominic wasn't there. Still, we did try!

Our route then took us past the Barton new town development and on to Coffinswell (again!). Rather than go directly home via Kingskerswell we went through Abbotskerswell to the Ipplepen end of the Compton road. This route meant that we were never more than about forty minutes from home so that Ken could time the return for 9.30 exactly - some of his previous rides had been rather late, or early.