This would have been an excellent weekend had it not been for the bad weather. Some who had booked decided not to attend (including a certain large family from the Paignton area). Of the remainder, Martin, Martin and Tao cycled through the rain and Michael, Neil, Eliot and Alan went by car, calling in at the café at Branscombe for some Dandelion and Burdock cordials and an excellent range of home-baked cakes.

We made the most of our stay by walking to the beach and along the coastal path, and playing Neil's new board game in the common room.

On a sunny Sunday morning the cyclists set off for Woodbury Common whilst the rest of us waited around for Beer caves to open. It was well worth the wait. For a small fee we were given a guided tour around the caves, created by humans as they removed huge slabs of stone for use in such buildings as Exeter Cathedral.

After another stop at the Branscombe café we moved on to Woodbury castle for lunch, hoping to meet the cyclists. Unfortunately they had already gone through, so we made an early return homewards.