Riders from different Sections rode to meet each other at various youth hostels around the edge of the county to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the CTC in Devon. Richard rode to Salcombe, where he met Derek and Mike from Plymouth. We had a short walk along the cliff path before dinner, and then had the pleasure of sitting in the bay window watching the sunset over the estuary. The hostel was almost empty, surprisingly, and the five of us (including the warden and an Australian visitor) gossiped peacefully. While we solved all the world's problems one of the hostel's colony of bats flitted around in the fading light, catching an early evening meal.

On Sunday we rode together for a few miles, chatting over the ever-changing fortunes of cycling, before our paths divided once more.