This was an excellent ride, taking in the best of the moorland scenery. It was a little cold when we sat down by the reservoir for lunch, so we didn't stay long.

At Green Combe, the road climbs to a junction with the main road and then doubles back to the left, opening up the possibility of a short cut across a stretch of moorland. Robert decided to try it, but he ran into some boggy ground in the middle and was still picking his way through as the rest of us sailed past on the road.

Return was via the long descent from Shapley Common to Widecombe. We tried the Green cafe (after Dave Robinson's recommendation), but when we still hadn't been served twelve minutes after sitting down we decided to move across to the Wayside cafe.