After a rather late start we headed up Wallaford Road to Cross Furzes so that George could try out his new bike and Dillan could get some training in for the forthcoming summer tour. Both lads rode all the way up (to John and Michael’s surprise) but when they were given a choice of off-road to Chalk Ford or lanes to Holne café they unanimously decided that both should be included in the ride!

John didn’t like the stony track to Lud Gate very much but everyone enjoyed the moorland descent to Chalk Ford – the deer were clearly visible in the deer park opposite. Sadly there were no piglets this year in the field on the other side of the ford, and to add further disappointment Leo (the dog) was not waiting to greet us at Scoriton!

We rode briskly up the hill to Holne as the first real showers began to come along, but the really heavy showers came while we were in the café enjoying hot snacks.

We returned via Hembury hill, meeting Ash for the last fifteen minutes of the ride home.