Due to a Marldon pick-up, the Buckfastleigh starters took the usual route via the A384, Staverton and Red Post to Five Lanes. Once various people from the starting points had met at the rendezvous, it was the usual descent into Cockington, where you had to negotiate the swarming hoards of visitors. Once on the main road we were treated to power boat racing in the bay. It was then along the very busy main road where we had to weave in and out of the traffic.

Continuing onward through Babbacombe we were soon at Maidencombe, where we had to descend "Steep Hill" to get onto the beach. Once dinner had been consumed there was time for rock climbing and other typical escapades.

An early cafe stop at Stoke-in-Teignhead's Old Bakery was followed by an early return to Newton Abbot, whereupon the group split up. This left the Buckfastleigh group to travel along the A383, leading onto the A38 and home by 5.30.