Ride Reports
Venford Reservoir
Fri, 10 May 2002
A brisk ride brought us swiftly through Michelcombe to the open moor, where Julian demonstrated his superior skill at performing bike-less jumps from moorland mounds. For the retu...
Tinners' Hut
Sun, 12 May 2002
25 mi
This was one of our most adventurous rides, and the weather couldn't have been better. From Ivybridge we took the picturesque lane through Harford, the hedgerows lined with a mult...
Holne
Wed, 15 May 2002
6 mi
Our second junior ride started with the riverside track through Hembury Woods - slightly uphill and a little muddy in places, but generally a lot of fun. Some of the youngsters we...
Spitchwick
Fri, 17 May 2002
All of us wanted a faster ride this evening. After reaching Spitchwick in a record-breaking 28 minutes we continued on up the steep hill through the woods to Buckland in the Moor....
Exeter Ship Canal
Sun, 19 May 2002
49 mi
With only two present on the ride (owing to A-level exam revision) and the forecast of rain for the afternoon, Tao and Eliot took the car to Starcross and enjoyed the best of the E...
Broadhempston
Wed, 22 May 2002
A heavy downpour at the start almost persuaded us to turn back, but after climbing Green Lane the rain didn't seem so bad and everyone was keen to press on. Soon we were at Broadh...
Staverton
Fri, 24 May 2002
Phillip wanted lots of tracks, but the general view was that most would be too wet and muddy after the recent downpour. The compromise took us past Caddaford to Staverton, along t...
Little Dartmouth
Sun, 26 May 2002
Today's ride was cancelled
River Dart Country Park
Wed, 29 May 2002
5 mi
Calum was feeling a little under the weather today after his 10th birthday celebrations, but he put on a brave face as we tackled the steep ascent through Hembury Woods. Rachel wo...
Skerraton Down
Fri, 31 May 2002
This was a truly perfect summer's evening, so we set off up the hill past Nurston farm to the rough track that leads up to the open moor of Skerraton Down. Part-way along the trac...
Landscove Tearooms
Sun, 02 Jun 2002
There was a general consensus that a tearoom should be on this afternoon's itinerary. With this in mind we arranged a circuitous route along Colston Road to Staverton, where we fo...
Cancelled
Thu, 06 Jun 2002
Michael arrived at the start to find nobody there - hardly surprising in view of the weather and the half term holidays. The ride was therefore cancelled.