Ride Reports
Totnes Cyclepath
Fri, 12 Jul 2002
After enjoying the rural lanes past Colston Farm we took the cycle path from Dartington Cider Press Centre through to the KEVIC playing fields. Two hot air balloons drifted effort...
Goodrington Sands
Sun, 14 Jul 2002
Michael's extended family were having a fun day at Goodrington Sands today, so we decided to join them. The ride got off to a slow start when Luke inadvertently punctured Ryan's f...
Avon Dam
Fri, 19 Jul 2002
Another perfect cycling evening, and once again we were lured to the open moor. So, unfortunately, were the midges, until recently almost unheard of in Devon: on this particular e...
Redlake Tramway
Sun, 21 Jul 2002
19 mi
Glorious summer sunshine blessed one of our favourite rides of the year, to the heart of the South Moor and the isolated Redlake Tramway. It's not exactly a long ride, so we felt ...
Lambsdown
Fri, 26 Jul 2002
Our glorious summer season of cycling continued with another moorland track ride, this time over Skerraton Down to Lambsdown. A tough climb brought us swiftly to the start of the ...
Lannacombe Beach
Sun, 28 Jul 2002
49 mi
This was officially recognised as the hottest day of the year so far - and we certainly knew it. We were late starting as a result of another of Luke's famous punctures, but we di...
Chalk Ford
Fri, 02 Aug 2002
Oliver had been carrying out major upgrades to his bike for the past three evenings, so it was no great surprise that he wasn't ready for the ride by 7pm. We agreed to wait for hi...
Buckfast
Sun, 04 Aug 2002
Julian made the effort to come out today, and we were all looking forward to an extended jaunt to Venford and Dartmeet. The first drops of rain began as we left the start, and by ...
Staverton
Fri, 09 Aug 2002
With inclement weather all about we chose an easy route along Colston Road to Staverton riverside, pushing the bikes along the final section to ensure the natives were not upset. ...
Plym Valley Cycleway
Sun, 11 Aug 2002
52 mi
Drizzle at the start turned into spells of heavier rain that threatened to incite a mutiny by the time we reached Ivybridge. The forecast had promised a dryer afternoon, however, ...
Staverton
Fri, 16 Aug 2002
There was plenty of talk of Switzerland on this final evening ride before the big tour. We climbed Green Lane and detoured back through Staverton for some Frisbee-throwing fun in ...
Tour
18 Aug–31 Aug 2002
Switzerland 14
Our epic adventure to Switzerland proved to be one of our best tours ever. We were blessed with excellent weather almost every day with only a couple of showers in the whole two weeks. Clocking up more than 615 miles in 11 days of cycling we managed to view all regions of this magnificent country ...
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