Ride Reports
Avonwick
Fri, 27 Jun 2003
12 mi
Another warm evening prompted us to set off in search of more water. The River Avon near the site of the old Avonwick station proved quite acceptable, although we didn't have as m...
Ipplepen
Sun, 29 Jun 2003
15 mi
Our new rider Richard was much fitter than he had led us to believe. We sped through Staverton, and our mad dash to Fermoys cafe was only interrupted by two groups of somewhat fri...
Tour
04 Jul–16 Jul 2003
South West Norway 13
It was 7.30 on Friday 4 July 2003, the first day of South Dartmoor's adventurous tour to a new area of Norway. This year we were travelling by plane from Stansted, so it was critical that everyone met at Exeter St Davids in time to catch the 0812 train to London. Tao, however, was still at his home...
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463 miles
5250 m
6660 m
Skerraton Down
Fri, 18 Jul 2003
9 mi
The weather was good for our first ride after Norway, so Oliver's wish to see Skerraton Down became our command.
Widecombe
Sun, 20 Jul 2003
20 mi
The only showers of the day took place while we were either enjoying drinks at Luke's house or enjoying drinks in the Widecombe cafe. We maintained a good speed and arrived home j...
Totnes
Fri, 25 Jul 2003
15 mi
This evening's ride was punctuated with a number of unscheduled stops, mainly related to Stan's recently-recovered Raleigh touring bike, although Philip's drawing-pin puncture acco...
Haytor Vale
Sun, 27 Jul 2003
18 mi
Our climb to Haytor Vale was interrupted for twenty minutes while Michael and Oliver dammed up a stream behind Ashburton. Actually, Michael just needed to eat some food, and the s...
Landscove
Fri, 01 Aug 2003
14 mi
A meandering ride took us up Green Lane and then down the cross-field track to Landscove. We continued to Broadhempston and then completed and enjoyable evening with a return thro...
Bradley
Sun, 03 Aug 2003
23 mi
Our planned ride to Bradley Woods ran into some difficulties when we experimented with the lane signposted to Down Farms on the far side of Ashburton. It proved very scenic and in...
Hembury Woods
Fri, 08 Aug 2003
9 mi
This was an off-road ride that kept us near shade or water from start to finish. We took the riverside track through Hembury Woods, but the proposed swim didn't actually take plac...
Diptford
Sun, 10 Aug 2003
15 mi
Today was the hottest day on record, so we didn't want to push too far into the afternoon. First stop was the river Avon near South Brent, where the cool shade of the woods provid...
Landscove
Fri, 15 Aug 2003
10 mi
Tao was working from 11pm tonight so we did a brisk but short ride that kept us in trim and took us through Ashburton, Landscove and Caddaford.