Ride Reports
Dr Blackall's Drive
Sun, 17 Aug 2003
15 mi
Today the weather was, for a change, comfortably warm. From New Bridge we took the steep climb to Poundsgate and on to the summit, where the absence of the usual ice cream van was...
Skerraton Down
Fri, 22 Aug 2003
10 mi
A hot air balloon race across Dartmoor kept us entertained on the climb from Dean Prior to Skerraton Down - at least 7 balloons crossed our path, the sounds of hot burners pushing ...
Cancelled
Sun, 24 Aug 2003
Ride cancelled
Torbryan
Fri, 29 Aug 2003
13 mi
The steep lane past Caddaford Farm marked the beginning of one of our more adventurous evening rides of recent weeks. Continuing through Staverton at a good pace we were soon near...
Harberton
Sun, 31 Aug 2003
14 mi
As Philip had managed to get the day off work to come on a Sunday ride with us, we took a route along Colston Road to the Totnes cycle path that has been Philip's favourite ride fo...
River Dart Country Park
Fri, 05 Sep 2003
9 mi
Several riders didn't have lights so we decided to do a short but brisk ride that would get us home by dusk. The lower Hembury track brought us quickly to Galant Le Bower cross an...
Staverton
Sun, 07 Sep 2003
13 mi
With the forecast rain apparently threatening from all directions at the start of the ride we planned a loop route that would never take us too far from Buckfastleigh. The ride wa...
Sigford
Fri, 12 Sep 2003
10 mi
A short ride took us through Ashburton towards Sigford and then home on the lanes on the south side of the A38. Michael's expensive front light was absolutely superb - until the b...
New Bridge
Sat, 13 Sep 2003
8 mi
To accommodate some of our younger riders who could not make the scheduled rides, Michael arranged a special swimming ride for them to the river Dart near New Bridge, making the mo...
Mothecombe Beach
Sun, 14 Sep 2003
36 mi
Everyone voted to extend today's morning ride to a full day ride, and in view of the excellent weather, Mothecombe Beach or Salcombe seemed good choices. We put off the final deci...
Venford Reservoir
Fri, 19 Sep 2003
A long climb brought us to Venford Reservoir by dusk. Plans to try the track descent to Michelcombe had to be abandoned, however, owing to severe absence of light, so we just enjo...
Buckland-in-the-Moor
Sun, 21 Sep 2003
16 mi
Our planned cafe stop at the Round House, Buckland, had to be hastily rearranged to the ice cream van at New Bridge when we discovered that the former was now, finally, closed. Wh...