Ride Reports
Dartington
Fri, 03 Jul 1987
A pleasant summer's evening started with the ascent of Bigadon hill. The ritual throwing of chippings halfway up resulted in Gary chipping a front tooth. He compounded this injur...
Littlehempston
Sun, 05 Jul 1987
Hot, very hot. We set off along Colston Road with the intention of making Littlehempston. This evaporated by Staverton Bridge, where the bunch arrived to find Luke already in the...
Lud Gate
Tue, 07 Jul 1987
A fine evening started with the steady climb up Wallaford Road to Cross Furzes, then out along the road / track to Lud Gate. We took the moorland track to Chalk Ford, Gary finding...
Treasure Hunt
Sun, 12 Jul 1987
With eighteen riders signing up, Luke's efforts in preparing our 1987 Treasure Hunt were not in vain (unlike one of the clues). Four teams of enthusiasts followed well-chosen rout...
Hockmoor Head
Fri, 17 Jul 1987
A few showers and Luke's puncture together gave us sufficient incentive to return to base after only a short spin through the moorland lanes.
Weekend ride
18 Jul–19 Jul 1987
Beer Youth Hostel 2
The weather looked rather threatening and the forecast had not been promising when the first six set off from Buckfastleigh. Along the way to the ferry at Starcross six more were added to the party at the agreed points and we arrived there in good time - 12:20. Lunch was consumed while we waited, ...
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Broadhempston
Tue, 21 Jul 1987
Neil badly dented his rear wheel, making the brake inoperative, and the squeals of his front brake on the descents haunted us all the way round.
Mothecombe Beach
Sun, 26 Jul 1987
Perhaps the most enjoyable part of this ride, apart from the obvious pleasures of building sandcastles, was the discovery of the Erme Mill centre near Ermington. Open all the year...
Holne
Fri, 31 Jul 1987
Our younger members coped well with the stiff climbs through Scorriton, where the now familiar dog was awaiting our arrival. The thought of another cuckoo chase at Venford was too...
Avon Dam
Sun, 02 Aug 1987
Our usual scramble across the Abbots Way provided the anticipated excitement for all concerned, with the usual water splashing at Cross Furzes.
Kingston House
Tue, 04 Aug 1987
The outward route through Caddaford, Abham and Sparkwell introduced members to some new and interesting routes, but it was the return route that proved most eventful. Firstly, a l...
Weekend ride
08 Aug–09 Aug 1987
Camping at East Allington 2
This year's camping weekend, which got off to a bad start when Michael was unable to accompany the youngsters on the ride to the farm, turned out to be somewhat disastrous: some of the participants seemed to think that the farm implements lying around the camping area were destined for the scrap hea...
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