Ride Reports
Staverton
Wed, 04 May 2005
10 mi
The first of six special junior rides got off to an excellent start with seven enthusiastic youngsters, nearly all of whom are taking part in the cycle training scheme at the prima...
Chalk Ford
Fri, 06 May 2005
10 mi
Dartmoor seemed an appealing destination in view of the warm sunshine that bathed us at the start. Clouds increased as we climbed Bowerdon Hill from Buckfast, and by the time we r...
Stoke Gabriel
Sun, 08 May 2005
26 mi
Jill suggested Stoke Gabriel as a destination today, and since nobody had any objections we proceeded along Colston Road to the Totnes cycle path and bought lunch and refreshments ...
Hembury Woods
Wed, 11 May 2005
8 mi
For our second junior ride of the season we took the youngsters along the lower Hembury track to Shuttaford and then back to the top of Hembury where the wide clearings in the wood...
Holne
Fri, 13 May 2005
10 mi
The youngsters wanted to play Frisbee in Holne park, so we rode past Hawson Court and through Scoriton and Michelcombe. The park was a little overgrown and wet today, making Frisb...
Ten Commandments Stone
Sun, 15 May 2005
20 mi
We selected a flexible ride today in case ten-year-old Dennis found the riding a bit tough, but as it turned out we needn't have worried. We climbed Ausewell hill in double quick ...
Ashburton
Fri, 20 May 2005
10 mi
We quickly reached Belford Mill after a short ride through Ashburton, but the woodland track back towards the town turned out to be a little muddy after the recent rains. We retur...
Cancelled
Sun, 22 May 2005
Today's ride was cancelled.
Staverton
Wed, 25 May 2005
10 mi
Gavin was planning to catch up with us along Colston Road but got a puncture near the start - and of course he'd left in such a hurry that he didn't have a puncture repair kit with...
Avonwick
Fri, 27 May 2005
17 mi
This evening's energetic ride took us through Harbourneford to Marley Head, down the track into South Brent, along the riverside road past the old Avonwick station and then home vi...
Ugborough Beacon
Sun, 29 May 2005
18 mi
On a superb May morning we rode to South Brent, stocked up with food at Plymco and then pressed on to Wrangaton and the steep lane to the golf course. When Dennis had proved his w...
Spitchwick
Fri, 03 Jun 2005
12 mi
Spitchwick seemed like a perfect destination on such a sunny evening, but after riding to Ashburton, through River Dart Adventures and up Holne Chase, cloud cover was increasing dr...