Ride Reports
Ugborough Beacon
Sun, 11 Feb 2007
17 mi
The early morning rain had obediently given way to drier weather by the time we met at the start, but a strong headwind made the outward ride harder than expected. We had only rea...
Squash
Fri, 16 Feb 2007
Squash turned out to be a new sport for nearly everyone in the group this evening, and the general verdict was that it was excellent fun! The nearest free courts were at Broadmead...
Totnes Longmarsh
Sun, 18 Feb 2007
18 mi
We were pleased to welcome the Acland family and their friend Fred, out for their first club ride on a dull but mainly dry morning. As we rode along Colston road it was clear that...
Games Evening
Fri, 23 Feb 2007
Preparations for our youth hostel weekend kept several members away this evening, but those who came along very much enjoyed their evening.
Weekend ride
24 Feb–25 Feb 2007
Golant YH 2
Eight members met at Crofters shortly after 9am for our first mid-winter youth hostel weekend since 1991 - there would have been nine if Matt hadn't left his coursework to the last minute! Careful packing and the use of two bike racks enabled us to fit all 8 members and bikes into our two cars, and...
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34 miles
Video Evening
Fri, 02 Mar 2007
With no suitable films on show at the cinema, our cinema evening was hastily rearranged to be a DVD evening, with the suspense drama Flightplan forming the main entertainment.
Converted to Social
Sun, 04 Mar 2007
With torrential rain flooding the land for hundreds of miles in every direction we had no choice but to convert today's afternoon ride to a well-attended social afternoon at Crofte...
Games Evening
Fri, 09 Mar 2007
Today was Ashley's birthday so we made our games evening a little special by bringing back some special chocolate cakes from the local supermarket and sharing them out between game...
Fingle Tracks
Sun, 11 Mar 2007
14 mi
Fine spring sunshine greeted us for our first car-assisted day ride for 2007. Some last-minute bookings brought the total number of participants to nine, but with some careful pac...
Badminton
Fri, 16 Mar 2007
When we arrived at Torbay Leisure Centre at 7.55 we discovered that our badminton court had been double-booked! We didn't complain too much when they gave us a free squash court u...
Skerraton Down
Sun, 18 Mar 2007
11 mi
Today, after weeks of unseasonably warm weather, the north wind moved in to make our March morning ride more challenging. An early shower drenched us with icy water and hailstones...
Games Evening
Fri, 23 Mar 2007
A fun evening of computer games concluded our penultimate social of the season.