Ride Reports
Belford Mill
Fri, 11 May 2007
Sam got his wish tonight as we returned to Belford Mill near Ashburton. As we passed Ashburton Park we noticed that, for once, it was deserted, so we spent a good fifteen minutes ...
Converted to Social
Sun, 13 May 2007
Sadly our 2007 Dartmoor Letterbox Special had to be called off in view of the torrential rain that persisted all morning. This was the day the official Ten Tors event was cancelle...
Landscove School
Fri, 18 May 2007
The climb up Green Lane was made more complicated by a succession of tractors heading down with enormous trailers of grass - we had to keep dashing for passing places to avoid bein...
Steam Train Special
Sun, 20 May 2007
Our planned ride to the Avon Dam - the most enjoyable and popular ride we ever run - was attended today by just Zac and Michael despite some near perfect weather conditions. Olly'...
Hembury Fort
Fri, 25 May 2007
We're not quite sure what happened to everyone else tonight, but Ashley thoroughly enjoyed his first exploration of Hembury Fort and his tenth ride along his favourite downhill tra...
Converted to Social
Sun, 27 May 2007
A forecast of torrential rain all day persuaded us to postpone the planned car-assisted day ride to Padstow and the Camel Trail to a date in July. The Acland family decided to do ...
Skerraton Down
Fri, 01 Jun 2007
After some debate we settled on Avon Dam as a perfect destination on this warm sunny evening, but progress up Dean hill turned out to be so painfully slow that we had to switch to ...
Chalk Ford
Sun, 03 Jun 2007
Michael decided that, after Friday's ride, Ashley needed some training in the art of hill-climbing. What better hill than Wallaford Road, all the way to Cross Furzes? We called i...
Staverton
Fri, 08 Jun 2007
New rider Tom Pearson, 10, demonstrated to everyone that he's a natural cyclist by completing this evening's ride effortlessly. We had to wait part-way along Colston Road when Ale...
Ten Tors and Letterboxing
Sun, 10 Jun 2007
Michael had considered taking some to Haytor by car to ensure that we could complete the ride within a reasonable timescale, but everyone was quite strong enough when we met at the...
Rattery
Fri, 15 Jun 2007
Ashley returned home with a bad migraine just a few minutes into the ride which left three of us to complete the climb of Dean hill and the loop around Zempson. On the way towards...
Fermoys
Sun, 17 Jun 2007
We maintained a good speed on this sunny morning ride to Fermoys, travelling out via Caddaford and Staverton. We enjoyed light refreshments in the cafe, at the end of which Heidi ...