Ride Reports
Weekend ride
07 Nov–08 Nov 1987
Maypool Youth Hostel 2
Our most popular hostel weekend began with a certain amount of amusement. Brett had been entrusted to obtain the box of fireworks from Torquay and was waiting at Totnes with said fireworks stowed away in his rucksack when the eleven arrived from Buckfastleigh. There was then a three-pronged hunt t...
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Mamhead Obelisk
Sun, 08 Nov 1987
In line with our new policy of finding some 'new' lanes on every ride, we rode through Humber to Ideford after enjoying a somewhat brief lunch part-way up the golf course road from...
Topsham Bridge
Sun, 15 Nov 1987
Poor Gary! As he prepared his bike for the ride he discovered that his derailleur spring was broken. He was forced to abandon the ride while the rest of us explored a new set of ...
Highway Code Quiz (Paignton)
Fri, 20 Nov 1987
Our first ever social outside Buckfastleigh took place at Philip's house in Paignton and attracted a record turnout for the current season. Results of the quiz seem to indicate th...
Devon DA AGM Hittisleigh
Sun, 22 Nov 1987
The DA AGM rarely generates much excitement amongst our youngsters, and this year was no exception. Budgie's desire to cycle meant that two members, who would have been pleased to...
Hansel Mill
Sun, 29 Nov 1987
The abysmal weather forecast did not deter a few brave souls from venturing out to the Totnes pick-up, despite the rather ominous sky. We managed to explore another new lane, this...
Monopoly Knock-Out (Ashburton)
Fri, 04 Dec 1987
Games of Monopoly definitely took second place to Richard's two chinchillas, who couldn't keep still for more than a second!
Rolster Bridge
Sun, 06 Dec 1987
The Copper Kettle cafe at South Brent always provides a warm welcome, so we decided to sample some of their drinks and cakes before diverting homeward via Avonwick and Rattery. To...
Clifford Bridge
Sun, 13 Dec 1987
Our 'new lanes on every ride' policy continued on today's ride when we tried the steep hill past Bovey hospital on our route past Hennock reservoirs. There were complaints of cour...
1987 Slide Show (Crofters)
Fri, 18 Dec 1987
Seeing the slides of the year's tours and rides brought back happy memories for some and encouraged everyone to look forward to their summer's activities.
Christmas Lunch (Leusdon)
Sun, 20 Dec 1987
Our venue for Christmas Lunch rides has always been the Ship Inn at Starcross, until this year that is. Today we were going somewhere different - the very special Leusdon Lodge gu...
Warren Point
Sun, 27 Dec 1987
John Stuart was able to join us for this one ride, which happened to coincide with his all-too-brief Christmas holiday. The outward journey was memorable for our lack of success i...