Ride Reports
Cancelled
Fri, 21 May 2010
Sam and Charles Acland turned up for this evening's ride but because they had forgotten to ring in advance and nobody else had rung, Michael had already made other arrangements for...
Fermoy's Garden Centre, Ipplepen
Sun, 23 May 2010
19 mi
Everyone was up for a Stage 1 longer ride today, so we decided to go to Fermoys at Ipplepen. It took us a while to find the sunscreen lotion so we didn’t leave until 10.34. We ro...
Hembury
Fri, 28 May 2010
The youngsters somehow managed to persuade Michael to run a shorter ride than he had planned, so we set off up the Lower Hembury Woods track. Matt noticed the big tree halfway alo...
Burrator Reservoir
Sun, 30 May 2010
30 mi
There was strong demand for an adventurous car-assisted ride today, and when Michael had vetoed Haldon Forest we eventually settled on the Plym Valley cycleway, although Michael in...
Spitchwick
Fri, 04 Jun 2010
As it was so hot and sunny today we were looking for somewhere cool for our ride, and it didn’t take many seconds to come up with Spitchwick as the ideal destination. We rode up H...
Bow Bridge
Sun, 06 Jun 2010
30 mi
With five of us out we couldn’t do a car-assisted ride, so Michael selected Ashprington as destination which he expected to be around 20 miles in all – he didn’t want to go too far...
Hembury
Fri, 11 Jun 2010
Michael had a busy day planned for tomorrow so he organised a short ride to Hembury, following the lower track halfway and then turning right up the "new" track that leads back to ...
Chuley Cross
Sun, 13 Jun 2010
Ryan and Zac came on the ride today, but when Ryan rang he said he was very tired and would like a shorter ride today if possible. Well that suited Michael OK. It was a sunny mor...
Chalk Ford
Fri, 18 Jun 2010
After a little discussion at the start we headed for Chalk Ford, climbing the hill to Cross Furzes in a record time of 24 minutes. After descending to the ford we found the piglet...
Avon Dam
Sun, 20 Jun 2010
12 mi
Ryan rang early to say he was coming but then had to cancel just before the ride started because he had hurt his arm on a door at home. He did hope to join us later but unfortunat...
Baddaford Tracks
Fri, 25 Jun 2010
Michael took everyone on a Tracks Special this evening. After climbing Green Lane and riding down to Baddaford we took the track to Lower Combe that we rarely use and then pushed ...
Staverton Park
Sun, 27 Jun 2010
Today was the hottest day of the year so far – 28 degrees by mid-afternoon, which none of us found very pleasant. Michael was feeling drained by the heat before the ride even star...