Ride Reports
Avon Dam
Sun, 01 Apr 2012
We had advertised a Dartmoor ride today, and settled on the Avon Dam at the start. It was superbly sunny but chilly at 8 degrees. Callum started fine but slowed to a crawl up Nur...
Cancelled
Fri, 06 Apr 2012
Our first evening ride of the season was cancelled in view of the tour starting on Sunday.
Tour
08 Apr–11 Apr 2012
Cotswolds 4
Our first ever tour to the Cotswolds started with Gavin taking Ash, Callum F, Jack and Michael to Exeter St Davids station for around 7.35. John rang as we neared the station to say their satnav had got them lost somewhere on the other side of Exeter. Gavin talked them through the directions while...
👥 7
112 miles
805 m
850 m
Hembury Woods
Fri, 13 Apr 2012
We did a fairly short ride to Hembury Woods this evening, riding quickly to the top and going around the fort before descending the slalom track. This was Will’s first real taste ...
South Brent
Sun, 15 Apr 2012
12 mi
314 m
On a fabulous sunny morning we rode fast up Dean Hill, watching some people flying radio-controlled helicopters around the Buckfastleigh horse-racing track. We continued down the ...
Belford Mill
Fri, 20 Apr 2012
11 mi
248 m
Ash and Callum insisted on Ashburton this evening even though they had all done that ride recently, so we took the old road out to Ashburton and then rode out towards Belford Mill....
Broadhempston
Sun, 22 Apr 2012
11 mi
273 m
It was good to see Lawrence and Jack on the ride again today. While Lawrence was eating his usual toast and marmalade he revealed his middle name was Michael – an excellent name b...
Staverton
Fri, 27 Apr 2012
11 mi
189 m
It was good to see Lawrence joining our evening ride today. We started out along Colston Road, but George had a pain in his back for some reason. When we got to the Steiner schoo...
Converted to Social
Sun, 29 Apr 2012
It had been very wet and windy overnight and the bad weather was forecast to continue until late afternoon, so we had no choice but to convert the ride to a social today.
We pla...
Hembury Woods
Fri, 04 May 2012
On a cold, damp and gloomy evening we rode to the top of Hembury hill and through the shortcut path to the fort where everyone had a lot of fun. Ash was very good with the youngst...
Holne
Sun, 06 May 2012
George arrived early this morning so he could play on the trampoline, then Lawrence joined in so we didn’t get away until 10.35. We headed for Venford at Jack’s suggestion, but Wi...
Skerraton Down
Fri, 11 May 2012
It was a superb sunny evening, but as we rode up the hill past Nurston the sun was always just behind the hill. We felt sure we’d catch it on Skerraton Down, but we got there just...