Ride Reports
Crofters Social
Tue, 24 May 1988
Young Toby came out to the start in the sure knowledge that he would be offered an evening of computer drawing at Crofters .. and he was not disappointed.
Mothecombe Beach
Sun, 29 May 1988
A shower on the way to Erme Mill failed to dampen our spirits on this bright sunny day. Mothecombe beach offered plenty of entertainment during lunch: the huge expanse of sand wa...
Woolston Green
Fri, 03 Jun 1988
A number of muddy, overgrown tracks formed the basis of this evening's ride, much to the delight of young Alan. A few isolated complaints, arising mainly when one particular track ...
North Huish
Sun, 05 Jun 1988
An unexpected turnout from Paignton members took attendance into double figures for our climb over the hill to South Brent's Copper Kettle tearooms, where four large scoops of deli...
Staverton
Tue, 07 Jun 1988
This short ride took us along the riverside path at Staverton, offering us the chance to test our skills at stone-skimming on the Dart. Incredibly we managed to return along anoth...
Hamel Down
Sun, 12 Jun 1988
The climb to Haytor was performed relatively quickly today, leaving us time to include an unplanned detour along the granite tramway track. For those readers who might be unfamili...
Chalk Ford
Fri, 17 Jun 1988
A general consensus that we hadn't been up on the open moor for a while led us to undertake the long climb to Cross Furzes and Lud Gate, from where everyone enjoyed the rapid desce...
Broadhempston
Sun, 19 Jun 1988
Our advertising campaign for this special National Bike Week Invitation Ride certainly produced results, with a little help from the weather of course. The groups from our four st...
Avonwick
Tue, 21 Jun 1988
This may have been the longest day, but we couldn't get back too late with school waiting next morning. Having tackled the hills to South Brent, some of the younger members reques...
Weekend ride
25 Jun–26 Jun 1988
Golant Youth Hostel 2
This weekend got off to a good start despite BR's inability to arrange transport to Plymouth. Twelve cycled from the three starting points, met at the Avonwick pick-up and then continued to Plympton along the fast A38. There was then time to explore the section of the Plym Valley cycle path that l...
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Avon Dam
Fri, 01 Jul 1988
This was one of those perfect, crystal-clear evenings (between the showers) when the countryside looked at its very best. The riverside track at Staverton offered a little mud, bu...
Haytor
Sun, 03 Jul 1988
The July afternoon ride started brightly despite a forecast of showers. We had only reached Ashburton, however, when the showers "merged together to form more continuous periods o...