Ride Reports
Spitchwick
Fri, 12 Aug 1988
A pleasant little ride, the outward route being via Hembury Woods. The only people to be seen at Spitchwick were a father and his two sons, who were busy cooking a meal on their p...
Lannacombe Beach
Sun, 14 Aug 1988
It was still raining at Totnes, and surprisingly Philip didn't want to continue with the ride, preferring instead to take up Nonie and Mike's offer of coffee in Totnes. We returne...
Playground Special
Tue, 16 Aug 1988
Having taken the usual route along Colston lane and now finding ourselves at Staverton Bridge, questions were voiced about the local playground. These were best answered by visiti...
Tour
18 Aug–31 Aug 1988
Scotland 14
Perhaps it would be pessimistic to suggest that the tour started in a bad way, but it certainly looked that way as Michael arrived literally with seconds to spare at Newton Abbot station. A quick sprint down the platform as the whistle blew got us into the guard's van just as the train pulled away....
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321 miles
Mamhead Obelisk
Sun, 21 Aug 1988
Nobody else waiting at the station when Gnome popped in to check, so straight off to meet Budgie by his favourite RAC box, then on to Gappah for the rendezvous. Only Max out from ...
Holne
Fri, 26 Aug 1988
What with Michael being away and the mist getting lower by the minute, there was reason enough to make it a short ride. Taking the flattish route to Holne and back the group got b...
Mansands
Sun, 28 Aug 1988
Having cycled from Buckfastleigh alone, Richard was pleased to be met by two new members and two not so new at the Marldon pick-up. As the QE2 was in Torbay the roads were very bu...
Pridhamsleigh
Tue, 30 Aug 1988
The Family Hopper and young Paul Ledingham had reached only Pridhamsleigh when Toby damaged himself on his pedal.
He seems to change either his whole bike or some part of it eve...
130km Reliability Ride
Sun, 04 Sep 1988
The four of us from Buckfastleigh headed out to Bovey a little shaken by the nine o'clock start. There we met Nick and Graham who had set out from Marldon. We made our way up the...
Shipley Bridge
Sun, 04 Sep 1988
Having been surprised by the appearance of Paignton's Jenny Quick at the Buckfastleigh start we commenced the laborious climb through Dean and Nurston, being delayed only by a coup...
Totnes
Fri, 09 Sep 1988
Poor Jeremy. Michael had conned him into coming on the ride and now he found himself blundering along a riverside track near Totnes in the semi-darkness, surrounded by maniacs who...
Weekend ride
10 Sep–11 Sep 1988
Salcombe Youth Hostel 2
Confusion over whether or not Steven Hills was coming on the ride led to some delays at Totnes, but eventually the group set off through the peaceful South Hams lanes, spotting a buzzard and a flying cricket ball along the way. Two punctures and a chain problem delayed us even more, but a quick tel...
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