Ride Reports
Tour
02 Apr–05 Apr 2016
Somerset Levels and Bath 4
Everyone met at Newton Abbot station at 9.18 for the start of our first tour for 2016. John, Will and George were already on the platform drinking coffee when Michael's group arrived! We had no difficulty loading the bikes onto the 9.33 when it arrived on time, but buying coffees on the train for ...
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101 miles
1120 m
1034 m
Games Evening
Fri, 08 Apr 2016
For tonight's social the group split between looking at video and photos from last week's tour and playing computer games.
We also agreed a plan for Friday evening events up to ...
Holne
Sun, 10 Apr 2016
8 mi
235 m
235 m
With rain forecast to spread over the area during the morning we set off on a cautious ride to the lower Hembury track, always ready to turn back once the rain started. But it had...
Staverton
Fri, 15 Apr 2016
11 mi
210 m
210 m
For our first evening ride of the season we rode along Colston Road to Staverton and took the riverside path towards the island. We couldn’t cross the stepping stones to the islan...
Landscove
Sun, 17 Apr 2016
11 mi
240 m
240 m
Will was a little late arriving so we had a coffee before setting off at 11am. We rode to Ashburton and up Chuley Hill where we saw several riders of the Devon Dirt competition cr...
Badminton
Fri, 22 Apr 2016
Light rain was forecast all evening so we organised a badminton social at Ashmoor on two courts from 8.30-9.30, playing some games before we left and having a quiz when we got back...
Dartmeet
Sun, 24 Apr 2016
19 mi
720 m
720 m
When George pumped his tyre at the top of Silver Street the unfortunate result was a broken valve which necessitated a tube change, but we were soon on our way again. At Scoriton ...
Badminton
Fri, 29 Apr 2016
Will and George were running very late this evening with Will not arriving until 8.10, so we decided to do a badminton social at Newton Abbot from 8.45. This worked out well, star...
Broadridge Wood
Sun, 01 May 2016
23 mi
375 m
375 m
Our first advertised ride to a Costa coffee shop attracted just four members on a cloudy but dry morning that threatened rain showers during the afternoon. After a coffee at Croft...
Chalk Ford
Fri, 06 May 2016
This was a surprisingly good ride with a lot of interesting conversation. We rode up the long hill to Cross Furzes, took the track past Hayford Hall to Lud Gate and then descended...
Decided on the Day
Sun, 15 May 2016
8 mi
275 m
275 m
This must have been the warmest day of the year so far with temperatures up to 18 degrees. The three of us rode up Silver Street and then, after a vote, through Burchetts Wood. T...
Badminton
Fri, 20 May 2016
The rain started at 7pm as forecast so our decision to run a social this evening was definitely well informed. We played computer games for the first half of the evening, with Law...