Ride Reports
Holne
Sun, 10 Jul 2016
Michael was feeling quite tired today so he wasn’t going to argue when the lads suggested a modest ride up to Cross Furzes and on through Combe. Lawrence entertained us with his l...
Landscove
Fri, 15 Jul 2016
8 mi
245 m
245 m
Pokemon GO was out in the UK today and we all had our phones loaded with the app as we climbed Green Lane. Sadly those of us on the O2 network had poor internet reception in these...
Plym Valley Cycle Path
Sun, 17 Jul 2016
13 mi
405 m
405 m
Today was George’s birthday, and since he wanted to ride the Plym Valley cycle path we thought it would be only proper to carry out his wishes.
We unloaded the bikes at Plympton...
Holne
Fri, 22 Jul 2016
8 mi
370 m
370 m
We started our ride by going along the Lower Hembury Track. We expected to see the usual Rise Up Singing camp in the field by the Holy Brook and we weren't disappointed. The trac...
Avon Dam
Sun, 24 Jul 2016
14 mi
490 m
490 m
Michael's cousin planned to meet us at Shipley Bridge today to join us for the part of the ride up to the Avon Dam. John rode with us from Buckfastleigh up to Shipley via Nurston ...
Converted to Social
Fri, 29 Jul 2016
The rain prompted us to arrange a social tonight. We enjoyed an hour of badminton at Ashmoor with some excellent singles and doubles games, then finished with some computer games ...
Dartington
Fri, 05 Aug 2016
9 mi
156 m
With Tom joining us again this evening we ran an easy ride along Colston Road towards Dartington. When we reached the main road he decided that would be a good halfway point, so w...
Landscove
Sun, 07 Aug 2016
12 mi
315 m
315 m
A cloudy start had given way to warm sunshine by the time we finally got away at 10.45. We rode up Caddaford Hill and through Staverton with the intention of going to Fermoys, but...
Tour
11 Aug–19 Aug 2016
Yorkshire Dales & North York Moors 9
This was to be our longest tour since Switzerland in 2013 and our youngsters were looking forward to it with eager anticipation as we met at Newton Abbot Railway station at 8.05. John and family were stocking up with bacon sandwiches from a nearby shop and several bought coffees or Danish pastries ...
👥 6
204 miles
4195 m
4165 m
Converted to Social
Sun, 21 Aug 2016
Michael was recovering from the cold and cough he picked up on our recent tour, so we settled for a day at Crofters that involved video clips from the tour and several games of che...
Skerraton Down
Fri, 26 Aug 2016
8 mi
200 m
200 m
Tom was in fine form this evening as we rode up Dean Hill, so we diverted to Skerraton and took the track up onto the moor. It was a bit overgrown today - clearly the farmer is ru...
Converted to Social
Sun, 28 Aug 2016
The showery weather probably explained why only two of us were out today. We changed the ride to a social and played badminton at Ashmoor.