Ride Reports
Tour
13 Apr–17 Apr 2017
North Cornwall Coast 5
Our 2017 Easter Tour began at Totnes station at 9.30. The train was on time at 10.07 and the bikes spaces were available as booked, so the journey to Liskeard went without a hitch. The Stoke area of Plymouth looked rather depressing from the train but the Tamar Bridge made up for that with impress...
👥 5
135 miles
2230 m
2330 m
Converted to social
Fri, 21 Apr 2017
Michael was recovering from a virus this evening so we organised a session of badminton at Ashmoor followed by a Music Quiz at Crofters. Dillan was the undisputed winner of the qu...
Princetown & the Plym Valley
Sun, 23 Apr 2017
37 mi
985 m
1005 m
Michael was suffering from a bad cold but the youngsters still wanted to do the Princetown ride they had planned on the tour, so Michael led the ride from his car. We took the eas...
South Brent
Fri, 28 Apr 2017
11 mi
320 m
320 m
Our evening ride today took us up Dean Hill, around the Harbourneford circle lane and then down towards South Brent. We turned right along the Splatton lane and stopped for photos...
Converted to Social
Sun, 30 Apr 2017
With rain forecast all day we first played badminton for an hour at Ashmoor on two courts, then went to Costa at Kingsteignton for coffee and lunch. It was a good morning but ende...
Totnes
Fri, 05 May 2017
16 mi
370 m
370 m
Julian and Gavin joined us today for a brisk ride along Colston Road to Dartington. Riding through Dartington village we joined the Totnes bypass and followed it right to the top ...
Cockington
Sun, 07 May 2017
30 mi
595 m
595 m
Perfect cycling weather prompted Jude and Dillan to take up Michael’s planned 27-mile ride to Cockington. An outward route that took us via Green Lane and Red Post brought us to M...
Converted to Social
Fri, 12 May 2017
The weather was unsettled this evening so we decided to celebrate Jude's birthday earlier this week with a trip to Pizza Hut and Costa in Plymouth. We also had time for a couple o...
Lustleigh Cleave
Sun, 14 May 2017
30 mi
700 m
700 m
Our plans for an easy introductory ride for two prospective new members had to be abandoned when they were forced to cancel at the last minute, so after some discussion we decided ...
Converted to Social
Fri, 19 May 2017
Jude was unable to bring his bike down for this evening's ride, and anyway he had a new badminton racket to try out. Meanwhile George was convinced it was going to rain, so we boo...
Stoke Gabriel
Sun, 21 May 2017
24 mi
565 m
565 m
Having taken the main road to Dartington we followed the cycle path past the weir and the train station and then tried the ‘shortcut’ from Bridgetown to Stoke Gabriel known as Flee...
Chalk Ford
Fri, 26 May 2017
9 mi
325 m
325 m
On a hot and sunny evening we rode up Wallaford Road and then decided to ride the track to Lud Gate and the moorland descent to Chalk Ford. As usual the views across South Devon w...