Ride Reports
Landscove
Sun, 28 May 2017
10 mi
280 m
280 m
The forecast of rain after 1pm encouraged us to organise a morning-only ride to Landscove. After climbing Green Lane we followed the lanes past Baddaford, Penn and Parkfield befor...
Hembury Woods
Fri, 02 Jun 2017
6 mi
The weather wasn’t exactly fabulous this evening so we ran a short ride up Silver Street, down to the bottom of Hembury and up the road through the woods to the top. Here we diver...
Converted to Social
Sun, 04 Jun 2017
We were greeted this morning by heavy rain, so after coffee and catching up with the tragic news from London we headed off to Ashmoor Leisure Centre for a session of badminton from...
Rattery Mill
Fri, 09 Jun 2017
9 mi
258 m
The weather looked cloudy and threatening but there was no real rain in the forecast so we rode up the hill past Pennywell Farm and on through Rattery to the viaduct at Rattery Mil...
Dartmeet
Sun, 11 Jun 2017
18 mi
705 m
705 m
John needed to be back before 4pm so we chose Dartmeet as a destination, taking us up Silver Street, through Scoriton and Holne and then up onto the moor past Venford. The cloudy ...
Skerraton Down
Fri, 16 Jun 2017
7 mi
305 m
305 m
On what must have been the warmest evening of the year so far we headed up Nurston hill and along the rather overgrown track that leads to Skerraton Down. Ascending the open moorl...
South Dartmoor CTC Reunion Ride
Sun, 18 Jun 2017
17 mi
345 m
345 m
Our summer reunion ride, proposed by John Stuart and others at the Christmas get-together, provided a chance for old and new club riders to meet up on a fabulous summer day. We w...
Belford Mill, Ashburton
Fri, 23 Jun 2017
11 mi
215 m
215 m
There was a hint of light drizzle in the air so we settled on a fairly short ride along the old Ashburton road, down the railway track and out to Belford Mill, the wedge-shaped bui...
Dartmeet
Sun, 25 Jun 2017
19 mi
760 m
760 m
Oliver didn't get the message about the rescheduling of our Reunion ride to last week, but he turned up today as promised for an excellent moorland ride to Dartmeet. As we rode th...
Converted to Social
Fri, 30 Jun 2017
The weather wasn't great this evening and our youngsters preferred a badminton session, so we did that at Ashmoor and followed up with some PC games at Crofters.
Avon Dam
Sun, 02 Jul 2017
12 mi
440 m
440 m
With John away today seemed like the perfect opportunity for some serious off-road, so the Avon Dam was selected in record time. We were all feeling the heat by the time we had ri...
Broadhempston
Fri, 07 Jul 2017
11 mi
295 m
295 m
Gavin joined us this evening for what turned out to be ride of revelations for Michael. While riding on the lane to Barkingdon Gavin suggested that we had just passed under a cher...