Ride Reports
Ilsington
Sun, 09 Jul 2017
19 mi
460 m
460 m
Michael had to be back soon after lunch and Jude couldn’t get a lift home to Ilsington so we quickly decided that Ilsington Village Stores would be a good destination. We rode up ...
Avonwick
Fri, 14 Jul 2017
13 mi
360 m
360 m
Being a rather warm evening we decided to head for water by way of Pennywell Farm and Rattery. Crossing the main Totnes to Avonwick road near Blue Post we took the right turn at K...
Exeter Ship Canal
Sun, 16 Jul 2017
21 mi
60 m
60 m
As George’s birthday was on Monday we let him choose the destination for today’s ride, and that turned out to be the Exeter Ship Canal, or more precisely the Pizza Hut at the end o...
Converted to Social
Fri, 21 Jul 2017
After heavy rain all day and showers still lingering our youngsters opted for a badminton social this evening at Ashmoor. Everyone's performance is improving by leaps and bounds s...
Stover Country Park
Sun, 23 Jul 2017
25 mi
425 m
425 m
Just seconds after John arrived at the start he realised his tyre was flat. He had taken the bike for a service a while ago, been advised that his tyre was worn out but decided to...
Holne
Fri, 04 Aug 2017
9 mi
400 m
400 m
Michael was testing his newly-built wheels this evening as we rode up the long hill to Cross Furzes. He found a slight problem with the gears which will need sorting tomorrow befo...
Landscove
Sun, 06 Aug 2017
11 mi
235 m
235 m
John, George, Jude and Dillan came here for the cycle ride by 10.30. We had a chat in the lounge about the Norway tour, which starts on Tuesday, then left at around 11am. John ha...
Tour
08 Aug–20 Aug 2017
Norway 13
We don’t often travel abroad for our tours, but this year everyone wanted to visit Norway, and somehow everyone could just about afford it. After more than a week of preparations we met at Newton Abbot at 2pm to catch the 2.32 train to London, which was spot on time. Thus began our most epic adven...
👥 6
256 miles
4650 m
4805 m
Converted to Social
Fri, 25 Aug 2017
Michael was recovering from a minor back injury this evening so we shared the evening between computer games and a music quiz. Jude's Mum impressed us all by taking part in the la...
Converted to Social
Sun, 27 Aug 2017
Michael's back was still not fully recovered and the youngsters chose to do badminton at Ashmoor despite the sunny weather - maybe they still needed a rest after Norway! We played...
Converted to Social
Sun, 03 Sep 2017
In view of the bad weather Jude met Michael and Dillan at Ashmoor just after 11am for a session of badminton. This was made harder than usual by the fact that rain was leaking thr...
Converted to Social
Fri, 08 Sep 2017
With rain stopping play yet again the youngsters chose badminton at Ashmoor as their substitute sporting activity.