Ride Reports
Cancelled
Wed, 21 Jun 1989
Apologies from the ride leader, Richard Hopper, who forgot all about this little ride. The four youngsters present used the time wisely and went for a swim.
Postbridge
Fri, 23 Jun 1989
This was the night of the escaping prisoners. We reckoned they would have found it easy on bikes - we only saw one police car as we set off at ten. The evening was just cooling d...
Staverton
Fri, 23 Jun 1989
Yet another sunny evening took us along the inevitable Colston road to Staverton Bridge and the riverside track to the village.
Lannacombe Beach
Sun, 25 Jun 1989
A cool breeze coupled with the continuing sunshine produced perfect cycling weather for our first beach ride of the summer. Our youngest rider, Paul Twydell, was certainly dressed...
Track Ride
Wed, 28 Jun 1989
Michael and Shane decided to join this ride at the last minute. Philip had chosen an interesting route taking in all the tracks in the vicinity of Marldon.
Chalk Ford
Fri, 30 Jun 1989
Within seconds of leaving the Buckfastleigh start, young Alan broke his brake yoke cable and lost the associated bolt. He didn't need his front brake on the way up Wallaford Hill ...
Sigford
Sun, 02 Jul 1989
Having taken the back lanes through Peartree and Owlacombe, our group were to be found studying the map at Sigford in an effort to decide the most appropriate route homewards. The...
Stover Country Park
Sun, 02 Jul 1989
The group set off towards Newton Abbot calling in at Dave's house to pick up son Philip and friend James from Kingsbridge. Here, latest recruit David Thomas's from derailleur was ...
Denbury
Wed, 05 Jul 1989
Earlier spells of rain gave way to a dry evening ride, much to the annoyance of those who stayed at home! Our proposed short excursion to Ipplepen became gradually extended to enc...
Hembury Woods
Fri, 07 Jul 1989
In view of the unpromising weather conditions we decided not to stray too far from home, taking the road past Buckfast Abbey to Hembury Woods. The famous track brought us eventual...
Treasure Hunt Event
Sun, 09 Jul 1989
After a ride around to Avonwick in the morning we returned to Buckfastleigh for the treasure hunt in the afternoon. A few extra riders turned up, enough to make three teams of sev...
Stoke Gabriel
Wed, 12 Jul 1989
Richard enjoys leading these rides from Marldon because the 'locals' can show off their knowledge of the local byways. This time it was the small lanes to the east of Beacon Hill ...