Ride Reports
Denham Bridge
Sun, 17 Mar 1991
58 mi
Martin and Richard faced a strong headwind as they made their way over the moor. By Two Bridges the threatening rain had become steady, and several heavy bursts were quite dampeni...
Didworthy
Sun, 17 Mar 1991
12 mi
420 m
420 m
Riding the short track to Didworthy made a pleasant variation on our usual Avon Dam ride, but we didn't want to vary the Abbotts Way route to Cross Furzes.
Games Evening
Fri, 22 Mar 1991
Michael forgot the table tennis balls and bats so he had to return home for them before some of the games could commence. The final evening of the social season then continued in ...
Whooping Rock
Sun, 24 Mar 1991
We welcomed John Stuart, Simon Hopper and Andrew Simmons back to the fold, home for the Easter Holiday. We certainly made an impressive sight at the Bovey Tracey pick-up. Those w...
Tour (Senior)
29 Mar–02 Apr 1991
Dorset & New Forest 5
After an uneventful journey by car, past much holiday traffic going the other way, we arrived in Cranbourne at about three o'clock. Having set off, Richard B found his speedo wasn't working and then realised he'd got his front wheel in the wrong way round.
The first part was back up the hill we ...
👥 5
138 miles
Easter Special
Sun, 31 Mar 1991
We took a convoluted route through the Westerland Valley to Collaton and then on to the Stoke Gabriel road. At Long Road Gary led the trackies for a rough stuff diversion which th...
Easter Special
Sun, 31 Mar 1991
11 mi
Poor Eliot! Having ridden past Buckfast Abbey Eliot had elected to go with the five other 'trackies' through Burchetts Wood, but when he reached the ford at the end he fell in and...
Tour
01 Apr–08 Apr 1991
South and Mid Wales 8
The 1991 Easter Tour to Mid Wales was restricted to sixteen participants because of the size of some of the simple hostels involved. It was hardly surprising that every place was taken, and so it was that the sixteen met at Bristol Parkway station for the beginning of an epic eight-day adventure.
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👥 16
188 miles
4455 m
4230 m
Holne
Fri, 05 Apr 1991
Although BST was now with us, we still had limited daylight and a route was chosen which would bring us home before dark. With Holne in mind it was decided to go through Buckfast ...
Combe Fishacre
Sun, 07 Apr 1991
By the time we reached the final pick-up point at Combe Fishacre the rain had really started so we sheltered under the railway bridge for a while. During a brief respite we set of...
Broadhempston
Wed, 10 Apr 1991
An excellent turnout for an evening ride - could have been more if Rob's carrier bolt had not worked loose. Ken did have a spare but he was still on his way to Marldon when Rob sh...
Local ride
Fri, 12 Apr 1991
We were pleased to see Catherine Hopper and Nathan Arecco cycling again today.