Ride Reports
Christmas Spectacular
Fri, 27 Dec 1985
In all there were eighteen people at Redmount for our five-hour Christmas social, organised in association with Torbay and Dawlish. A preview of our home movie 'Jason', starring a...
Cinema Trip - Back to the Future
Sat, 28 Dec 1985
I think everyone enjoyed this film (all nineteen of us) at the Colony cinema, Torquay. Pure escapist fantasy of course, but what's wrong with that? Go and see it - it may even se...
Bowerman's Nose
Sun, 29 Dec 1985
A brisk sunny start and we were winding or way up to the frosty peaks of Dartmoor, pausing only to be entertained by the Jolly Wally from Plymouth Poly. Stopping near Saddle Tor t...
Diptford
Sun, 05 Jan 1986
The Simmons family, who had apparently contrived to dominate the first ride of the New Year, just failed to achieve a majority thanks to the determination of Luke, Steve, Kevin and...
Charades
Tue, 07 Jan 1986
The charades evening was most enjoyable, giving everyone a chance to demonstrate both their own miming skills and their skill at interpreting other people's mimes.
Clyng Mill
Sun, 12 Jan 1986
The run to Avonwick was enlivened by a bumpy, muddy track where Richard once again demonstrated his tendency to part company with his mount. Having met up with the Torbay Section ...
Blacksalde Down
Sun, 19 Jan 1986
A strong south-westerly wind made the journey to the Bickington pick-up virtually effortless (for those who had not been put off by earlier spells of rain). The Torbay group, howe...
Gears and their maintenance
Tue, 21 Jan 1986
Several members decided to invest some of their savings in gear upgrades after attending this educational social.
Dunsford
Sun, 26 Jan 1986
A record twenty-eight cyclists converged on the Chudleigh Bridge pick-up despite the rather miserable weather conditions. A sheltered area towards the upper and of Bridford Wood, ...
Widecombe
Sun, 02 Feb 1986
Skirting Ashburton we climbed by way of Hele Cross and Ausewell Cross to a mist-shrouded Buckland Common. The mist thickened as we passed Rippon Tor but we shook it off as we cros...
Video Evening
Tue, 04 Feb 1986
A lapse of memory on the part of the Video Librarian resulted in a last-minute substitution of Ghostbusters for Wargames, the latter having been carefully selected during the prece...
Dittisham
Sun, 09 Feb 1986
Only main roads were passable on this beautiful winter morning, so Dittisham was really a non-starter. And anyway, there are better things to do with snow than push an unwilling b...