Twenty people attended this inaugural meeting of the Dart Valley cycling group at Buckfastleigh, and apologies were received from three others. Approximately 75% of those present ...

The first ride got off to a hilly start along the steep track to Five Lanes (not the one at Marldon) and Baddaford. Activities came to a temporary halt however when a fence was en...

Buckfastleigh seems to be at the bottom of several steep climbs. The hill to Holne is one such climb, and when the last members had finally reached the top there was a general fee...

The Gara Bridge ride got off to a bad start weather-wise, but numbers were augmented at the Totnes pick-up by Torbay Section members and the two groups decided to extend the ride t...

Another sunny day made the second evening ride all the more enjoyable. Young Chris coped very well for his first ride, but everyone suffered as darkness fell and temperatures plum...

The sweating brows resulting from the steep climb / push past Caddaford farm were soon cooled by a refreshing breeze on the long descent to Staverton where, unfortunately, Raymond ...

This ride was inspired by a previous equestrian expedition, the main advantage of the bicycle being that it doesn’t take off at a gallop as soon as it sees an expanse of open moor!...

We set off to a damp start, well clad in waterproofs, but before we got to Ashburton some of those were being shed. As we were pushed for time to get to Bovey Tracey to our meetin...

There was no special activity organised for the first social evening. Several people brought food and records, however, and everyone soon made themselves at home.

Once the im...

A sunny, warm day greeted us as we left Buckfastleigh and headed up (and down) through Harbourneford and past Brent Hill towards Shipley Bridge. At Shipley, ice-creams were called...

If we had expected fine weather for our Friday evening ride on the longest day we were quickly disillusioned. The ride was quickly diverted to Redmount where the evening was usefu...

Rain stopped play once again for our Sunday ride, and no-one was more disappointed than Luke who had spent some considerable time planning a letterbox ride for us. The thought of ...