Ride Reports
Stoke Gabriel
Sun, 07 Dec 1980
Our December Afternoon Run was well attended with 16 members setting off from Five Lanes in bright sunny weather. We were pleased to welcome young Jamie Spence (accompanied by Fat...
Dittisham
Sun, 14 Dec 1980
Rain Stopped Play for most people today. John and I met Colin and Mark at Totnes and, after a little deliberation, we decided to believe the forecast and press on. It rained thro...
Hamel Down
Sun, 21 Dec 1980
Although the weather was good today, only six of us met at Bickington for the Hamel Down ride. Colin was down with a cold and others were no doubt partaking in various seasonal ac...
Christmas Lunch Ride, Cockwood
Sun, 28 Dec 1980
The last week of 1980 saw our special Christmas Lunch run. Some chose to make their own way to the Ship Inn at Cockwood, but we were still eleven in number at Newton. Two shining...
New Year Party, Exeter
Sat, 03 Jan 1981
No report available.
[The attendance list for this event is currently incomplete]
Abbotskerswell
Sun, 04 Jan 1981
To begin at the beginning – of 1981 – our Afternoon Run today was blessed with good numbers and winter sunshine. On our way through Compton a few of us in the front of the bunch s...
Hennock Reservoirs
Sun, 11 Jan 1981
Fairly cool but bright and sunny for Hennock Reservoirs, and after the pick-up at Chudleigh Bridge we carried on up the Teign Valley to Steps Bridge before taking to the hills. Th...
Weekend ride
17 Jan–18 Jan 1981
Bellever Youth Hostel 2
I didn’t go to Bellever, but those that did had a very tough trip with a wind that had them walking on the flat and using bottom gear downhill. But they survived the “ordeal by wind” – and their own cooking – only to find leaden skies and “precipitation” next morning!
(Written by Colin Brierly)
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North Bovey
Sun, 18 Jan 1981
We had arranged to meet the weekenders at North Bovey but, by chance, day run and week-enders met in Moretonhampstead and we picnicked in a shelter to see what the weather would do...
Gara Bridge
Sun, 25 Jan 1981
I hadn’t checked on the published pick-up point for the Gara Bridge run, but when we met Mark at Totnes he told me it was Marley Head, which did rather surprise me. But sure enoug...
West Ogwell
Sun, 01 Feb 1981
A good turnout for the February Afternoon Run, and nice weather to go with it. A couple of “Kerswells” – Kings and then Abbots – should have been followed with a couple of Ogwells...
Hansel Mill
Sun, 08 Feb 1981
Not a great number of miles but goodness knows how many feet (or metres) up and down for our run to Hansel Mill. Attendance was into double figures once we had reached the Totnes ...