Ride Reports
Dartmoor Social
Sat, 14 Feb 1981
We didn’t have to wait a full week for our next get-together because Michael had arranged a social evening at his house for the following Saturday. Very inconveniently the hospita...
Postbridge
Sun, 15 Feb 1981
A chance to look at the moor next day with a run to Postbridge, and a nice sunny morning, even if the breeze was cold. The long climb from Bickington to Haytor was relieved with a...
Kenn Valley
Sun, 22 Feb 1981
I only went out for the morning on the Kenn Valley run but it was quite a nice day. Apart from slight problems with a couple of members who were faster uphill than the main bunch ...
Dawlish
Sun, 01 Mar 1981
The same area on the March afternoon run, because we were at Don and Grace’s for tea, but with care we managed not to duplicate much of the previous week’s run. We didn’t get the ...
Cornwood
Sun, 08 Mar 1981
It was ‘orrid’ on the day we were due to go to Cornwood, with a very strong sou’west wind making the drag from Dartington to Marley Head harder than usual. A couple of miles short...
Weekend ride
14 Mar–15 Mar 1981
Inter-DA Photographic Competition 2
The next weekend was the Inter-DA Photographic, and five of us rode up to Stoke Canon for our picnic lunch. We grew to fourteen with the Luxtons, Keith, Jean and four from Plymouth for the ride to Bampton and Wiveliscombe, where we stopped for welcome and needed refreshments.
Plenty of bikes alr...
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Hope Cove
Sun, 22 Mar 1981
Destination Hope Cove on the next Sunday, but after the period of torrential rain until “getting up time” I wasn’t too surprised to find only Val and a new rider, Richard, at Five ...
Rough Stuff Event
Sun, 29 Mar 1981
Better numbers for the Rough Stuff day and a couple of gentle slopes from Bishopsteignton to the golf course and then Obelisk Hill worked up an appetite for our picnic in rather gr...
Woodland
Sun, 05 Apr 1981
A large turnout for our April afternoon run, including seven newcomers and the Section founder himself – Frank. The weather was kind and our route to Parkhill and Denbury Green wa...
Powdermills
Sun, 12 Apr 1981
Powdermills is a fairly energetic run, especially if you are going to spend time finding the Proving Canon and looking at the old workings, so by the time we had got to Holne I had...
Tour
17 Apr–20 Apr 1981
North Devon 4
It was a bright, sunny morning when four of us set off from Marldon on Good Friday. We rode through Moles Lane and Kingskerswell to Newton Abbot, and from there took the Teigngrace road towards Drum Bridges roundabout. Unfortunately Sue Webber, who had been hibernating for the winter, was already ...
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191 miles
Weekend ride
25 Apr–26 Apr 1981
CTC National AGM 2
Easter had been a superb weekend, although we did have sunburn trouble, making the contrast of the AGM weekend more dramatic. The ride up to Exeter on Saturday was rather uncomfortable with rain, sleet and then snow combining with a strong wind, and I think it hadn't improved at all when Michael, M...
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