Ride Reports
Pixies Cave, Dartmeet
Sun, 29 Nov 1981
The beautiful sunny weather on the 29th brought nine cyclists out to Bickington, although Colin Downie left us before lunchtime. It was good to see Robert Downie out for his first...
Devon DA Annual Dinner
Sat, 05 Dec 1981
The Annual Dinner provides a great opportunity to meet up with fellow members across the DA, and this year's event at the Trecarn Hotel, Torquay was no exception. Personally I wou...
Berry Pomeroy
Sun, 06 Dec 1981
We didn’t quite get a white Christmas in Devon this year, but there was plenty of cold weather around to keep Torbay Section shivering throughout most of December.
Getting the m...
Dittisham
Sun, 13 Dec 1981
Dittisham was the destination on 13 December, but I don’t think even Mark Morton through we’d see the riverside village that day when he eventually woke up and looked out of his wi...
Christmas Lunch Ride, Cockwood
Sun, 20 Dec 1981
And so it was that Old Father Time brought us to December 20th and our Christmas Cheer run. It was hard to work up even a smile after the previous week’s weather, but I was hopefu...
Christmas Party, Exeter Clubroom
Wed, 23 Dec 1981
No report was written on this event at the time, but Torbay Section members drove up to the Exeter Clubroom to join in with their annual Chrsitmas Party. Many thanks to the organi...
Fingle Bridge
Sun, 27 Dec 1981
The last run of 1981 was marked up on the Runs List as Fingle Bridge. All things were indeed bright and beautiful that morning, and we enjoyed a lovely ride along the road from Bo...
East Ogwell
Sun, 03 Jan 1982
What a month for Torbay Section: Record-breaking turnouts, new faces and press coverage in three local papers. And all this in January, a traditionally quiet month. Well, well w...
Charleton
Sun, 10 Jan 1982
Snow and ice had made South Devon a very treacherous place today, and no-one ventured out.
(Michael Jones)
[The attendance list for this event is currently incomplete]
Ten Commandments Stone
Sun, 17 Jan 1982
On a very misty 17th, sixteen members attended to inspect the markings on the Ten Commandments Stone near Buckland-in-the-Moor, including a new 14-year-old, Robert Leeke, from Totn...
Glazebrook
Sun, 24 Jan 1982
Yet another foggy day on the 24th for our trip to Glazebrook. Twelve were out, including yet another new member, Colin Downer of Totnes who had come with Robert Leeke. Iris cheer...
Kenn Valley
Sun, 31 Jan 1982
Things were a little more energetic the following week. Seventeen riders took part in all, including – wait for it – yet another new rider, 16-year-old Andrew Giles from Ideford C...