Ride Reports
Broadhempston
Sun, 07 Feb 1982
I’ve heard it many time before, but there seemed to be more justification than usual for “You must be mad to go out on a day like this”, because it had poured all morning and showe...
Weekend ride
13 Feb–14 Feb 1982
Maypool YH Valentine Party 2
Twenty five lads and lassies rode down to Maypool youth hostel on Saturday 13th February, using the coast route. Iris and I drove down later in the day to attend the St Valentines Party held at the hostel.
It’s a long time since we visited what I think is one of the nicest hostels in the region....
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Whitestone (SX866936)
Sun, 14 Feb 1982
The morning after the very successful Maypool Party we had anticipated being joined by the Exeter Sections, but they decided that the combination of warm sun and seaside was too go...
Topsham Bridge
Sun, 21 Feb 1982
Not so nice the next Sunday, when Topsham Bridge was the destination – no, not the one where the devil hangs out in Ken and Iris’s parish, but on the river Avon, downstream from Ga...
Scoriton Down
Sun, 28 Feb 1982
Rain again the next week – that sort of heavy drizzle combined with a strong wind that soaks you before you decide it’s not worth caping up for. An unexpectedly large turnout (15)...
Dawlish
Sun, 07 Mar 1982
There were about twenty out on the March Afternoon Run, and with Don and Grace’s at Dawlish for tea, the general direction was fixed. There was more traffic than expected on the H...
Weekend ride
13 Mar–14 Mar 1982
Inter-DA Photographic Competition 2
We had a good though rather hard trip to Crowcombe, with a gentle but unfriendly breeze on the way up and a downright antagonistic wind on the way back!
This year the competition was extended to include Southampton DA as an addition to the existing Bristol, Wessex and Devon Das. Rules were also...
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Dittisham
Sun, 14 Mar 1982
Eight of us met in Totnes for the Great Alternative Bike Ride on a dry but windy morning, and promptly set off up the Mount. We dropped down to Bow Bridge and rode along the lovel...
Lustleigh Cleave
Sun, 21 Mar 1982
Decidedly damp again the next week, and in such conditions Drum Bridges is not the best of meeting points. Marldon folk were there first, and when the Totnes/Buckfast group turned...
Teign-e-ver (SX653868)
Sun, 28 Mar 1982
Things were very different for our Teign-e-ver run at the end of the month, with warm sunshine and a large turnout for a fairly energetic run. We were pleased to see another new r...
Ipplepen
Sun, 04 Apr 1982
The Rough Stuff competition was held this year on the first Sunday in April, which unfortunately clashed with our widely-publicised Afternoon Ride. Dave Eyre solved the problem, h...
Rough Stuff Event
Sun, 04 Apr 1982
The Rough Stuff was well-supported by Torbay, with sixteen members riding out to Haldon in the morning. When lunch had been eaten in the glade, ten of our number decided to brave ...