Ride Reports

Bolberry Down
Sun, 11 Jul 1982
The ride to Bolberry Down was well attended – perhaps the nice weather brought people out. Unfortunately, however, it did not stay quite so nice all day. Ellen and Jeremy Goddard...
Decided on the Day
Wed, 14 Jul 1982
July turned out to be a good month for Torbay Section, with exams completed and the summer sun high in the sky. Seven new riders joined the ranks, and attendances averages ten on ...

Christow Common
Sun, 18 Jul 1982
Twenty people met at Bovey Tracey for the ride to Christow Common – the best turn-out this month. In fact there would have been twenty three if Dave Eyre had not turned back from ...

Crow Tor
Sun, 25 Jul 1982
Brilliant sunshine brought seventeen cyclists out to Buckfastleigh for the ride to Crow Tor. The sun shone all day and the temperatures were extremely high. We set off through Bu...

Landscove
Sun, 01 Aug 1982
The Afternoon Run of August 1st was attended by twelve members, including Nigel Presland and Paul Tiddy on their first rides. We took the lanes through Woodland and Landscove, whe...

Morwellham Quay
Sun, 01 Aug 1982
Being the first Sunday in the month meant that one of the hard rides took place on that day, this time to Morwellham Quay. There was nobody at Buckfastleigh so I continued out to ...
Wonwell Beach
Sun, 08 Aug 1982
Nine cyclists appeared at Avonwick the following week, including Paul Tiddy on his first full-day run. Due to a typing error the run had not been published in the Highwayman, whic...
Decided on the Day
Wed, 11 Aug 1982
Wednesday evening runs were quite popular again in August, with an average of ten on the rides. On 11th August we were joined by Dominic Sanders - a friend of Ian Lee, who is now ...

Posbury Clump
Sun, 15 Aug 1982
Chudleigh Bridge was the pick-up, Posbury Clump was the destination and August 15th was the date. The rain had cleared up overnight, it was 11.00 and we had to tackle that Teign V...
Decided on the Day
Wed, 18 Aug 1982
The following week, John Pope brought his friend Stephen Young along (oh no, not another Stephen!), who came out again on 25th. Also present on that ride were the father and frien...

Crazy Well Pool (SX 582704)
Sun, 22 Aug 1982
One of Claud Warren’s suggestions was the destination on 22nd August – Crazy Well Pool. When we arrived at Avonwick we were surprised if not amazed to see Jackie. She had unexpec...

Weekend ride
23 Aug–24 Aug 1982
Camping Trip 2
On the Monday night, Torbay Section had its first camping session, with six of us going to Mike’s relative’s farm at East Allington. It was great, and we are just waiting for another chance (open to the whole Section next time).
(Kevin Presland)
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