Ride Reports
Tour
28 Aug–04 Sep 1982
Snowdonia 8
Torbay Section have for the past two years run special junior tours over the August Bank Holiday, and this year was no exception. There were one or two small changes – eight days instead of five, North Wales instead of South – but most importantly there were seventeen instead of ten. Just for the ...
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160 miles
Exeter Ship Canal
Sun, 29 Aug 1982
On the last Sunday in August most of the juniors were away on the Snowdonia tour, so there were only four out for the run to Exeter Ship Canal (Dave Eyre went home early). They to...
Ipplepen
Wed, 01 Sep 1982
The evening ride of 1 September saw seven ride to Ipplepen – a good turnout considering that seventeen of the Section were away. They took a circuit beyond Denbury to the Ogwells,...
Ipplepen
Sun, 05 Sep 1982
The Afternoon Run was again to Ipplepen and Denbury, with Frank making numbers up to seven.
(Michael Jones)
Tourist Trials, 100 in 8 and untimed 100
Sun, 05 Sep 1982
Meanwhile the 100 mile Tourist Trials were taking place. Only Robert Spence entered the 100 in 8, but five were on the untimed 100. Robert rode on, but Colin, Frances, Paul Kerr ...
Kingskerswell
Wed, 08 Sep 1982
The next evening run, to Kingskerswell, saw Ian Lee’s mother out for her first time. It was soon dark and the lights across the river made a delightful view as we descended from W...
Maceley Cove (SX 768356)
Sun, 12 Sep 1982
Maceley Cove was the destination on 12 September, and surely it must have been the best ride of the month? Fifteen gathered at the Totnes pickup, including Kevin’s brother Nigel b...
Staverton
Wed, 15 Sep 1982
Neil Pena surprised us all that Wednesday evening by turning out again after a lapse of several months. He’d been on holiday of course, and we were pleased to see him again. He l...
Fernworthy Reservoir
Sun, 19 Sep 1982
On the 19th we were supposed to be going to Fernworthy. All seemed to go well at first, with a massive turnout of nineteen meeting at Bovey, Matthew had just come to show us he w...
Stoke Gabriel
Wed, 22 Sep 1982
Our fourth evening ride of the month began in semi-darkness. Six of us made our way through the lanes to Stoke Gabriel and back around to Maypool youth hostel for light refreshmen...
Tourist Trials 50 in 4 or 100km untimed
Sun, 26 Sep 1982
The last Sunday run of the month was obliterated by the second round of Tourist Trials, this time the “50 in 4” event. There were nine entrants at the pickup point, Ian Crockford ...
Coffinswell
Wed, 29 Sep 1982
And that brings us to the last evening run of the season. There were only five of us out on that cold, dark evening. As the weather was so cold, and as it was the end of the seas...