Ride Reports
Challacombe Down
Sun, 23 Oct 1983
Very different weather for a trip on the moors on the 23rd October, and nice to have Mike Bowden join us for a change. Only John Stuart at Bickington, although we expected Thomas ...
Holbeton
Sun, 30 Oct 1983
A frosty Sunday 30th saw Fred, Ben, Richard Wiseman, moi and a tandemised Colin and Jean set out from Five Lanes and a swish through Totnes onto the B-road for Avonwock. What a su...
Haccombe
Sun, 06 Nov 1983
I expected hoards out on the November afternoon run, but we were still only eight, including one newcomer to the clan. I was a little apprehensive of taking Graham down the track ...
Exeter YH (DA AGM)
Sat, 12 Nov 1983
Report to follow
[The attendance list for this event is currently incomplete]
Topsham Bridge
Sun, 20 Nov 1983
Five of us set off on a cold morning towards Topsham Bridge. By Berry Pomeroy, Richard Wiseman had lost his scarf, Mike Ward had caught us and Richard Read had a puncture. After f...
Blackadon Tor
Sun, 27 Nov 1983
27th November and Richard Wiseman and I headed into the warm drizzle towards the Jones’ Buckfastleigh estate. Nice to see Mr and Mrs Downie. Various assorted damp cyclists began ...
Decided on the Day
Sun, 04 Dec 1983
Sadly, no report was written for this ride.
[The attendance list for this event is currently incomplete]
Spinsters Rock
Sun, 11 Dec 1983
The weather forecast for Sunday 11th December was not promising for our run to Spinsters Rock, but four of us left Five Lanes and swept through Compton and over the hump to Newton ...
"Don's Dinner", Dawlish
Sun, 18 Dec 1983
Not the anticipated large turnout for our Christmas Lunch run, the weather not being very encouraging and the forecast even less so. A number of the expected faces were missing, a...
Optional Christmas Run
Sun, 25 Dec 1983
No report was written for this ride, so it probably never happened.
Woodland
Sun, 01 Jan 1984
New Year’s Day saw eleven windswept riders arrive at Five Lanes. There followed a cautious ride towards Ipplepen, the road being covered in compressed shiny mud making braking fai...
Hallsands
Sun, 08 Jan 1984
Four cyclists left Five Lanes on a bright and crisp January 8th and we doubled our numbers in Totnes with the addition of Mike Bowden and “Bewhiskered” Benstead – and Phil and Matt...