Ride Reports
North Bovey
Sun, 15 Jan 1984
Only four of us out on my run to North Bovey, and no doubt many of my “friends” would say “What do you expect when you’re down to lead?”. But I claim that it was because of the sn...
Avon Dam
Sun, 22 Jan 1984
The weather provided great variety on January 22nd for the Torbay stalwarts visit to the Avon Dam. A fast run down the old A385 to Marley Head and the climb over Brent Hill were t...
Hope Cove
Sun, 29 Jan 1984
My ride to Hope Cove at the end of January looked a little daunting, which is probably why Matthew was the only young rider out. It was very pleasing to see Michael Jones waiting f...
Decided on the Day
Sun, 05 Feb 1984
Sadly, no report was written for this ride at the time.
[We have been unable to find attendance records for this period, so the attendance list for this event is incomplete]
Fernworthy
Sun, 12 Feb 1984
Sadly, no report was written for this ride at the time.
[We have been unable to find attendance records for this period, so the attendance list for this event is incomplete]
Tinners' Hut
Sun, 19 Feb 1984
The Tinners’ Hut run was supported by fourteen hardy souls, four of them riding up from Plymouth to our pick-up at Avonwick. Up the hill we went to enjoy the ridge road and the dr...
Doddiscombsleigh
Sun, 26 Feb 1984
The morning of Sunday 26th February was fresh with a few light flurries of snow. We moved off to Newton Abbot with newcomers Chris of Paignton and Simon Warner of Marldon. Domini...
Cockington
Sun, 04 Mar 1984
Eighteen people took off on the March afternoon run, but with the weather so warm and still, who could blame them. Colin took us through Cockington, then past all the Moles Lane t...
Crowcombe YH
Sat, 10 Mar 1984
Only Torbay Section to show the flag of Devon DA support at the Inter-DA Photographic Competition at Crowcombe – well maybe Kevin is 25% Plymouth.
An uneventful ride up, solo fo...
Widecombe
Sun, 11 Mar 1984
First class weather all day for March 11th and our run over Dartmoor. The pick-up was at Bickington and we went to Buckfastleigh (sorry John) where Phil and Christine Burrows extr...
Exeter Canal
Sun, 18 Mar 1984
The usual panic in getting “grub” and the tandem ready for Phil’s Exeter Canal run meant that we were going to be even later than usual at Five Lanes. In the end Jean popped up in...
Burrator
Sun, 25 Mar 1984
Sadly, no report was written for this ride at the time.
[We have been unable to find attendance records for this period, so the attendance list for this event is incomplete]