Ride Reports
Stover Lake
Sun, 01 Apr 1984
Nine turned up at Five Lanes for the Afternoon Run including the “Burrows Brothers” – Matthew and Martin – and Sue Shepley making her 1984 debut.
After a gentle run through the ...
South Zeal
Sun, 01 Apr 1984
No fools out on April 1st, well only the two who went off on the hard run in the morning snow!
(Graham Brodie)
[We have been unable to find attendance records for this period...
Lannacombe Beach
Sun, 08 Apr 1984
Yet another good attendance for April 8th, but of course with me as leader, this is not surprising!
The “emergency rations” shop in Totnes was empty; thankfully we were all full...
Cotley Castle
Sun, 15 Apr 1984
The run to Cotley Castle on 15th April turned out to be very memorable. It was well attended, full of incidents, but best of all for me, was one of those rare days when the views ...
Tour
20 Apr–23 Apr 1984
Cotswolds 4
No problem from British Rail on this tour, our 8.14 train on Good Friday morning got eleven of us swiftly up to Cheltenham. Without further ado we rode up to Cleeve Hill for a nibble and the view, then plummeted down into Winchcombe followed by a meander back to Cheltenham for “eats” at Richard’s M...
👥 12
68 miles
860 m
Widecombe
Sun, 22 Apr 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]
Blackawton
Sun, 29 Apr 1984
Sunday 29th April, in addition to being the date of our ride to Blackawton, was also the day chosen for Torbay’s St George’s Day parade. Most of our regulars were involved, and so...
DA Rough Stuff Event
Sun, 06 May 1984
The event this year took the form of a conducted tour of green lanes in the Beggars Bush to Ideford area of Haldon. The weather was kinder than on previous occasions, being dry an...
Invitation Run
Sun, 13 May 1984
May 13th was our Invitation Ride arranged to coincide with National Bike Week. The Burrows family were out in force, Michael Jones joined us from Buckfastleigh and we were joined ...
Noss Mayo
Sun, 20 May 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]
Drewsteignton
Sun, 27 May 1984
The run on the 27th May should have been to Drewsteignton, led by myself, however it didn’t quite turn out that way. At ten past ten when I was about to leave home the heavens ope...
Kingswear
Wed, 30 May 1984
On 30th May six of us met at Five Lanes and set off at a great pace down over Kings Ash Hill and along the ring road at Churston. We then climbed gently up the drag to Hillhead an...