Ride Reports
North Devon and Cornwall
Fri, 13 Apr 1979
Three of us went on the Easter Tour to Cornwall and really enjoyed ourselves. With glorious weather throughout the tour we could appreciate the great beauty of the coast of North ...
Oldridge
Sun, 22 Apr 1979
We had a fair amount of sunshine for a ride up the Teign Valley on our way to Oldridge. We had a very pleasant picnic lunch near Kingsford before climbing up towards Holcombe Burn...
Weekend ride
28 Apr–29 Apr 1979
Exeter 2
The next weekend was our Exeter trip, when we enjoyed the hospitality of the B-Section. Saturday evening was taken up with a magnificent meal at Liz and Robert’s at Exminster.
(Colin Brierly)
[The attendance list for this ride is incomplete, and sadly no attendance records were kept for this ...
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Littlehempston
Sun, 06 May 1979
It was nice to see Frank out of his hibernation on our May afternoon run, as well as, of course, the other folk who came out. The weather was kind to us and the countryside was al...
Penquit
Sun, 13 May 1979
We had put Penquit in as a run on April 8th when, of course, the Rough Stuff event took place, so we put it in again for May 18th and this time had a good turnout for a ride that i...
BCTC Competition
Sun, 20 May 1979
Only three Torbay members managed to ride the BCTC heat, although a few others helped with marshalling. The route was a nice change from our normal Sunday fare and the event very ...
Weekend ride
26 May–28 May 1979
Boundary Ride 3
Four Torbay members completed the Boundary Ride, including Charles Brown from near Hatherleigh who met us at Aveton Gifford on our first damp section of the ride. Thanks to umpteen diversions and blocked roads at Lopwell Dam, and a puncture, we were late arriving at Tavistock youth hostel but the w...
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Ide
Sun, 03 Jun 1979
We’ve had lots of new faces appearing in June with 17 out on the afternoon run, including Liz Rutler from Chudleigh and Peter Ford from Torquay who has previously ridden with us. ...
Buckland Beacon
Sun, 10 Jun 1979
On the following week’s run to Buckland Beacon we were joined by Carl Jeffereys and Mike Wreaford from Torquay, and Antony House and Peter Adams from Ashburton and Holne respective...
Bigbury
Sun, 17 Jun 1979
Eleven were out on the run to Bigbury, including another lad from Ashburton, John Stuart, along with the other two whom we met at Totnes. Don Cockman and Frank joined us for the m...
Kenn Valley
Sun, 24 Jun 1979
(No report written for this ride)
[The attendance list for this ride is incomplete, and sadly no attendance records were kept for this period]
Coffinswell
Sun, 01 Jul 1979
On July 1st we had a pleasant afternoon run through Kingskerswell and Coffinswell, then on to Combe-in-Teignhead and back through Barton.
There were two new girls out – Kate, wh...