I’ve heard it many time before, but there seemed to be more justification than usual for “You must be mad to go out on a day like this”, because it had poured all morning and showed no real sign of stopping as time for the Afternoon Run start drew near. Quite a lot of other refugees from mental institutions at Five Lanes, however, when I arrived, and after a certain amount of delay deciding what to do, we headed towards Ipplepen as a fairly central dispersal point for Buckfast, Newton and Torbay.

A little more delay at Ipplepen with Kevin having added one more to his puncture score – or even, score of punctures – but we did decide that we would risk taking off our capes by the time he was mobile again. We continued out a mile or two beyond Broadhempston before looping back to Denbury and taking our diverse directions home.

(Colin Brierly)

Michael had received his new Mercian frame today.

(Kevin Presland, diary extract)