To begin at the beginning – of 1981 – our Afternoon Run today was blessed with good numbers and winter sunshine. On our way through Compton a few of us in the front of the bunch spotted a kingfisher flying low over the stream – not the first time I’ve seen one there. A couple of strolls for the more leisurely and the trying of new equipment for some on hills before and after Abbotskerswell, and then a lane route, past the lovely old farmhouse at Dornafield. At Ipplepen the Buckfast folks headed towards Ashburton and we wandered through Combe Fishacre back to Marldon.

(Written by Colin Brierly)