Dartmoor is always fascinating to look at, even if you can only see little bits of it through mist or rain, but never more so than on a bright sunny day when it is covered with several inches of snow as it was for our Hamel Down run in mid-March.

Roads were fairly clear, although a watchful eye had to be kept for patches of ice, and we were soon getting warmed up with the long climbs from Bovey to Becky Falls.

By the time we got to Beetor Cross, food was called for and a nice bank in the sun and out of the breeze proved ideal for keeping warm while eating and then getting cold whilst snowballing. Inner men satisfied and honour ditto in the snowball war, we carried on around to Grimspound before conferring on the next actions.

I decided that cycling shoes were not the best of footwear for trudging through several inches of snow, but all the rest decided to give it a try and headed up onto the moor while I wandered towards Cold East Cross and home.

(Colin Brierly)

[We have been unable to find attendance records for this period, so the attendance list for this event is incomplete]