On the 10th of March, Great Fulford was chosen as a destination because the map indicates it a Non-Roman antiquity, an old farm manor house to be precise. Anyway, our large numbers invaded the café at Lustleigh for coffee etc after the very fine ride out from the pick-up. Latest Sanyo (dynamo) anecdote is Richard’s dangling by the wires underneath his chain stays, the bolt having sheared.

With elevenses in our tums, we staggered up the hill from Lustleigh to the ridge road, and swept along, way up above North Bovey, eventually to drop to Moretonhampstead for lunch in the park, an some very bad behaviour on the swings and roundabouts!

Back on the road, and after a very stiff climb up past Coombe Court we had a couple of invalids, so over Mardon Down and on to the B3212 for the well-wooded descent to Steps Bridge where we did not stop for tea. The weather had threatened to turn nasty, but we outrode it down the Teign Valley and did ride up the hill into Chudleigh just to have a cuppa there.

Between Chudleigh Knighton and Newton Abbot we seemed to split into small groups as the Buckfastleigh Brigade went their way and the Torbay folk headed for home. Stephen from Dawlish has been working hard to introduce more people from that area to ride with us. Devon DA Rules OK!

(Robert Spence)

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