Ride Reports

Snowdonia 8
Torbay Section have for the past two years run special junior tours over the August Bank Holiday, and this year was no exception. There were one or two small changes β eight days instead of five, North Wales instead of South β but most importantly there were seventeen instead of ten. Just for the ...
Exeter Ship Canal
On the last Sunday in August most of the juniors were away on the Snowdonia tour, so there were only four out for the run to Exeter Ship Canal (Dave Eyre went home early). They to...
Ipplepen
The evening ride of 1 September saw seven ride to Ipplepen β a good turnout considering that seventeen of the Section were away. They took a circuit beyond Denbury to the Ogwells,...
Ipplepen
The Afternoon Run was again to Ipplepen and Denbury, with Frank making numbers up to seven.
(Michael Jones)
Tourist Trials, 100 in 8 and untimed 100
Meanwhile the 100 mile Tourist Trials were taking place. Only Robert Spence entered the 100 in 8, but five were on the untimed 100. Robert rode on, but Colin, Frances, Paul Kerr ...
Kingskerswell
The next evening run, to Kingskerswell, saw Ian Leeβs mother out for her first time. It was soon dark and the lights across the river made a delightful view as we descended from W...

Maceley Cove (SX 768356)
Maceley Cove was the destination on 12 September, and surely it must have been the best ride of the month? Fifteen gathered at the Totnes pickup, including Kevinβs brother Nigel b...
Staverton
Neil Pena surprised us all that Wednesday evening by turning out again after a lapse of several months. Heβd been on holiday of course, and we were pleased to see him again. He l...
Fernworthy Reservoir
On the 19th we were supposed to be going to Fernworthy. All seemed to go well at first, with a massive turnout of nineteen meeting at Bovey, Matthew had just come to show us he w...
Stoke Gabriel
Our fourth evening ride of the month began in semi-darkness. Six of us made our way through the lanes to Stoke Gabriel and back around to Maypool youth hostel for light refreshmen...
Tourist Trials 50 in 4 or 100km untimed
The last Sunday run of the month was obliterated by the second round of Tourist Trials, this time the β50 in 4β event. There were nine entrants at the pickup point, Ian Crockford ...
Coffinswell
And that brings us to the last evening run of the season. There were only five of us out on that cold, dark evening. As the weather was so cold, and as it was the end of the seas...