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We used the riverside path again to skirt around to the park where we stopped once again for tennis ball and frisbee fun.  We then took a different route home via Fursdon from where the farm track offered some challenging downhill fun.

Adam's friend Arthur made a welcome first appearance at the club tonight for our first evening ride of the season.  Everyone had lights so we started with fast ride to Ashburton and out to Belford Mill, returning via the woodland track and a devious route around Druid.  The final ride home along the old Ashburton road was in total darkness, reminding us of just how much fun evening rides can be.  Hopefully our two younger members will be able to get lights sorted in time for next week's ride.

The second big climb of the morning was the hill to Buckland, but everyone coped well with it.  Today it was Connor who first discovered the words "My Dear" on the clock face, although nobody seemed able to read the word "Mother" just below it.  A short climb brought us to the top of Ausewell hill from where we enjoyed an excellent downhill back to Ashburton and home.

For our final social the idea of a cinema trip didn't quite get off the ground as some weren't able to stay later than the usual 10pm finish, so we concluded our social season with a repeat of last week's social - a mix of computer games and a supermarket trip.

From Staverton village we took the lane to Landscove, pausing along the way to oil a few squeaking chains.  Callum needed encouragement to push himself up the climb towards Penn, and since he was very thirsty Michael found that waving a water bottle at him from the top of the hill helped him find energy he didn't know he had!  The downhill woodland track to Lower Combe made the climb all worthwhile, concluding a very enjoyable Spring morning ride.

Once again our youngsters wanted more than ever to play games on the PC network, but there was enough enthusiasm for a trip out to get a visit to Tesco in the final hour.

The group by the river Avon near Shipley Bridge	The group by the river Avon near Shipley Bridge
Avon reservoir	Offroad fun on the Abbots Way

There was much to see on the moor today, with wildlife everywhere and a magnificent reflection off the surface of the reservoir:  Connor, our newest rider, didn't miss any of it.  The track behind the reservoir led us up the hill to the magnificent view across South Devon, and then we set about enjoying the fabulous downhill back to Cross Furzes.  Ash took a tumble along the way but the ground was soft so there was no harm done.  When everyone had climbed the old tree near the ford we took the long downhill back to Buckfastleigh for a well-earned games social.  A car was despatched to collect Zac, who rejoined the group shortly after 2pm.

The suggestion of badminton didn't get universal appreciation this evening, so we arranged a computer games evening followed by a short but noisy music quiz at the end, where the movie themes round attracted a lot of correct answers from our knowledgable members.

On the rough descent to the river Conner B, who had not done an offroad ride with us before, could be heard shouting "I . .don't .. want .. to ... die .. yet ..", so he was clearly enjoying the fun.  Callum F's fun came to an abrupt halt however when he picked up a pinch puncture on a particularly rocky section of the track.  A spare tube ensured a speedy repair, and we concluded our ride with the riverside track back to the car park, where Zac finally met up with us at 12.30.

Everyone enjoyed this evening's games evening, especially the second half when we began trials of a new network game.

Tonight, after smelling the pizza many times on our visits to Barbican Leisure Centre, we finally managed to organise a social to Pizza Hut.  We played pool while waiting for a table for seven, which finally became available at 8.20.   There was only really time for a single course: Zac and Callum chose pizza but everyone else chose desserts as they had already had some food at home.  Callum O'Brien managed to visit the ice-cream factory four times before admitting he wouldn't quite make his planned twenty visits!  We topped off a very enjoyable evening with a quick visit to Tesco at Lee Mill.

Everyone played their own choice of games during this evening's enjoyable social.  To round off the evening we visited Tesco at Lee Mill during the final hour: Brodie couldn't at first see the point in going there if he didn't need to buy anything, but he soon joined in with the spirit of the evening in which everyone found something interesting that was reduced or otherwise excellently priced.

Highlight of our games evening was an epic Lord of the Rings battle where Brodie, Neil and Michael challenged Ash, Callum and Zac.  The former team were victorious on this occasion, and Brodie learned many new tricks of the game.

Everyone has saved their pennies for this rather expensive night out at Plymouth.  An hour-long game ended with Callum fluking second place with 112, closely followed by Neil, Ash, Zac and Ryan.  There was time to call in to Tesco on the way home for those who wanted some bargain snacks.

None of the youngsters could agree on which of the many videos on offer would be best for the evening's entertainment, so they played computer games while they thought about it and ended up not watching a video at all!  We finished with some practice games on Lord of the Rings to help Brodie learn the basics of the game.

Our initial plans for Pool and Asda at Plymouth morphed into our more usual Pool and Tesco, but after several good games of Pool and some good discounts at Tesco everyone had an enjoyable evening - especially Callum who always loves a trip out.

We had a lot of fun with our Music Quiz tonight, with Michael asking questions about the top selling singles from 2010 and 2009 as well as Neil doing a round of his own favourite tracks.  There was a TV themes round as well, just for Callum. 

For the first social of the new year we organised a games evening, starting with Lord of the Rings and finishing with Call of Duty.

Callum couldn't get down because of the snow and Zac couldn't walk up because of the snow (he is on cruches), so the social was cancelled this evening.

Callum got his wish again tonight - bowling at Plymouth.  Zac had his foot in plaster so had to watch the game, but he was able to join in with the games of Pool afterwards.  We concluded the evening with our customary visit to Tesco at Lee Mill.

Our plans to ride to River Dart Country Park were abandoned in favour of the Hembury Woods tracks by popular request.  We took the left turn at the top which brought us to a choice of wooded glades.   For a change we took the middle path which brought us to a fun, leaf-covered downhill track that brought us eventually to the river.  Jack, as always, took the path very cautiously, trying to avoid the hidden stones and potholes that lived under the leaves.  We concluded an excellent morning ride with the riverside track back to the car park.

Zac suggested a game of Risk this evening and for once Callum went along with the idea.  We had a great game, although Callum's frequent attacks on his teammate's territories didn't improve their chance of success.  We finished the game by 9.20 and concluded the evening with some computer games.