Ride Reports
Shipley Bridge
Sun, 04 Mar 1990
13 mi
A delightful, well-attended ride which took us up to the Avon Dam and over the moor to Cross Furzes. As usual, the new riders performed well.
Berry Head Park
Sun, 04 Mar 1990
We were soon speeding through the lanes via Westerland to the Blagdon road and thence over the Totnes road and on towards Stoke Gabriel. Ken had broken the habits of a lifetime an...
Cycling Proficiency
Fri, 09 Mar 1990
Paignton members have now sealed the fate of Paignton socials, which will be reduced from 33% to 15% next season! We all agreed that Dave Humphreys should be a stand-up mime enter...
Weekend ride
10 Mar–11 Mar 1990
Maypool Youth Hostel 2
We took the usual route through Totnes, up Parliament Hill and into Galmpton. Arriving at the hostel we met Ken's enormous family and five members of Plymouth Section. The wardens kindly allowed us to play our usual noisy and energetic game of Crazy Post, and we showed our appreciation by contenti...
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41 miles
1115 m
1110 m
Cyclex Trip
Sat, 17 Mar 1990
This rail-assisted day trip to the Cyclex exhibition in London was great fun for all who took part, although the touring cyclists in the group were rather dismayed at the predomina...
Hansel Mill
Sun, 18 Mar 1990
Today's route took us through Totnes, Harbertonford, Moreleigh, Slapton (a change of plan, because we didn't make it there last week), Strete, and Tuckenhay. Dave Humphreys' made ...
Grand Social
Fri, 23 Mar 1990
This has to be the best social we have ever organised. We hired a section of the recently-constructed Buckfast Community Centre and made full use of the pool table, table tennis t...
Lustleigh Cleave
Sun, 25 Mar 1990
This was not an easy decision for Michael. Martin Rushworth lay face-down on the ground, his limbs splayed out awkwardly. For the fifth time Michael had asked him to try to move ...
Fishacre Barton
Sun, 01 Apr 1990
The weather today was perfect in every respect. Maureen found it a bit too hard on Weston Hill so she headed home while the rest of us continued along the riverside track to Stave...
Red Post
Wed, 04 Apr 1990
All present seemed happy with an energetic ride (including Lee and Martin who had ridden out from Newton Abbot), so Dave drove us at a fast pace through to Ipplepen. Sadly the caf...
Spitchwick
Fri, 06 Apr 1990
The first Buckfastleigh evening ride of the new season got off to a shaky start when Michael's Romany (ridden by Neil) became unridable near Buckfast. Closer inspection revealed t...
Burrator Reservoir
Sun, 08 Apr 1990
46 mi
1090 m
1090 m
This energetic grade 3 ride attracted a good turnout, including Alan Skinner and Phillip Harler who coped very well with the fast pace despite their tender years.
An unusually f...