Arrived at station car park on take 2 of Sunday`s ride, cancelled the ride on Sunday due to a bad forecast, (as it turned out it was a nice day) for a promised sunny day on Tuesday. To be greeted by Graham B. & Dave on a dull day with promise of rain, seems Larry chickened out & Andy was having his garage rewired. Standing by Graham`s car the heavens opened up with torrential rain, so we took shelter in the back of Graham`s car watching it bouncing off the tarmac. When it finally stopped we took stock & Dave decided to hit it on the head, was worried about the slippy conditions with his narrow tyres and recent falls & return home. Myself & Graham with more sensible bikes & with the hint of blue in the sky, decided to give it a go & headed for South Brent. We made our way there via Aish & Lutton then up to Bloodypool Cross, then the back lanes to Buckfastleigh.
I was hoping to make our first coffee stop at Salmons Leap cafe, but on arrival found it closed. So it was plan `B` and headed for the garden centre at Landscove via Pridhamsleigh. Been meaning to stop here on other occasions but have always passed it on winter months when it was closed. It turned out to be a lovely and welcoming cafe with lots of cake on offer,( Larry you don`t know what you missed ) Graham and I thought it rude not to partake, and where given two huge portions of Apple & Ginger cake. We decided to sit inside because we noticed a black cloud looming, a good decision because the heavens opened up again.
From Ivybridge we had had a dry ride with the occasional sunny periods making it quite pleasant. We had an extended stay in the cafe waiting for the rain to stop before setting off again heading for Ben`s farm shop, passing a road cyclist thoroughly soaked.
Arriving at Ben`s farm shop we thought it to soon to stop again having not digested the cake from the last stop & carried on towards Rattery. We bypassed this on some quieter lanes having only so far caught only the odd shower and nothing to heavy, and headed for South Brent. Here we stopped at the new cafe for our second stop for refreshments, relaxing inside on some comfortable arm chairs surrounded by Railway memorabilia. Graham noticed they had washable face masks for sale, but at £15 each, we decided not to bother.
Then it was the final leg back to the station car park after a very pleasant ride, having missed the heavy rain, first in Grahams car, then in the cafe at Landscove. There was 33.8 miles on my machine when I got back home.
Trevor
I was hoping to make our first coffee stop at Salmons Leap cafe, but on arrival found it closed. So it was plan `B` and headed for the garden centre at Landscove via Pridhamsleigh. Been meaning to stop here on other occasions but have always passed it on winter months when it was closed. It turned out to be a lovely and welcoming cafe with lots of cake on offer,( Larry you don`t know what you missed ) Graham and I thought it rude not to partake, and where given two huge portions of Apple & Ginger cake. We decided to sit inside because we noticed a black cloud looming, a good decision because the heavens opened up again.
From Ivybridge we had had a dry ride with the occasional sunny periods making it quite pleasant. We had an extended stay in the cafe waiting for the rain to stop before setting off again heading for Ben`s farm shop, passing a road cyclist thoroughly soaked.
Arriving at Ben`s farm shop we thought it to soon to stop again having not digested the cake from the last stop & carried on towards Rattery. We bypassed this on some quieter lanes having only so far caught only the odd shower and nothing to heavy, and headed for South Brent. Here we stopped at the new cafe for our second stop for refreshments, relaxing inside on some comfortable arm chairs surrounded by Railway memorabilia. Graham noticed they had washable face masks for sale, but at £15 each, we decided not to bother.
Then it was the final leg back to the station car park after a very pleasant ride, having missed the heavy rain, first in Grahams car, then in the cafe at Landscove. There was 33.8 miles on my machine when I got back home.
Trevor
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