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Graham John - Woolston Green, Sunday 22 November 2015

22/11/2015

 
On this cold but mercifully bright November day after so much rain, the following were at the start: Bryan Richardson, Sue Etheridge, John Durham, David Newman and Nycci, Graham Black, Mike Willacy and Graham John. We met up with Trevor Bradshaw and Ted Greenberry at the Hunting Lodge.

Bryan said that Anna has received the all clear from Derriford and we are looking forward to seeing her out on club runs again soon.
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Nothing went to plan today. In view of the shortened daylight hours we curtailed the route, making Woolston Green our destination rather than Beasands. Not reading the runs list properly I changed the coffee stop inadvertently to Wrangaton, which in any case was a better choice since Ted and Trevor live on Endsleigh's door stop. 

We headed out through Ivybridge via the back Ermington lane. At Wrangaton Mike, Sue and Bryan left us. We headed on to South Brent, up Hillside and to Buckfastleigh, where Nycci and Dave left us. We took the first right on the Ashburton road and laboured up a very steep hill.  We bypassed Woolston Green, which we could - to our credit - see over the hedges, and headed straight for our second coffee stop at Staverton Garden Centre. To our surprise it had started to rain and we were ready for a good soaking on our way back to Ivybridge and Plympton. Fortunately the weather brightened up after a bit and we made our way back to Plympton via Rattery, Harbertonford and South Brent.

The route involved a number of serious climbs which slowed the pace down in places. Altogether it was another fantastic social ride - just short of 50 miles by the time I got back to Plympton.

Many thanks to all of you who turned out today.

Report by Graham John

Graham Black - Minions, Sunday 15 November 2015

17/11/2015

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It was a drizzly grey day when I arrived at the Torpoint and Trevor appeared soon after and I thought that we were it but at the last minute Mike arrived and now making it three.

Arriving in Cornwall we made our way via St Germans, Merrymeet and on towards the Minions and the Farm Shop nearby for coffee, cake and warmth, so when we were fueled we noticed the weather had taken a turn for the worst and this influenced our decision to make a bolt for home via Pengover Green but not before stopping at Elliot Pub in St Germans to give them some trade!
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Now rested we made the final leg of the journey back to the ferry now by which time it was dark and we needed to put our lights on which is a sign that winter has arrived.

Trevor Bradshaw
Mike Willacy
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Dave Newman - Plusha 1st November 2015

3/11/2015

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 The weather helped, of course, but there was an excellent turn-out at a Tamar Bridge start. I set off with Grahams B and R, John D, Trevor, Andy E and Mike up through Saltash where we picked up Larry at Burraton Cross. It was the usual route from Hatt to Amy Tree where, instead of turning right towards Kit Hill, we headed straight on down Axford Hill and then up the long climb to Callington (St. Germans Rd) We met John O'Rourke at the Fire station as we headed through the lanes via Maders, South Hill and Linkinhorne to join up with the B2537 just SE of Coad's Green. We then raised the tempo a little as the coffee stop beckoned. The 'Subway' at Plusha was an interesting choice but proved very popular on account of it's good value. Although our 'fine dining' 
expert commented upon the absence of cutlery and crockery! (I bet it'll be some Christmas Dinner!)

After the usual banter we said Goodbye to Mike and proceeded on through Trevague and Five Lanes to out destination at Altarnun where we ate our packed lunch between the splendid church and pretty pack horse bridge. It was glorious and it seemed somehow to heighten our conviviality during the rest of the ride, which incidentally  followed Graham's Tamar 100 route for the next three miles as far as the ridge route which runs from W to E towards the attractive little village of Polyphant. We examined the three plastic fresians on the green and then traversed the busy A30 to Lewannick. South from the village we took the right fork and crossed the B3257 ( Larry spotted what I was up to !) in order to sample the pretty lanes along the banks of the infant Lynher and the edge of Bodmin Moor visiting the settlements of Trevadlock, Trebartha, North Hill and 
Bathpool before heading back to the aforementioned B3257 Callington still 6 
miles away! Without any more deviations we continued chaingang style to Florence Road, Kelly Bray where we took afternoon tea and all day breakfast at Compton Park Cafe which is in an old mine building. 

As it was approaching 4 pm when we had finished we opted for the most direct route back  via Dupath Well, St, Dominick cycle route and the A388 arriving back at the bridge at approx 440pm with 55 miles on the clock. An excellent day in almost balmy conditions.

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