Evening meet 230426

 7 members arrived at the Stag Inn at Filleigh on Thursday for our first of the year evening meet. The weather was very sunny and warm ish so we sat outside to put the world to rights. It was good to see Mike after his trials of the past year and Chris who has not been able to make our runs for a while for health reasons. Farmer Bruce put us in the picture regarding the recent rise in fuel prices affecting the farming community, apparently, they have suffered an almost doubling of the red diesel prices. Well now the next run is my Exmoor one which starts from Quince honey farm on the , 10th May, the run will be similar to last year with a meal at the rest and be thankful for lunch.

East Devon escapade 120426

With a fair worldwide collection of steeds, Ian’s East Devon escapade met at the riverside site at South Molton for this our first run of the year, 10 arrived with 9 finally setting off with Ian on his daily workhorse in the lead and with John and myself bringing up the rear. The weather was dull and a bit cool but we only had two showers all day carefully managed to occur when were at our lunch stop. Once through North Molton we found ourselves riding around a good little run taking in parts of Exmoor and some of East Devon. lunch was at Withypool and the run ended on the road back to South Molton, one ford was encountered which everyone managed ok. Thanks to Ian who gave us a good start to this years run calendar, don’t forget the evening run at the Stags Head in Filleigh on the 23rd of this month at 6.30pm.

 

2026 Calendar

 

Autumn Coddiwomple 2025

An impressive and diverse array of machines arrived at South Molton with some dripping wet riders for the start of the Autumn Coddiwomple, our final run of the year.  Ian S led us out onto some very soggy Exmoor lanes where a mechanical stoppage with back-marker Cliff, followed by my lapse in drop-off protocol split the group.  My apologies go to Ian B and Andy.  We eventually regrouped to dry off and lunch at Hunter’s Inn, unfortunately by then minus Ian and Andy.  Many thanks to Ian for leading us in what were at times some fairly tricky conditions, all good character building stuff with lessons learnt by yours truly.

Ruby run 121025

 

I have never been paid 50p to join the run but Cliff explained we had to pay to park at the lunch stop so the £2 sign on fee waived and the 50p given paid for the parking fee. 8 riders plus 2 well wishers saw chairman Cliff’s Ruby, ( yes it’s Devons cows ), set off today with Cliff in the lead and John and I bringing up the rear, course being chairman meant he had all the right contacts to give us great weather. We were lead back through Winkleigh towards Monkokehampton and then on towards our lunch stop at the upper Tamar lakes via strictly’s slow, slow quick quick slow route!. We could have called the run ‘ the worthy run ‘ since we seemed to pass through or close to villages ending in ‘ worthy ‘. The afternoon saw us head towards Bideford before changing course to the end at Torrington common.

Now our AGM is Oct 23rd so come along and help us keep the club on track. Next run is November 2nd from the Riverside caravan park, this is Ian’s coddiwomple run.

Great run today Cliff, good route thanks.

Dartmoor run extra

 

Thanks to John for these extra photos from Ian’s Dartmoor run yesterday 

Rescheduled Dartmoor discovery 210925

 

6 riders arrived at Whiddon down for this years Dartmoor discovery led by Ian who knows it so well. Cliff had to bring his modern BMW as his trusty Honda had a flat battery due to the sat nav trying to find its way in the garage for the past 6 weeks!. The weather was virtually dry but a little chilly and we set off pretty well on time at 1100. Ian led us to Mortonhampstead and then on to the moor where we flashed by Haytor as the first of many we came close too. We arrived at Princetown without mishap for a spot of lunch.

After lunch, Ian decided we had had it too cushy in the morning so a few miles of narrow lanes were on the menu. We were all a bit surprised as to how many people were on the moor in fact, most car parks were full and many people parked on the roadside making negotiating a bit difficult at times.

The run ended at Morton without any problems, next run is October 12th where Cliff will lead us on the Ruby run. Thanks to Ian for the day he really does know his way about. Now there is a meet this Thursday 25th at the Rising sun Umberleigh folks.