Dartmoor 31st-August.
The ride starts at the Willy Wicket car park where I join Mike, Max, Mark and Shirley. At 9:30 we leave to meet Ant at the M5 Moto service, After a Coffee we resume the ride down the motorway past Exeter and onto the A38, turning into b3387 towards Haytor Rocks. There we take a ten-minute rest room break we move on heading west over the moors. Mike's interest on where roads go, sends us zig zagging all over the moor, allowing us to see fantastic views we would have missed out on. Our next stop is at Two Bridges, time for something to eat and drink and to take a few photos. Mike's knowledge of the area was fantastic, he gave us a guided tour, he took us for a view filled ride around the prison, we went up one side and down the other, also seeing how easy it was to get lost out there and how isolated it was, we stop again in Prince town for a cuppa. That done we head home following the road back to the A38, down to Exeter, coming off at the Sidmouth and heading up through Ottery St Mary, along the A358 stopping at Horton Cross for fuel and coffee. From there merging with the A30/A303. Here we found our first traffic jam of the day, after a while the traffic starts moving slowly, we hit the roundabout at the A358 & A303 and the traffic ahead is stationary, we divert down A358 to avoid it where 3 of us turn right towards Curry Rival, Antony continues down the A358 home, we 3 continue up to Langford and Shepton Mallet, following it till we hit the A39 turn off to Paulton, at this point Max continues on to Bristol while the rest of us follow it to Keynsham at which point the story ends as we go our separate ways.
11 hrs 30min total time 270 ISH miles,
Pete.
11 hrs 30min total time 270 ISH miles,
Pete.