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Along the estuary and canal to the swing bridges and back. The start of Lizs cycle training apparently

Along the estuary and canal to the Swing Bridge and back again with a detour to Powderham Castle for supplies

Maintenance bike ride

To the swing bridges and back

Along the Teign Valley below Castle Drogo. First sun in weeks but it doesnt get high enough to reach the floor of the gorge. Scooby celebrated by going AWOL for 5 minutes.

Off the Lerwick to Aberdeen ferry at 07:00 and along to the river Dee to Potarch Bridge to meet one of Liz's childhood friends. Arrived a couple of hours early so went for a short stomp around the local woods. Met Claire…

Round from Tregunwith Farm to Flushing to meet up with Jacqui, Mike and Charlotte. Stopped at the cafe at Mylor Bridge for a fine brunch (eggs royale for me), and then on via the coast path to Flushing. Because England d…

From Castle Drogo down to Fingle Bridge for a coffee and cake. Scooby Hound liked the walk.

Scooby's been complaining about "just going round the block" so we took him for a stroll from Budleigh Salterton to Otterton via East Budleigh (birthplace of Sir Walter Raleigh). Didn't see any beavers in the Otter River…

A slow puncture put paid to the ride into Exeter. Got back without having to change the tyre but it did need pumping up a couple of times.

Along the Teign Valley as the trees start to change colour for the autumn. We've done this walk a few times before but it was unusual this time due to the "art in the woods" (see the photos) and Castle Drogo being comple…

Walk with wife and hound to Mylor for some breakfast. Then along to watch the kids from Restronguet Sailing Club playing "how many times can you capsize a Mirror" in the F5ish winds

Up the Exe stuary to Topsham and under the motorway bridge.

With Liz and Julian from Dogmarsh Bridge to Fingle Bridge. Wedding at pub at Fingle Bridge meant no river side drinkies. Wedding ring finger got bitten by something again - finger badly swollen but not anywhere near as…

After seven years of talking, planning and objections the bridge for the final section of the Exe Estuary cycle trail at Powderham finally went in. Of course, we weren't cycling on the way to the Turf Locks

A round trip from Mylor Bridge to Flushing and then back via Mylor Harbour. Very nice lunch at the cafe at Mylor harbour.

Down to Dawlish Warren for food shopping and then to the Swing Bridges and back. Then back to Dawlish Warren for bike repairs. Helluva windy - straight into the teeth of Storm Darcy!

Actually the BBC weather app said minus two with wind chill to minus 8. Windy.

Rainy and windy but not cold. Saw Mark S on the way back - he'd also miscalculated just how rainy it was going to be. Newly serviced bikes nice and silent.

Down to Dawlish Warren for some food shopping and then to the Swing Bridges and back. Wet and windy. Straight into a bit of a gale on the way back.

More wind and rain.

Food shopping at Dawlish Warren and then round to the Swing Bridges. Not as wet and windy as the last few days.

Saw lots of people from SYC taking their exercise. Best weather of the year so far.

Dawlish food shopping followed by a very windy Swing Bridges ride. Gusting 30 knots from the south - directly into the wind on the way home.

One major fxxxwit (dog walker) and one minor fxxxwit (geriatric cyclist trying to catch covid) on the path today.

No wind

Food shopping at Dawlish Warren and then back via the Swing Bridges. Faster than usual for Liz on the way back.

Swing Bridges and Spar shopping. Liz was averaging 12.1 mph by the Swans Nest on the way back.

Swing Bridges - windy but from the side. In the photo Liz demonstrates the art of propping your bike up on just one brake leaver (and on a windy day at that).

Slow ride to Swing Bridges