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First time on new cycle track 2014-11-29 Lizs first cycle ride in ages and first ride on new cycle track between Powderham church and the Turf Locks
Swing Bridges bike ride 2021-04-01 Slow ride to Swing Bridges
Swing Bridges and SYC 2021-04-30 Down to Dawlish Warren for the bakery then up to the Swing Bridges and then back via SYC to pick up everything I'd left there on Wednesday. And some sea weed.
Exminster bike ride 2021-10-27 Swing Bridges bike ride
Exeter bike ride 2022-08-08 Maintenance bike ride
Swing Bridges cycle ride 2020-08-13 Was going to be further but Liz didn't like the thunder. Slow - very slow.
Start of Lizs bike training 2012-07-08 Along the estuary and canal to the swing bridges and back. The start of Lizs cycle training apparently
Swing bridges and back again 2012-08-12 To the swing bridges and back
Swing bridges and back 2013-03-03 Along the estuary and canal to the swing bridges on the newly serviced bikes. Stopped for a cup of coffee at the Turf on the way back
Swing bridges and back via Powder Castle 2013-08-12 Along the estuary and canal to the Swing Bridges and then back via Powderham Castle
Lizzie bike ride 2014-03-07 First time back on the bike after a couple of very wet months. To the Swing Bridges and back again.
Swing bridge and back again 2014-03-08 A lovely cycle ride to the Swing Bridges. Bit of a sod on the way back straight into the southerly force 5 all the way. Aidans first time back on the bike for a couple of months.
First cycle ride in months 2016-10-10 First bike ride in a very long time. Only as far as the Countess Wear swing bridges over the Exeter Canal. Work is about half way through the 14 month schedule of work on the swing bridge / roads. As per the pictures, one of the bridges was open because of the work. The swing bridges are being retained but re-aligned during the work. The bridges have history - there's a plaque on them that reads "In May 1944, these bridges played an important part in the preparations for D-Day. They were used over a period of three days and nights, for rehearsals of the famous and crucial glider borne attack on the bridge over the Canal de Caen (Pegasus Bridge) and the River Orne (Horsa Bridge), by the Second Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, on the night 5/6 June 1944"
Swing Bridges 2017-10-02 To the Swing Bridges and back with Liz
Swing Bridges and Sainsburys 2020-11-24 More cycling
Dawlish Warren and Swing Bridges 2020-12-22 Pre-work cycle ride
Swing Bridge and Powderham Castle 2012-02-23 Along the estuary and canal to the Swing Bridge and back again with a detour to Powderham Castle for supplies
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