Amy writes...
Fifteen ringers from St Mark's Church in Exeter went for a
cycle tour on the Tarka Trail in North Devon.
Waking up to a grey and misty morning we did not know what the
day would turn out like. It soon started to clear up and by 12
o’clock the sun was starting to shine.
Enjoying lunch: Lesley & Graham; Sue, Derek, Mo; Gareth & Jen;
Andrew, Cathy, Matt, Amy.
Our first stop was at Little Torrington which had six nice but
long roped bells. Then we cycled 1.6 miles to The Puffing Billy
which is a lovely pub built were Torrington station used to be.
Gareth got worried when it looked like his lunch was not coming!!!
The group in the sunshine outside Westleigh church
After a 7.6 mile ride we rang at Westleigh which were
challenging but a nice ring of six. We then cycled 2.4 miles and
were glad to stop for refreshments at an old train carriage come
cafe which did really lovely cakes. Then we cycled over a long
bridge where we held up all the traffic!
Some ringing; Some cycling; Some eating & drinking
We went on to ring at Bideford Church, this church has eight
bells, where we rang many methods from Plain Bob to Stedman and
Bristol.
We then cycled 7.2 miles all the way back to Watergate bridge
which is were we started from. A round-trip total of 19.6 miles.
At the end we were very tired but we had had a great day out
and enjoyed all the ringing. All of us who went would like to
thank Graham and Lesley very much for organising a lovely day out.
Arriving back at Watergate Bridge: Muddy Amy; Andrew & Ian, Sue &
Jen
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