On Sunday 6 July Honiton Spinners celebrated the 10th Anniversary of the club being founded by having a Barbeque hosted by Kevin Goss with some rides arranged beforehand. Many old and new members came along and enjoyed the food on offer and to catch up on all the local gossip. It was good to see current riders in the club and also those who hadn’t ridden a bike for a while. The weather was a bit damp for the morning rides but it happily cleared up for the BBQ.
There was a 50 mile (Bangers) and a 30 mile (Chipolatas) ride on offer. Four attended the 50 mile Bangers ride, Tim, Matt, new member Andy and Peter (to check out the Spinners ride). The destination was Wrangway near Wellington but they took a wrong turn at Churchinford, so went the wrong way to Wrangway! Peter managed to direct them back to the route but this involved an extra unplanned climb. They also had two mechanicals, Andy’s bike computer came loose and Peter snapped a rear wheel spoke. A good chunk of time was lost and they were determined to get to the BBQ by 1pm, so the planned coffee stop was aborted. After the inevitable slog up Northcote Hill, we arrived back at Kevin’s at 12:59!
Six Chipolatas rode to Seaton, Roger, Phil, John, Mike, Lin and Jennie (in photos). The start of the ride was rather damp on the descent to Colyton and an early coffee stop was contemplated but overruled so they carried on to Seaton and stopped there in a cafe on the promenade. There was a wide variety of cakes but it seemed only one slice of each. By chance Liz Polley sailed past the cafe on her bike so she was able to join the Chipolatas for part of the ride. The journey back involved a long climb past Shute and up 7 mile drive to Royal Oak. John, Roger and Mike benefited from a motor to get up the hills. All the riders on the day were given a free Spinners snood afterwards at the BBQ.