Today started with a team breakfast in the WOSR mess, many thanks to the Mess President WO1 Drew, on completion we departed Plymouth at 9.15 for Taunton after a PR photo at the base. The ride up onto Dartmoor was wet however the wind was mostly from behind lending a welcome helping hand. After a quick coffee in Princetown we started the long descent Mortonhampstead. After 60 miles the quote of the day was: ‘don’t worry that track doesn’t last for long’, 20 miles of muddy country lanes and two punctures later we finally arrived at Norton Manor Camp at 6 o’clock. Group 1 enjoyed a nice set of 15 minute “Holywood showers”, not realising there was a finite supply of hot water in the boiler which left Group 2 taking charter-building cold showers, oops!! Stats: 83 miles, 2200 meters, total time 7 hours 54 mins. Highlight descent from Princetown, low point getting stung by a wasp and near death experience crossing a wet cattle grid uphill.
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