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Welcome Ian and well done on the weight loss
Hello, East Devon cyclist joining...
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@Ian H Thanks, I've just had a look this morning at your suggested links, I can see myself joining up for a pootle and an orange juice on one of your Wednesday night rides out, normally I'm not too social because of my speech which, probably wrongly, I have a tendency to think that people will think I am drunk (I haven't had a drink for two years now) because it can get a bit slurry and slobbery...but maybe that's just another obstacle I've set myself to beat...
My parents still live in Honiton, one of my routes involves calling on them for a fortifying slice of cake and a cup of tea before tackling the Golf Course hill..that bend at the top hurts...actually most of it hurts, but that top corner just finishes me off!
My parents still live in Honiton, one of my routes involves calling on them for a fortifying slice of cake and a cup of tea before tackling the Golf Course hill..that bend at the top hurts...actually most of it hurts, but that top corner just finishes me off!
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Hate to break it to you but NE Devon is still miles and miles away from Porlock, which is tucked away on the north coast. (Sorry if you already know this - fed up with my friends not being able to understand that Somerset is mahoosive and no, we're not all under water.)
What? It's about 12 miles from Lynton to Porlock, and only about 8 miles from the Devon border to Porlock. That may be miles and miles for you, but I cycled it dozens of times as a kid.
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Have removed grumpy pants, apologies.
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Well out of interest I just planned a route on my mapping software and it works out at 184km to cycle there, do the hill and then an ever so slightly different route back... I might need to pack a energy gel for that one. 
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Plenty going on in East Devon. I run events from Honiton and Exeter, as do others in Devon CTC and Exeter Wheelers. Google will quickly find them.
Oh, and I'm Ian from East Devon
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from another Ian from East Devon ( Honiton ) but now living in Bristol.
Ian H
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I sorted out my problem with the Golf Course Hill yesterday. I came down it instead, much easier. 
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I was going to put 'descended it' but that would indicate a level of skill and alacrity that might not have been apparent to any outside observers, who might have taken my grim expression and general bodily tension to have indicated 'hanging on and determined to either wake up in a casualty ward or experience a massive endorphin rush bought about by surprise to still be upright when it finishes..'
