On the way to work this morning to find road blocked from fly tipping at the bottom of Grm 5513 (201-097) Certainly wouldn't try ridding it as road has been cleared but lane totally blocked. Presume police where called so should get cleared. Facebook pic attached.
Highways have been attending 201/035. There was a steep drop over a pipe when entering 201035 from the top. It was exciting riding but has now been replaced with a concrete slope. Makes it more manageable for the less experienced.
Ham lane East Devon Stockland GRM 5202 I'll be heading out to this green road.Date - 2/6/26Time- 6 pm Objective - a few repairs, adding in some weld mesh, stone replacement. Tools - buckets, shovels, digging gear, picks, wellies would be good. See ya there..... Wacky
Old cleave lane, Wilmington 192-059 GRM 5208 I'll be attending a location meeting with the farmer this weekend if anyone wants to attend or join us please PM/DM me for details Just to be inclusive Thanks Wacky
DEVON TRF FUN DAY 5th JULY Our annual Devon TRF Fun Day is nearly here! This event is exactly what it says on the tin a day of riding, socialising, and having fun with fellow TRF members on private land. Using a private farm, well be setting out an Enduro-style route with varying levels of difficu...
Asking for a friend who is returning to the lanes. He previously rode a 530EXC and is now looking for a tidy, genuine, 450 or 500. Max budget £4500. What have you?
Got thrown off into a bank, but it had a rally hard corner to it. Winded, and very painful, managed to get the bike up and ride it home. Five days later at A and E, four broken ribs! I never thought green laning was this dangerous! I need some hard core body armour!
A few weeks later, another rear puncture. Its a heavy bike, 160 kgs, on 110 by 18 on the rear. I tun about 20 psi, deforms a bit when I sit on it, and have had a second puncture in a matter of weeks. Its got spooked wheels by the way, so the question is this: Do I need a wider tyre? Ie, heavy bike needs more v...
A few weeks ago we hosted some mates , also MT230 riders and a couple of others to show them why Devon is heaven. Luckily one lad Dave, has a youtube habit, and he made these videos. Yes we are all a bit crap, but we love it. Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jSqTqDbm0s Part 2 https://www.youtub...
I had some spare time today and nipped out to burrator to check out the locked gate across 202 038. I spoke at length with a ranger there. Apparently the gate has been installed by South west water. Illicit campers have been using the lane and using the leat to wash and defecate in. Its a drinking water sup...
Devon TRF Monthly Meeting Tuesday 9th June Its that time again! 7:00pm for food / drink meeting starts at 8:00pm. The Twisted Oak - EX29RG Join us next week for the Devon TRF monthly meeting where well catch up on all the latest trail riding news, upcoming events, rights of way updates,...
Morning all Does anyone know of a field or piece of land where two of my grandsons could learn to ride a bike they are both 16 and want to try off roading. Ideally around the cullompton area Thanks Vic -- Edited by VicF on Sunday 31st of May 2026 07:16:05 PM
Unfortunately Jack can no longer lead a group from Oxford around East Devon on 6 June 2026. Is anybody else available? If you are could you please reply here of PM me Thanks in anticipation Chris
Hi, Im looking for a Sat nav setup that will be suitable for route plotting. Preferably with the relevant gpx files etc. Ive never used one for a bike so little idea, if it can work with a Mac that would be ideal but PC compatible should be ok thanks matt.
A group of Oxford TRF members are coming down to East Devon on the 6/7 June and have asked if anybody from Devon TRF is prepared to lead a group on Saturday 6/06/26. They are ideally looking for a scenic/intermediate ride starting and finishing at Castle Brake camp site, Woodbury. If you can help please...
Blind lane repairs 192-078 GRM 5226 Colyton Tuesday the 19th of May four of us or should that be 6...We were there on the green road for three hours getting stuck in with shifting around some pebbles, which I trailered over in two trips. Fabian T, Jack D, farmer Chris & yours truly made a huge...
Blind lane Shute - Colyton 192-078 GRM 5226 Met up with Farmer Chris back in February Re- Blind lane, Shute. I'm heading out to repair the rut at the top end (western end) Its not a water rut just bike usage.Farmer Chris has helped Devon group repair this green road back in the day...I'll be supporti...
Hello. If anyone has any good snaps from Teign to Tamar they'd like to share, I can upload them to a photo album and link it in the newsletter. Please send pictures to newsletter@trfdevon.org.uk Cheers Michael
DEVON TRF MAY MONTHLY MEETING Tuesday 12th May The Twisted Oak - Exeter - EX2 9RG So here we go welcome to the May Devon TRF meeting This months meeting will focus on the balance between the social side of the group and maintaining enough structure to keep Devon TRF moving forward positively. As al...
Hi All We can all benefit from first aid refreshers and up to date information. If there is ever any incidents in a lane, having some prior first aid training will help you manage the situation and ensure any injuries get prompt and appropriate attention (something I have come to realise on a personal b...
Thankyou, to all the leaders, tecs, recovery driver, our press officer and of course John and Linda, plus this year, Jules, controlling admission's. It was a superb weekend and we were blessed with fantastic weather. All of the feedback I received was positive, and some were trying to book for next y...
A recent run reported that they'd come across some farmer's twine strung across the lane at head height but couldn't see that it had any stock control purpose and thought it may be malicious. So if anyone is out Rattery way could they have a look please? Cheers, John
A happy horse rider sent this to National TRF Hi Im not sure if this is the right place I recently met the most conscientious trail riders whist riding near Haldon in Devon, not only did the all go above and beyond they were so polite and made sure they were ok to pass my worried pony it made the experience fo...
