Autumn Leaves (October 2025)

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Autumn Leaves (October 2025)

Posted on 1st November 2025
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Sunday 12th October, 10:00 for 10:30 at Frankie Howerds Cafe, Loxton

First time at this venue and a good turnout of 20+ to enjoy the novelty or perhaps because it’s going to be a dry day! (Albeit a bit misty and overcast for the run.)

The route took us west from Loxton, along the side of Bleadon Hill, running past some of Thatchers orchards (‘earlies’ already harvested but ‘lates’ still on the trees), over Wonderstone (short but steep) and down through Bleadon village to the A370. A quicker ‘A’ road run for 5 miles then off on a circuit across the levels (including a few miles of narrow droves) towards Bleadney, ‘A’ roads again (with a detour up Doctors Hill out of Wookey) along the lower edge of the Mendip escarpment to Cross where we took to the smaller roads to continue along the side of the hills (with big views out across to the distant Polden Hills in the south ) for the last few miles back to Loxton for Sunday lunch (for those that had booked) or cake and coffee (for those that hadn’t!).

A very scenic day out. Many  thanks to Phil for organising.

Gallery

Several relatively modern motorcycles parked with a hedge and trees in the background
A corner with some of our younger brethren!
A line of relatively modern motorcycles with grass and trees in the background.
Another corner with a line of younger brethren
A group of motorcycles in front of grass and small trees, the middle one in front is a pre-war BSA
Not quite everything was post-war
A dark green Norton in the middle of a group of motorcycles from the 1970s and 1980s
Featherbed Norton single among the slightly more mature machines
Several motorcycles parked on coarse grey gravel with a background of small trees and grass. In front a white BMW, a red Ariel and a red Triumph. Behind these just in view a smaller motorcycle with a flyscreen, racing handlebars and two men in discussion next to it.
BM,Ariel and Triumph twins and a tasty 250cc Enfield Continental attracting a discussion
A black Triumph, a black Norton and a red Moto Guzzi next to each other.
More twins!
A view of several motorcycles, in the foreground the green pre-war BSA and next to it a red early post-war Moto Guzzi
A closer view of a pair of older singles
In a corner of the car park a big red 4-cylinder Honda with a flyscreen, a big red 4-cylinder Kawasaki with a white helmet hanging from the handlebars and a smaller black twin-cylinder Yamaha with a toolbag strapped across the front forks, under the headlight.
Japanese corner! Some big fours and a lightweight twin
Two men in riding gear standing next to a single-cylinder Royal Enfield from the 1960s with shiny chrome-plated mudguards and petrol tank and a sporty flyscreen and exhaust.
250 Enfield Continental, with owner and admirer
A singer-cylinder two-stroke motorcycle leaning against a wooden fence. It has a chromed tank, alloy mudguards and carries the number 72 on a side panel. There is a black open-face helmet on the seat.
Bantam with chunky tyres (and an unreliable stand?!)
Many figures, several in bright green gilets and some sitting on picnic benches seen next to a single-story brick building, across grass and a foliage-filled ditch
View of new venue from afar
A closer view of the bikers around the tables with green foliage in the foreground and the single-storey tiled-roof building behind.
A closer view, signing on with tea and coffee.
The off-road specification BSA Bantam parked next to the pre-war BSA with hand-change and a sloping engine.
Our two BSAs (the only two!)
Several motorbikes in line viewed one behind each other. In the foreground a bike with a BMW badged tank, a tangle of pipes that are a mix of frame and exhaust system and a single-cylinder engine that leans backwards.
Tanks, handlebars, helmets (and a very strange BMW!)
A red and black motorbike on its own, with cars to left and right and small trees and a wooden fence behind.
And a very fine Ariel 650!
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