Sunday 6th November, Cheddar Garden Centre (now Hillers), 11:00 The sunshine credits have finally expired - the run started wet and stayed wet for some time, but thankfully not cold! Twenty intrepid souls signed on, including two guests from Northern Ireland who had proper bikes with...
Read MoreSunday 16th October New Manor Farm (Stable Tea Rooms), 10:30 for 11:00 Plenty of sunshine, still very mild, a good and varied turnout. Plenty to look at and discuss! The run: South-West along the A368, through West Harptree. Then up into the Mendips, with some westerly wiggles...
Read MoreThe Somerset Section organize two long weekend touring events and the Cornish Run is in early autumn to give a longer distance tour in September when the holiday traffic has subsided. We started this year on a Thursday morning from a friendly garden centre near...
Read MoreSunday 4th September, 10:00 for 10:30 at Willowbrook Nursery and Garden Centre, West Buckland. Cripes, no blue sky anywhere, just low, threatening grey stuff up there! And in view of a pretty inclement weather forecast some re-mapping to avoid too many tricky back roads. Normal service...
Read MoreSunday 21st August 10:00 (for 10:30) at Rich's Cider Cafe, Watchfield There were 20 riders signed on with about half for the Codgers (40 mile) route and half for the Dodgers (60 Mile with optional lunch stop) route. The weather was perfect, cloudy with sunny spells. The...
Read MoreChewton Mendip, 10.30am, 21 people signed on at the start for a 43 mile run over the Mendip Hills and the moors around Godney and Wedmore, with the 'old uns' (the bikes, of course!) generating some interest among non-members. The Honda Four Race bike was started...
Read MoreAfter having to be up at the crack of dawn (-ish !) for the Breakfast Run, a comparative lie-in could be had for the start of the Girder Fork Run with an 'off' at 11am from Sweets Tea Rooms, out on the Levels at Westhay....
Read MoreSunday 29th - up early and off to Spaxton for the All Day Breakfast Run!A sunny start but a tad 'fresh' - never mind, as we signed on for route-sheets and nosh the tea-urn was boiling, the toasters were primed and in the kitchen the...
Read MoreSaturday 14th May, 9:30 for 10:00 at Pitney Playing Field.The weather forecast was fine for the start, with the prospect of thunderstorms from late afternoon. At 8.30 things were a little grey and some hills were obscured, suggesting rain - however, time to trust in...
Read MoreSaturday 9th - Tuesday 12th Saturday: 33 Riders (including 19 from Somerset Section and 6 from Dorset Section) on 26 bikes (one sidecar, one trike, the remainder solo) ranging in age from 1938 to 1991 set out through Bristol over the older Severn Bridge via Abergavenny...
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