First Sunday Ride 18th March – Locomotion Rail Museum, Shildon, Co. Durham

Our first Sunday ride of 2018 sees a return to the Locomotion Rail Museum- it’ll be 3 ½ years since Doug introduced us to the northern arm of the National Rail Museum

A full briefing will be given at 0915 at our usual start point, the ASDA lorry park, Dragon Road, Harrogate. We plan to leave at 0930 we will travel via Summerbridge, Kirkby Malzeard, Masham & coffee at the Manor Café, Bellerby.

Now heading north via Staindrop, to Locomotion, where there is no charge for entry, however a suggested donation of £3 would be very much appreciated by the museum. The café serves snacks & light lunches.

Our return will be via Piercebridge, Richmond, Newton le Willows, West Tanfield, to finish at Ripley. Anyone for ice-cream?

Total miles 126, with shorter options in event of poor weather. Andrew & Bob are running this ride

Routes

https://goo.gl/maps/hsz88twGPxv  Asda > Locomotion

https://goo.gl/maps/UcyYVCsVtfy Locomotion > Ripley

HAB ‘2-day Ride Out’ – May 2nd & 3rd 2018

The monthly weekday ride out in May will be replaced with a 2-day event to include an overnight stay in the Scottish Borders.

John Blanchfield and I got our heads together and decided it would be nice to do something more adventurous for a change.

We hope you like what we have come up with and that you will be able to join us.

Places are limited, so please let me know asap.

David Haywood

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Route Details

Below is a broad outline of the route, subject to minor changes down the line:

Route OUT – Wednesday 2nd May – 150m approx.

START from Morrisons car park, Ripon

Barnard Castle

Coffee stop

Weardale > Hayden Bridge > Northumberland National Park

Kielder water

Lunch

Bonchester Bridge

Denholm

Overnight stay at the Auld Cross Keys Inn

Route IN – Thursday 3rd May – 150m approx.

Denholm > Hawick > Brampton > (north of) Penrith > Appleby > Kirkby Stephen > Swaledale > Wensleydale > Ripon

(Coffee / Lunch stops to be decided)

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Hotel details

I’ve made a provisional booking for twelve people direct with the Auld Cross Keys Inn, Denholm in the Scottish Borders.

Three of us stayed here overnight last year and were very impressed with the hotel and restaurant. Also, it has a 9.0 ‘Superb’ rating on booking.com

Reservations will have to be on a first come, first served basis so please get your name down quickly to avoid disappointment.

The cost for one night Bed & Breakfast will be:

Twin-bedded room

 for two people sharing:          £90.00

Single room:                                              £60.00

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Deposit required:

To secure your place, a non-refundable deposit is requested by the hotel of:

£10          per person sharing a twin room

£20          per person for single occupancy

To reserve accommodation, please contact me as soon as possible at:

david.haywood@mac.com

… and send payment for the deposit to my account below:

DJ Haywood

Account no: 73133325

Sort code:  09-01-28

The March midweek ride will be on the FIRST Wednesday, 7th March and will be lead by John Blanchfield.

Meet at Ripley car park from 9.00am for 9.30am start. The route will take us west on the A59 then south to Otley, back roads to Ilkley, Beamsley ,Bolton Abbey, Appletreewick, Threshfield, Threshfield and Kilnsey for coffee stop at the Trout Farm cafe. Continue North to Kettlewell, over Coverdale, Wensley, Redmire, Reeth and Richmond for lunch at the Richmond Station Cafe. We return by heading south to Patrick Brompton, Bedale, backroad to Ripon and finish back at Ripley. Approx 115 miles

A Theory Training Session will be held at Bilton Cricket Club on Saturday 10 March 2018 Starting at 09.30 and finishing at 12.30.  Theory Sessions are held primarily to inform new associates about the IPSGA System, however, the content of these sessions is also a useful reminder to all Group Members.  I have attended every Theory Sessions since I joined the Group in 2003 all have been different and I have gleaned something from each and every one.  

This is also a great opportunity to get together and contribute to the enlightenment of others through our experiences and knowledge whilst at the same time welcoming new or recent members.  I would encourage all to attend.  Observers who are allocated Associates should attend.  Training is both interesting and inclusive.  Anyone present is invited to contribute, so come and have your say, giving tips and hints on riding etc.

There will be free Breakfast sandwiches, tea and coffee available to all.

See you there,

Bob Hill

Chief Observer HAB

An Observers Meeting will be held at Bilton Cricket Club on 3 March 2018 at 9.30. Anyone who would be interested in becoming an Observer is welcome to attend in addition to existing Observers. Breakfast sandwiches will be provided free plus tea and coffee.

Dear All,

There is a typing error on the AGM, the date says 13th March when it is in fact Monday the 12th March which is a normal club night.

Revised AGM with correct date attached.

Paul

2018 AGM Agenda

Dear Members

There are still 21 members who have not paid their annual subs which became due 1st January 2018.

We would appreciate your support in making the outstanding payment as soon as you can. It is only a small payment but enables the group to organise and fund the events we put on.

I have pasted Andrew’s initial email below which highlights the way the payments can be made.

Thank you for your continued support.

Paul Dresser (Secretary)

Dear Members
Your annual subscription to Harrogate Advanced Bikes is due at the end of December 2017 for the 2018 year. Your subscription to HAB is important to us, it helps us put on training and social events throughout the year such as the evenings at Bilton Cricket Club.
The subscription amount is again unchanged at £15-00, and our preferred method of payment, is by direct bank transfer to our account:
Lloyds Bank Harrogate Sort Code: 30-93-91 Account No: 01807888
Online payments – Please put your name in the reference field so payment can be identified easily.
Payment may also be made to our Treasurer, Andrew Pratt, at the Monday 11 December meeting at Bilton Cricket Club
For clarification Subs will be due from :-
Ø Paid Up Members
Ø 2017 Associates that have passed the test
Ø Members are also reminded that all HAB members must also be members of IAM Roadsmart.
Many thanks in anticipation of your continued support.

Dear Members.

I am writing to you all to appeal for volunteers to support and work with the group on the exec committee.

We currently have positions to fill for the Exec roles of Chairperson and Treasurer; we would also like the support of a non-exec ride-out coordinator. We would also appeal for anyone who would like to contribute to our committee as a non-exec member.

The group is run by the members and for the members and without volunteers willing to help then the group is simply unsustainable.

For many years the group has been run by a core group of members who have done an amazing job of maintaining the group. It would be nice to have some fresh members on the committee.

You do not need any specific skills and the roles are not onerous or time consuming. We are a social biking group associated with the IAM and who provide training in line with the IAM standards. There are four committee meetings a year, one of which is the AGM where we discuss plans for meetings and other events such as ride-outs along with the training plan.

We would also like to see other members volunteer to lead ride out’s. Again there is a core group of members who regularly lead and organise ride outs and it is difficult to come up with original and novel routes. It would be nice if someone had their favorite destination or road, possibly something a bit different and interesting, and lead a group there. If you are unsure of anything the group are perfectly happy to help and you can partner up with an experienced ride leader.

If anyone is interested in supporting the group in any way you can then please email me (reply to post), or you can speak to one of the committee at the next meetings. We will be making a specific appeal at the AGM in March so it would be nice to gather support before then.

On behalf of the committee.

Paul Dresser (Secretary)

The Harrogate Advanced Bikes AGM will take place on Monday 13th March 2018 at Bilton Cricket Club, starting at 7.30pm.

We would invite all members to attend.

Please find attached agenda.

Kind Regards

Paul Dresser (Secretary)

2018 AGM Agenda

Dear Members, please find attached minutes of committee meeting held 15th Jan 2018.

Minutes 15-1-18 HAB Exec