A reminder that this month’s meeting is this Monday 4th October and not the second Monday as usual.

We have Mike Bevington with us from Yorkshire Air Ambulance who will give us a very interesting talk on their activities.

7.15 for 7.30 start and as usual an excellent Buffet from Bilton Cricket Club.

Look forward to seeing you there.

Paul

Dear Members,

Please find email below outlining a proposal from the area manager for a joint ride next year, would appreciate a measure of interest from members by email to pjd0568@gmail.com

Morning all, hope this finds you well

In conjunction with Rotherham Bikes, Sheffield Bikes, and my colleague Steve Ellis (who doesn’t know anything about it yet as he is on leave) 

We are considering, not yet definite, to organise a day’s riding around the industrial and fantastic rural roads of South Yorkshire, and there are some good ones, plus the opportunity to meet and mingle with members of other bike groups from the region
there is the East Pennine hills to the flatlands around Doncaster, not to mention the Tour de France roads from 2014 Grand Depart

Before we invest any effort on planning, we would be very obliged if you could float it past your members to see if there is any interest in having a great day out with us in the Peoples Republic of South Yorkshire, potentially we would be looking at a weekend in mid May.
best regards, let me know what you think

For this ride you ride leader will be Paul Dresser with Barry Ring as tail ender. The route has been done before and is one of our longer ‘all day’ rides. Unfortunately the most efficient way of getting to the lakes and doing it within the day is to go straight out on the A65.

If we set off at 9.15am then we should hit the Ireby Green Farm Shop for 10.45 am. (Ireby Green Farm, Ireby, Cowan Bridge, Carnforth LA6 2JH). It is only a short hop from here to the Lakeland Museum (25 mile) so you could either get a good brunch and spend the time in the museum or have lunch at the Museum.

Next stop is Lakeland Motor Museum (Old Blue Mill, Backbarrow, Ulverston LA12 8TA). This will give us enough time for a walk around the museum before lunch in the excellent cafe. Entry to the museum is £9 (https://www.lakelandmotormuseum.co.uk/).

From there we head up around the back of Windermere towards Ambleside, running back down the other side, through Kendal, Sedburgh to Hawes, re-fuelling just outside Windermere. Due to the length of the ride I plan a rest/toilet stop at Hawes for about 10 minutes.

From there we head back through the Dales via Kettlewell and Grassington, finishing the ride at Stump Cross Caverns around 4.30 pm.

Meet at Dragon Rd Lorry Park with full tank of fuel at 9am for a 9.15 am start.

Ride Leader Paul Dresser 07515 910223

Tail End Barry Ring 07847 786608

Just a reminder that our first indoor meeting is this Monday 13th at Bilton Cricket club starting at 7.15 pm.

We have an interesting speaker, Graham Feest, a road safety and strategy advisor and as usual Bilton will provide their excellent buffet.

Look forward to seeing you all.

Paul

Dear Members.

We are quickly approaching our first indoor meeting for what seems like an eternity.

We have an interesting speaker for the evening Graham Feest of Road Safety Consultancy, I have included below an introduction from Graham on the topics of the evening.

Despite the lockdown we have had great succssess with our associates through the endevours of our Observing team. It would be great to see some of the newly passed members at the meeting so we can hand out their certificates and celebrate their achievements. I will be reaching out to them individually to invite them to the meeting.

As usual, a fantastic spread from Bilton Cricket club will be served.

Travel Traffic Safety and Roads

This is intended to be an interactive, emotive and lively session in which after a short introduction we will take a look at some topical issues as spontaneously, anonymously and randomly selected and how they affect the national and local travel, traffic safety and roads agenda. It will take us down a path of  looking at some of the current Government and local interventions and ideas along with the legal, engineering, public opinion  and human factor implications under consideration or being implemented all aimed and with the intention of reducing crashes, collisions and injuries on the road;

Would be good to see many of you there.

Kind Regards.

Paul Dresser
Chairman

Dear Members, please find attached minutes of the recent committee meeting.

Many thanks for the introduction to the Harrogate advanced bikes group. I’m looking forward to meeting all the members on future ride outs.

I am wanting to improve my skills in order that I can offer my services to the Blood bikes. I passed my test approximately 17 years ago as part of my bucket list and have ridden various bikes since. Looking forward to riding greater distances with like minded people and having fun along the way.

Best regards 

Tom Pratt

Hi, my name is Jeremy Lewis and I live in Harrogate with my wife Vanessa and teenage daughter Stephanie.  Having never ridden a motorbike before and having always had it on the “I must do that one day list” I finally decided it was time for a mid life life crisis so last Summer I went from first ever time riding a bike to passing my full test a few months later – it’s safe to say I love it!  I did the Bike Safe course a couple of months ago as well which I thoroughly enjoyed and am now looking forward to improving my riding and safety skills further.  In the picture you can “Billy the Beemer”, my R1250RS which I have been really pleased with.  I look forward to meeting you all soon.  Jeremy.

I’m really quite new to biking – after wanting a motorcycle licence ever since I can remember I managed to overcome years of parental ‘don’t do it’ (my mum’s an orthopaedic nurse so understandably has a rather one-sided view of it) and got my licence Nov 2019.  I didn’t actually manage to get a motorcycle until July 2020 (combination of wanting to move house to one with a garage and various lockdowns etc).  This picture was the day I brought her home and I think you can tell my sheer joy of finally owning one!  Since then I’ve been motorcycling as much as possible and want to learn as much as I can and just get my experience up really.  

Thank you again – I’m really looking forward to doing my Advanced Riding and getting involved in the Club’s activities

Many thanks, Rosie

This Months ride will be a scenic route through the Yorkshire Dales to Tan Hill and then back through North Yorkshire and will be about 135 miles.

The ride will start at 9.30 am from the Dragon Road Lorry Park in Harrogate (Arrive 9.15 am). From there we head towards Pateley Bridge for a breakfast stop at the Old School Tearoom Café at Hebden (null (theoldschooltearoom.com)).

From there we head through Grassington and over the top of Malham to Langcliffe and then through Horton in Ribblesdale towards Hawes. We continue through Buttertubs Pass to Tan Hill. We bypass the Tan Hill Pub (expensive and restricted menu) and after a short distance stop at the Charles Bathurst Inn for Lunch (Welcome to The CB Inn | Homepage).

After lunch we head towards Richmond with a detour over the tank ranges to come back through Layburn (Fuel stop at 108 miles, there are public toilets in Leyburn if anyone wants a comfort break whilst others fuel up.), Masham, Ripon and back to Ripley castle for an ice cream.

Current guidelines are that 30 can meet outdoors and 6 from any household indoors. If you wish to attend the ride can you please let me know (pjd0568@gmail.com) so I can plan and advise our stop destinations of numbers. Both locations have outdoor seating and are happy to host people indoors as long as we keep to the rule of 6.

Thanks, Paul.