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

Sorry it is short notice but leading a ride to Croft Auto Classic Motorcycle Race Weekend this Sunday. I’m planning a scenic route and intending to get there well before midday in time to grab some lunch beforehand. Tickets are £15 at the gate. Meet from 9.00am for a 9.30am set off at Dragon Road lorry park next to Asda after a pre-ride briefing.

Croft is a great circuit with plenty of decent viewing places and ample opportunity to move around the track perimeter.

Warren Beese is racing & has given us an invite to drop by the pits.

www.croftcircuit.co.uk/racing/classic-bikes

The weather forecast is sunny for Sunday so take the opportunity whilst you can.

Hoping you can make it.

Barry Ring 07847 786608

A nice scenic circular route, 75% of which is within the North York Moors National Park.

Meet at Morrisons, Boroughbridge car park from 9am for 9.30am start.

Part 1: From Boroughbridge to Aldborough, Great Ouseburn  over Aldwark Bridge to Linton-on-Ouse, Shipton by Beningbrough, then Haxby and Sheriff Hutton and north to . . .

Hovingham Coffee Stop at The Bakery & Rolling Pin Café  YO62 4LG

Part 2: From Hovingham to Amotherby, Great Barugh, Thornton-le-Dale (A170) to Snainton and north towards Hackness, Harwood Dale and A171 to Sneaton and on to the outskirts of Whitby.

Victoria Farm Shop Cafe for Lunch–Whitby YO21 1TL

Part 3: After lunch back onto the A171 briefly before turning left along the Esk Valley to Danby, Castletown then Southwards to Farndale, Kirkbymoorside and onto the A170 westwards, briefly, before turning left towards Cunnington, Stonegrave, Oswaldkirk, Ampleforth and Coxwold, across the A19 towards Sessay on a minor road to Thornton Bridge and back to Morrisons in Boroughbridge.

144 miles in total.

David Haywood will lead the ride with TEC to be appointed on the day.

Please email or text me if you would like GPX files: david.haywood@mac.com , 0777 921 4331

I hope you can make it and look forward to riding with you.

David

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

Chris Armstrong will lead the ride on Wednesday September 1st. Meet at the Route 59 Cafe, BD236AF on the A59 West of Bolton Abbey from 09.15 for an 09.30 departure.

We head through Burnsall to the Cafe on the lake at Kilnsey BD23 5PS for a coffee break then on to Reeth for lunch via Aysgarth Falls and Castle Bolton. After lunch it’s the B6270 to Thwaite, over the Buttertubs Pass to Hawes and the B6255 to Ribblehead described by Ride magazine as “one of the best motorbike rides in England”. Onwards to Clapham, through the Forest of Bowland and on to Bolton-by-Bowland and briefly back into the Dales to Hetton finishing at Route 59 Cafe.

Distance approximately 134 miles.

It’s not all about the views so enjoy the ride.

See you there!

Chris 07960 116166

An impromptu Ride-Out to Seaways Cafe for this Tuesday Evening. They are open for food until 8.oopm and I’m intending to get there around 7.00pm.

Meeting in Ripon Market Place from 5.45pm and leaving at 6.00pm. A cross-country ride through Brafferton, Raskelf, Easingwold, Sheriff Hutton, Barton-Le-Willows, Leavening and on to Fridaythorpe. Journey time around 1 hr 20 min and 46 miles. Not intending to sell my bike but might see something interesting. Easy route back to Harrogate. A166 to York. A64 around and whichever way suits you from there. Not sure about the weather yet, but as long as it’s not raining, it must be good! Hoping to get home in the light hence the early start at Ripon, but get there if you can.

Usual IAM/HAM guidelines.

Keep to the rules of the road.

Ride within your comfort zone.

Turn marking if necessary-no one gets left behind.

Already two of us so please get in touch on 07847 786608 to confirm.

Barry

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

Hi Folks

I’ve done a recce for tomorrow night’s ride out today and the owner of The Greyhound says he is very busy at the moment and suggests we book a table if we want food. Please get in touch on 07847 786608 if you are coming on the ride so I can give him numbers. Have a look at the attached menus.

Cheers

Barry