Members evening with a talk by Ultimate Hearing

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For our final Members Evening of the year we’re delighted to be welcome George from Ultimate Hearing Protection Systems. George will be talking to us about the Ultimate’s range of custom-made moulded earplugs, designed to be worn comfortably under a motorcycle helmet for long periods. The company was founded in 2001 by Dave Marshall, a biker looking to create the highest quality hearing protection system for motorcyclists. Ultimate’s CE marked products are made from anti-microbial medical grade silicone, and their client list includes police forces, Formula 1 racing teams and fire & ambulance services

Sticking firmly to tradition, our Members Evening is being held at Over Community Centre: with ample parking, a licensed bar & their seminar room at our disposal, this is a great venue to meet members of the CAM Committee, socialize with your fellow bikers and catch up with old friends. Members, Associates and their guests are welcome – but to assist with planning, please send Catherine and Nigel an email if you plan on attending

Thursday 28th November, 7:30 – 7:30pm   |   Over Community Centre   |   All welcome

BikerDown – last three sessions of 2024

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With three sessions still on offer, there’s just time this year to brush up your first-aid skills with Cambridgeshire Fire & Rescue! Sign up for BikerDown today – an informative & potentially life-saving course tailored specifically to motorcyclists

The last three dates for 2024 are –

Thursday 21st November, 6-9pm
Sunday 8th December, 10am-1pm
Thursday 18th December, 6-9pm

Sunday Ride: Newmarket-Finchingfield-Fourwentways

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Ride leader Robin Freeman has unveiled his plan for our next Group-organized ride, which he leads on Sunday 17 November! Use the link below to request a place now and join Robin & tail-ender Keith Tremeer on their ride from Newmarket (a first departure  Cambridgeshire/Suffolk border town) to Finchingfield in Essex

The ride sets out from the BP garage in Newmarketand heads south through Dullingham, West Wratting, Ashdon & Thaxted before reaching Great Dunmow – where the route swings north again to pass the Angel & Harp Inn and on to Finchingfield for breakfast at the Winners Tearooms (brunch menu here)
Ohomeward journey heads due north at first – through Steeple Bumpstead – to Haverhill, before swinging east to Clare. Thereafter the route snakes its way through Kedington, Burrough Green, West Wratting & Balsham before finishing at Fourwentways after approximately 80 miles

Photo by Gene Devine on Unsplash

Start                 BP, Bury Road, Newmarket CB8 7BP    what3words
Breakfast         Winners Tearooms, Finchingfield, CM7 4JX   what3words
End                   Fourwentways Services, A11/A1307   what3words

** Ride limited to 12 participants **        Click here to request a place

Christmas Dinner 2024

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With the booking deadline approaching fast, if you intended coming to the CAM Christmas dinner but haven’t yet booked a place then refer to the email sent at the end of October – or simply use the links below to select your menu choices and reserve your place

This year’s venue this year is The Royal Oak in Barrington – which we’ve booked from 7:30pm on Wednesday 4th December. Their Christmas party menu can be downloaded here. The cost per person is £34.00 for 3 courses plus a 10% service charge, making a total of £37.40 (excluding drinks)

The booking form, with details on how to make your menu choices and payment, can be downloaded here. To finalize arrangements with the Royal Oak please return your completed booking form to Nigel & Catherine by Saturday 9th November

Sunday ride to Route 11 Kitchen near Attleborough

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Roger Taylor leads our next Group-organised ride on Sunday 3rd November, heading into Norfolk and the Route 11 Kitchen near Attleborough

“ Starting out from BP Cambridge, tail-ender Catherine Ryan and I will take the Group north-east on B-roads skirting Newmarket, along the Icknield Way & past West Stow Country Park. After a short stretch on the A134 we return to B-roads to pass through East Harling and on to our breakfast destination at the Route 11 Kitchen
The return route weaves cross-country to Hingham, then due west to Watton & south past RAF Lakenheath to the end point at Walkers Café, Barton Mills. The outing is 95 miles in total, but at 56 miles the outward journey is longer than the return ”

Photo by Arteum.ro on Unsplash

Start                BP Cambridge, Newmarket Road, CB5 8AA    what3words
Breakfast        Route 11 Kitchen, A11  Attleborough NR17 2PU   what3words
End                  Walkers Snacks, Barton Mills IP28 6AE    what3words

Click here to request a place

Briefing  9:20am                    Ride departs  9:30am       
Total distance  95 miles       Maximum number of participants  16

Motorcycle Live 2024

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In previous years Keith Tremeer has led outings to Motorcycle Live at Birmingham’s NEC. Keith can’t make it this time around, but Roger Taylor has stepped forward and proposes leading a ride (limited to a maximum of 8 bikes) on Thursday 21st November for a tour around Motorcycle Live 2024. If there’s sufficient interest Roger will firm up his route and provide participants with further details

Admittedly not everyone wants to ride in November, but if the weather is kind on the day it should be a splendid journey on the way there. Roger’s planning is still in the early stages, but he will avoid motorways on the way to Birmingham and will include a breakfast stop. The return journey, which is likely to be at least in part after sunset, will use a more direct route 

Think that you might like to join Roger?
Click here to register your potential interest

Sunday ride to Old Buckenham Aerodrome

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Our next Sunday ride once again has an aviation theme, with Paul Norman & Keith Tremeer taking participants to The Liberator Café situated in Old Buckenham Aerodrome. Opened during WWII the aerodrome was home to the USAAF 453rd Bombardment Group. Jimmy Stewart flew the B24 Liberator on numerous missions over Germany from this base

B24 Liberator in flight (public domain image)

Paul writes: We start from Sainsburys in Haverhill (which has petrol for those needing to top up). Following the customary briefing we’ll set off at 9:30am on quite a challenging route following country roads north of Haverhill, passing through small villages before heading east of Bury St Edmunds and past Thetford for breakfast at the Liberator Café located on Old Buckenham Aerodrome (just south of Attleborough) – menu here
The return route is a straightforward run across to Watton and on down past RAF Lakenheath, with the ride finishing at Walkers Snacks – making for a total journey of 90 miles 

Briefing  9:20am                    Ride departs  9:30am       
Total distance  90 miles       Participants   12 max

Members Evening – with a presentation by Examiner Martin Munday

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Over Community Centre   |  Thurs 17th October  7:30 – 9:30pm
 Click here to request a place

We are delighted to welcome IAM Examiner Martin Munday, to our Members Evening next Thursday 17 at Over Community Centre. Following a short presentation unveiling our new Members Map, Martin will be offering a Q&A session where Associates can find out how the Advanced Rider test is conducted and what the Examiner is looking for during it. Members Evening is also an opportunity to celebrate successes in the Advanced Rider test with presentations to our newest full Members

Martin Munday was an officer in the Metropolitan Police for 31 years. He served in Traffic Division for 10 years, attaining Advanced Class 1 classification on both cars & motorcycles. He spent 15 years in the Special Escort Group, providing high-profile escorts for the royal family, government officials and visiting heads of state. The Special Escort Group also delivers armed car escorts for high value materials and high-risk prisoners

Martin has been a member of the IAM since 1997. He became a National Observer for both cars and motorcycles in 2017, has been an Advanced Car Examiner since 2020 and an Advanced Motorcycle Examiner since 2021

While the Q&A session is primarily aimed at Associates, this event is open to all and Martin suggests that any Observers present may well pick up useful insights which they can incorporate into their training programs. Full Members are of course welcome, especially those who have recently passed the Advanced Rider test and may be able to share their experience

Join Keith Curtis & Nick Harwood heading west

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Fellow Committee Members Keith Curtis & Nick Harwood join forces on October 6th to respectively lead & tail our next Group-organised Sunday ride. They’ll be heading west into Northamptonshire – Rose of the Shires – for breakfast at the Aspen Café on the outskirts of Burton Latimer. Keith outlines the ride…

Starting from Cambridge Services we make our way through Huntingdon and on to Northamptonshire – the Rose of the Shires – using minor roads running north of and parallel to the A14. Continuing west and southwest, we cross the A14 three times as we make our way to Bosworth’s Garden Centre where we will stop for breakfast at the Aspen Café.
On the return journey we stay to the north of the A14 following minor roads through some lovely villages on the way to Oundle before crossing the A605 at Barnwell. Pushing homewards we pass through Thurning, Winwick & Hamerton before passing through Huntingdon once more to end the ride back at Cambridge Services

As the café has requested pre-orders, so please indicate your choice from the breakfast menu when requesting your place using the link below 

Summer Flowers, Henri Fantin-Latour 1880 | Public Domain

Start & end         Cambridge Services, CB23 4WU    what3words
Breakfast            Aspen Café, NN15 5QA    what3words

Ride limited to 16 riders   |  Request a place here

Night Ride, October 3rd

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Photo by Waldemar on Unsplash

Full Members can now request a place on October 3rd’s Night Ride led by Shaun Digby, who looks to have consulted astronomical tables during his planning: with civil twilight ending at 7:04pm that day, night officially begins precisely 4 minutes into the ride!

Our starting point Cambridge Services encompasses an extensive site, so to ensure a punctual 6:45pm briefing and prompt 7:00pm departure we’ll meet up in the dedicated parking area near the main entrance. Once rolling we’ll ride continuously for some 43 miles and can expect to be in the saddle for around 1¼ hours. The route uses very mixed roads as it heads first towards Papworth, then down to St Neots and back through Potton & Gamlingay, with the final section passing through the Gransdens before the ride comes to its conclusion at Caxton Services

This ride is open to full Members only, and is limited to 12 riders
Departs Cambridge Services, 7pm
Ends Caxton Services ~8:15pm