Archive for year: 2024

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

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

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 

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

Ride limited to 16 riders   |  Request a place here

Many thanks to ride leader Mark Fox for providing the following description of next Sunday’s Group-organised ride to Chatteris, which has Keith Tremeer on tail-ender duty

Starting from the car park at Tesco Milton, we will head north and into the Fens, passing through via Cottenham, Haddenham, Somersham & Chatteris, where we’ll stop for breakfast at the Seasons Garden Centre {view the  menu here}
After breakfast, we’ll head across to Ramsey and then pick up the B660 for the run to Kimbolton. Heading into the countryside south of Kimbolton, we’ll eventually loop around Bedford Aerodrome and then wiggle our way back to Eaton Socon. From there it is a quick run along the A428 to Caxton Gibbet, where we’ll end the ride after 89 miles in total

Start                Tesco Milton, CB24 6AY
End                  Caxton Gibbet, CB23 3PD
Breakfast       Seasons Garden Centre, NN15 5LZ

** Ride limited to 16 participants **         Click here to request a place

Leader/tailer team Roger Taylor & Peter Grant head east into Suffolk for breakfast at that modern classic – The Hungry Stag Café near Stowmarket

>From BP Cambridge, our route uses mostly B-roads to take us south of Newmarket & Bury St Edmunds to The Hungry Stag Café, located a short distance from Stowmarket just off the A14. A favourite with bikers, car enthusiasts, truckers & locals alike – check the menu here

<After breakfast we head north and west to the ride’s end at another trucker haunt – Walkers Snacks Café near Mildenhall. The rideout covers 72 miles, but please note the distance between the start & end points! 

Starts  BP Cambridge (Newmarket Road)
Ends  Walkers Snacks near Mildenhall

Briefing  9:20am                  Ride departs  9:30am
Total distance  72 miles     Maximum number of riders  14

Use this link to request a place