Sunday ride to Boxwood Café near Oundle

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Our Group-organised ride-out on Sunday April 6th will be led by Mark Fox and tail-ended by Barry Dickinson. Mark describes the route –

The ride commences from the McDonaldsat Caxton Gibbet. We take the back roads to St. Neots and travel on to Eaton Socon, where we pick up one of my favourite local roads via Bushmead to the B660. We take a relatively uninteresting section to Kimbolton & then the more interesting section north to Old Weston. We then head up through Clopton and a short blast up the A605 for breakfast at The Boxwood Café
Leaving Barnwell it’s across to Winwick to continue across country, over the A1 & south through Abbots Ripton to St. Ives. We then head through Conington & Knapwell to BP Childerley Gate where the ride ends

The ride totals 74 miles – with plenty of “progressive” roads you should be back well in time for your Sunday lunch ”

Depart               McDonalds Caxton Gibbet CB23 3PE     what3words
Breakfast          The Boxwood Café, Oundle PE8 5PB     what3words
End                     BP Childerley Gate, Cambridge CB23 8AY   what3words

Riders must arrive fully fuelled & in time for the 9:20am briefing
Limited to 12 participants in total. Click here to request a place

Briefing  9:20am           Ride departs  9:30am          Total distance  74 miles  

Members Evening: Bike Security & Masterful Riding!

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Our Members Evening on March 20th has two speakers to entice you along: Julie Emmitt from BikeTrac, and our own Roger Taylor.

Photo by Jason Hafso on Unsplash

Julie will be discussing bike security and the part that tracking devices such as those offered by BikeTrac can play. Julie will cover all the information you need to make the best choice for your circumstances if you’re considering installing a tracker, and will answer your questions on both electronic & physical security. She’ll also offer  tips & tricks to ensure that your bike does not end up in the wrong hands!

Roger will be familiar to many of you from one or more of his roles as Ride Leader, National Observer & CAM Secretary. He recently completed his IAM Masters and will be sharing his experience of the highest challenge on offer to civilian riders. Is it worth your investment of time & money? How does it differ from the Advanced Rider course? Hear directly from CAM’s newest Masters Rider.

Location          Over Community Centre
Date & time    Thursday 20th March, 7:30-9:30pm

Click here to let us know if you’ll be coming    Guests welcome!

Sunday ride to Shuttleworth

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Our next Sunday ride takes place on 16th March, led by Ian Dunckley & tail-ended by Steve Rowdon, has a new twist with Ian will be trialling an optional WhatsApp group for participants!

The ride departs from BP Childerley Gate and heads west into Bedford through Longstowe, Blunham & Cople on the way to breakfast at Shuttleworth Café (menu). The return journey first retraces a couple of short sections before branching off to Great Barford and heading cross-country to Riseley and on to the B645. It’s then east through Hail Weston, Toseland & Boxworth to finish at the A14 Cambridge Services

The WhatsApp group is entirely optional. Those joining the group will have the option of contact others during the ride should the need arise. Appreciative commentary & images posted to the group will be used (with permission!) in a Newsletter article. The group will be deleted after the ride

Departs        BP Childerley Gate, Cambridge CB23 8AY     what3words
Breakfast     Runway Café, Shuttleworth , SG18 9DT     what3words
Ends              A14 Cambridge Services,  CB23 4WU    what3words

Briefing 9:20am. Ride departs 9:30am. Limited to 16 riders in total