Sunday rideout with a proper breakfast in mind

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Our  21st September Sunday rideout sees Keith Bartlett leading and Alan Triggs on tail-end duties. Over to Keith for an outline of the route…

Starting out as we mean to continue, we sidestep the A428 roadworks leaving McDonalds Caxton Gibbet and head to Yelling on our way to the Offords to cross the A1 at Buckden. Pushing into Bedfordshire, we make a circuit through Great Staughton & Bolnhurst (avoiding further road closures) before swinging east again towards Colmworth & Wyboston. Skirting yet more road closures we eventually arrive for some good old-fashioned greasy spoon fare at the Market Café in St Neots

Following a healthy breakfast we thread through St Neots and head out to Eynesbury and the Gransdens, working our way around one final set of road closures, and then wind our way through various villages to finish at BP Arrington. Totalling around 60 miles (in spite of the various detours), this relatively short ride stays for the most part on lanes and B-roads

Date & time     Sunday 21st September, 9:30am
Start                  McDonalds Caxton Gibbet  CB23 3AS       what3words
End                    BP Arrington  SG8 0AD       what3words

Shaun Digby leads an autumn night ride

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There’s much to look forward to in autumn, and that of course includes Shaun Digby’s night ride, which this year is on Thursday 25th September. Shaun has provided the following description of the outing….

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The hours of darkness add an entirely new dimension to the art of Advanced Motorcycling. By choice or necessity some of us use our machines at these times; others restrict themselves to daylight riding. Whichever camp you’re in, if you’re an experienced full CAM Member this is your chance to either try a night group riding for the first time, or get out on a refresher for the autumn & winter months to come

Extra factors come into play as we move out of summer – fewer hours of daylight, cooler temperatures, wind & rain to contend with. But as an Advanced Rider your first considerations will be the Human Factors (the opening chapter in your Course Logbook)! On this rideout you can health-check yourself & your bike ahead of the winter months: how effective are those lights, how is your night vision, is it time for a change of tyres, how warm is your kit? Early autumn is the time to start your winter preparations!

With no breaks planned along the way, I anticipate the ~42-mile taking around an hour and a half to complete, subject of course to traffic and road conditions. Please do consider joining meWith no breaks planned along the way, I anticipate the ~42-mile taking around an hour and a half to complete, subject of course to traffic and road conditions. Please do consider joining me 


Date & time     Thursday 25th September    Convene at 6:30pm
Depart              Cambridge Services, A14/ J24  CB23 4WY        what3words
End                    Caxton Services  CB23 3PE        what3words
Participants     Maximum 16 riders