Archive for category: Sunday ride

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

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

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

Photo by Boston Public Library on Unsplash

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

Barry D leads, with John Hawkins in tail position, on Sunday 18th with a rideout south into Hertfordshire and The Greenhouse Café, Vanstone Park Garden Centre (sorry – despite our best efforts we can’t locate the breakfast menu online!). Barry has provided the following outline of the route

Departing from Tesco Extra in Royston, we head south along the B1368 through Barkway & Puckeridge, before travelling on the A10 for one junction to Wadesmill. Returning to B-roads, Hertford & Hatfield follow before we swing north again to Kimpton, Codicote & the Greenhouse Café

After breakfast we double-back briefly, then follow back lanes to Frogmore Bottom & Charlton. Having skirted Hitchin we head through Apsley End, Shefford & Upper Caldecote, then cross the A1 to Sandy, Everton & Waresley. The ride ends after a brief stretch on the A428 at Caxton Gibbet

Start point          Tesco Extra, Royston, SG8 5UA                 what3words
Breakfast            The Greenhouse Café, SG4 8TH                what3words
End point            Caxton Gibbet, CB23 3PD                          what3words

Ride departs 9:30am     Please arrive fully fueled for the 9:20am briefing

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

If you act now (using this link) you could still secure a place on the ride which Steve Rowdon & Graham Maile respectively lead & tail next Sunday. This outing heads to Suffolk and the ever-popular Café33 in Stradishall

Photo by Illiya Vjestica on Unsplash

Steve outlines his route:
Heading west along the A1307 from Fourwentways we’ll bypass Haverhill and continue through to Great Yeldham, where we’ll turn towards Bulmer. When we reach Sudbury we’ll double back through Guestingthorpe to Great Yeldham before turning for Ovington, through Clare and on to breakfast at Café33.
The return will take us north towards Newmarket, Isleham & Queen Adelaide. We’ll have a spell on the A142 before turning at Soham for Wicken & Stretham. The ride concludes with a stretch south on the A10 to Tesco Milton

Start: Shell Fourwentways, CB1 6AR     End: Tesco Milton, CB24 6AY
Breakfast: Café33, CB8 9XX                    Total distance:  ~100 miles

Ride limited to 16 riders