Archive for category: Sunday ride

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  

Leader Keith Tremeer & tailer Steve Rowdon are not promising the weather for their rideout next Sunday, but participants can be certain of a challenging ride on country roads (and that their bikes will need cleaning afterwards)! Keith explains …

Departing Tesco Royston at 9:30, we’ll head for Golf World Stansted in Elsenham. The route heads through Barley and then south through Dassels to Ware, where we turn eastwards through Hatfield Heath before swinging north to Takeley. We pass north of Stansted Airport before reaching our breakfast stop
Unfortunately there won’t be time for anyone to try out the driving range or 9-hole golf course before we head back through Thaxted, Dunmow & Blake End, turning north towards our final destination at Fourwentways, passing through Great Bardfield & Moor End on the way

This ride takes us along predominantly country roads (a couple of which are single track with passing places), and there is a high likelihood that they will be somewhat muddy. This information is provided as a warning to those who are thinking of washing their bike prior to the ride that they’ll likely have to do it all over again afterwards!

Departs            Tesco Royston, SG8 5UA    what3words 
Breakfast         Golf World Stansted, Elsenham CM22 6FL​    what3words
Ends                  Fourwentways Services, Cambridge  CB21 6AR     what3words

Riders should arrive fully fuelled and in good time for the 9:20am briefing
This ride is limited to 12 participants in total. Click here to request a place

Aviation has been a recurring theme in 2024’s busy ride schedule, one to which ride leader Graham Maile & tail-ender Peter Grant return for our final ride of the year. Graham heads to the Watch Office Bar & Kitchen, a building which served as the operations hub for RAF Alconbury during World War II. Graham outlines the route –

Starting from the Shell station just outside Fenstanton, we cross the village before turning right to skirt St Ives and pick up the A1123 to Bluntisham & Earith. We then follow B-roads through Pidley, Warboys & the Riptons to Alconbury Hill. A short ride south on the old Great North Road takes us to Alconbury Weald and breakfast at the Watch Office 

Once back on the bikes we head under the A1 and through Alconbury to begin a loop west through Old Weston & Kimbolton before turning for the Perrys and the southern shore of Grafham Water before reaching the A1 at Buckden. We finish our ride with a hop north on the A1 to Brampton Hut Services. The ride is a little shorter than usual at 55 miles 

Start: Shell, Cambridge Road, Fenstanton    what3words
End: Brampton Hut Services, A1/A14    what3words
Breakfast: The Watch Office, Alconbury Weald   what3words

Briefing: 9:20am      Ride departs: 9:30am       Maximum 16 participants

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 ”

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