Cambridge Advanced Motorcyclists

Committee Meeting
2026-07-22 19:30 - 21:30, 2026-08-26 19:30 - 21:30 (Europe/London) | St John’s College School, 73 Grange Road, Cambridge, CB3 9AB, United Kingdom
Details of the members who sit on the Committee can be viewed here
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Please email Roger Taylor (secretary@cambsiam.org.uk)
if there is a matter which you would like to bring to the attention of Committee Members

Sunday ride
2026-08-02 09:00 - 13:00 | BP Cambridge (Newmarket Road), Newmarket Road, Cambridge, CB5 8AA
This ride will be led by Catherine Ryan and tail ended by Robert Silver

Start time (Meet by) – NEW TIME 8.45am
Ride briefing – 8.50am
Depart – 9.00am from BP Newmarket Road Cambridge CB5 8AA
Destination – Cressing Temple Barns, Cressing, Braintree CM77 8PD
A beautiful setting featuring two of the world’s oldest and finest timber-built barns, which date back to the 1200s and were built by the Knights Templar and complemented by a Tudor Walled Garden. There is no charge to visit the site
Meeting up at 8.45am will allow riders time to wander around the Cressing Temple Barns site if they are interested in doing so
Starting from the BP station in Cambridge, we will take the familiar Six Mile Bottom road to Brinkley and on to Great Thurlow before we turn for the A143. We then head to Clare via the winding rural roads. Having crossed Clare, we meander through Belchamp St Paul and Tilbury Juxta Clare to Great Yeldham. We will use A-roads to circle east of Braintree before branching off to the medieval Cressing Temple Barns. Breakfast is at the Tiptree Tea Rooms
The return route takes us on a single-track fest circumnavigating Braintree to join the B1057 to Great Bardfield and Finchingfield where we hang a left towards Great Sampford, Radwinter and Bartlow. We pass through Hadstock before joining the A1037 at Linton. It’s then a short hop to Fourwentways Services where the ride ends
Restrictions
This ride is restricted to 12 including the ride leader, tail-ender and pillions Full Members & Associates welcome
Ride Brief Attendance at the briefing is obligatory – this ride includes single-track roads and other hazards

Slow Riding Skills
2026-08-15 09:00 - 12:00 | Cambridge Regional College, Kings Hedges Rd, Milton, Cambridge CB4 2QT, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB4 2QT, United Kingdom
Timings to be confirmed. Details to follow

Sunday ride
2026-08-16 09:30 - 13:30
This ride will be led by Graham Maile and tail ended by Alan Triggs
Further details to follow

All-day ride
2026-08-19 08:45 - 18:30 | Huntingdon Retail Park, A141/Huntingdon Road
This all-day ride will be organised and led by Keith Tremeer.Restricted to 8 people, including the Ride Leader, Tail Ender and Pillions. Full Members only.
DESTINATION – Our main stop for lunch will be at the George & Dragon pub, located in Thringstone, just north of Coalville, with a coffee/breakfast stop on the way at The Greenhouse Cafe (located in the Langton Greenhouse and Garden Centre, Market Harborough), and a refreshment stop on the way back at Costa Coffee in Oakham.
For the breakfast menu at The Greenhouse Café see here, and for the lunch menu at the George & Dragon, see here.
END TIME – we can expect to arrive back in the Cambridge area (Caxton Gibbet services) no later than 18:30.
DISTANCE – +/-200 miles total
Ride Description – We’ll initially set off through Abbots Ripton, then on to Alconbury Weston and Clopton, before skirting to the west of Oundle. We’ll avoid Corby by taking a route to the north, through Deenthorpe, and ride under one of the 82 arches of the Welland Viaduct , before reaching our mid-morning refreshment stop after about 1hr25mins (50 miles). Once refreshed, we’ll carry on in a westerly direction, through Smeeton, Shearsby, Stapleton and Coalville, before arriving at out lunch stop 50 miles (1hr30mins) after departing our first stop. A fuel stop is programmed for just before arrival at the George & Dragon for those whose bike might require a top-up to make it all the way home.
After lunch we’ll head back in the direction of Melton Mowbray (passing through Belton and Wymeswold on the way), then through Great Dalby and Little Dalby, before arriving at our afternoon pit stop on the outskirts of Oakham, 40 miles and just over 1hr after our leaving our lunch stop. The final stretch will then take us south to Uppingham, then under the Welland Viaduct again (a different arch this time!), before skirting Oundle again (this time to the north). Onwards to Old Weston, Kimbolton and Hail Weston, St. Neots, Toseland and Yelling, to finish our ride at the Caxton Gibbet services.

Sunday ride
2026-09-06 09:30 - 13:30
This ride will be led by Peter Grant and tail ended by Steve Rowdon
Further details to follow

Sunday ride
2026-09-20 09:30 - 13:30
This ride will be led by Phil Duffy and tail ended by (TBC)
Further details to follow

Night ride Date to be confirmed
2026-09-30 18:30 - 21:30
This ride will be led by xxxxxx.
Further details to follow

CAM group Evening: a talk by Paul Varnsverry
2026-10-01 19:00 - 21:00 | Over Community Centre, The Doles, Over, Cambridgeshire, CB24 5NY
Paul Varnsverry is one of the UK’s leading independent experts in Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), specialising in protective motorcycle clothing. Paul is deeply associated with Cambridge due to his work with the Cambridge testing machine. This rigorous piece of testing apparatus (invented by Dr Roderick Woods) is used to simulate motorcycle accident abrasion and is foundational in European safety standards (EN 13595-2) for motorcycle apparel

Sunday ride
2026-10-04 09:30 - 13:30
This ride will be led by Paul Norman and tail ended by Patrick Ryan.
Further details to follow

Group ride training TBC
2026-10-17 10:00 - 16:00 | Over Community Centre, The Doles, Over, Cambridgeshire, CB24 5NY
This event will take place at Over from 10am. A room is booked provisionally

Sunday ride
2026-10-18 09:30 - 13:30
This ride will be led by Ian Dunckley and tail ended by Catherine Ryan.
Further details to follow

CAM Group AGM
2026-10-24 12:00 - 15:00 | Over Community Centre, The Doles, Over, Cambridgeshire, CB24 5NY
Our AGM will take place at Over. We hope to offer a couple of rides to the venue where a light lunch will be available from midday.
More details in due course.

Sunday ride
2026-11-01 09:30 - 13:30
This ride will be led by John Hawkins and tail ended by Andy Saward.
Further details to follow

Sunday ride
2026-11-15 09:30 - 13:30
This ride will be led by Catherine Ryan and tail ended by Alan Triggs.
Further details to follow

Sunday ride
2026-12-06 09:30 - 13:30
This ride will be led by Roger Taylor and tail ended by Mark Fox.
Further details to follow

Sunday ride
2026-12-20 09:30 - 13:30
This ride will be led by Steve Rowdon and tail ended by Mike Pierce.
Further details to follow
