Cambridge Advanced Motorcyclists

Sunday ride
2026-04-26 09:30 - 13:30 (Europe/London)
This ride will be led by Keith Curtis and tail ended by Nick Harwood
Further details to follow

Slow Riding Skills Launch Event Date TBC
2026-04-18 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

Midweek ride
2026-04-17 09:30 - 13:30
This ride will be led by Martyn Fordham and tail ended by (TBC)
Further details to follow

Sunday ride
2026-04-12 09:30 - 13:30
This ride will be led by John Hawkins and tail ended by Robert Silver
Further details to follow

Committee Meeting
2026-04-01 19:30 - 21:30, 2026-02-18 19:30 - 21:30, 2026-01-28 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-12-10 19:30 - 21:30 | 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
Photo by Pawel Chu on Unsplash
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

" When Grandad takes Gran for a ride" A talk by John Gibson
2026-03-25 19:30 - 21:30 | Over Community Centre, The Doles, Over, Cambridgeshire, CB24 5NY
A former long standing CAM Member , John Gibson, well known in the Group for organising bike trips in Ireland among others, will present an account of his Coast to coast bike journey in the USA, entitled “When Grandad takes Gran for a ride”
More details to follow in due course

Midweek ride
2026-03-20 09:30 - 13:30
This ride will be led by Carl Stannett and tail-ended by Jennifer Stannett
Details to be confirmed

Midweek ride
2026-03-18 09:30 - 13:30
This ride will be led by Paul Norman and tail ended by (TBD)
Further details to follow

Sunday ride
2026-03-15 09:30 - 13:30
This ride will be led by Tim Smith and tail ended by Roger Taylor
Further details to follow

Observer Training ( Core Fundamentals)
2026-03-14 10:00 - 12:00 | Over Community Centre, The Doles, Over, Cambridgeshire, CB24 5NY
Details to follow

Bike Maintenance with Paul Nobbs
2026-03-07 13:00 - 14:30 | Paul Nobbs Motorcycles, 2 Ely Road, Sutton, Ely, CB6 2QD
more details to follow

Members' Evening with Ultimate Hearing
2026-03-03 19:30 - 21:30 | Over Community Centre, The Doles, Over, Cambridgeshire, CB24 5NY
We’re delighted to be welcoming back George from Ultimate Hearing Protection Systems to our first Members Evening of 2026. George will be talking to us about the Ultimate’s range of custom-made moulded earplugs, designed to be worn comfortably under a motorcycle helmet for long periods. The company was founded in 2001 by Dave Marshall, a biker looking to create the highest quality hearing protection system for motorcyclists. Ultimate’s CE marked products are made from anti-microbial medical grade silicone, and their client list includes police forces, Formula 1 racing teams and fire & ambulance services

Sunday ride
2026-03-01 09:30 - 13:30 | To be confirmed
This ride will be led by Nick Harwood and tail ended by Barry Dickinson
Further details to follow

Midweek ride
2026-02-25 09:30 - 13:30 | To be confirmed

Sunday 15th February ride to Cardington
2026-02-15 09:30 - 13:00 | BP Childerley Gate, St Neots Road, Childerley Gate, Cambridge, CB23 8AY
Our next Sunday ride, scheduled for 15 February will be led by Dave Freeman with Mark Fox ensuring no-one is left behind.
Mark describes his ride:
“We meet at the BP Childerley Gate service station by 9.20am latest for a 9.30am departure. From there we’ll head south-west through Bourn, Northstowe, Gamlingay and Everton. Passing over the A1 we’ll continue towards our breakfast stop via Blunham, Moggerhanger and Willington.
Breakfast will be at The Barn @ Cardington, which is just before the village of Cardington. A table has been reserved for us and the breakfast menu can be found here.
Our return journey takes us past Old Warden and the Shuttleworth Collection before a short stretch through Biggleswade. With the bright lights of the town behind us we head to our finish point via Potton, Gamlingay and Great Gransden, before finishing at Caxton Gibbet Service Area.
The ride is open to full Members and Associates (with the approval of your Observer) and will be limited to a total of 10 participants. Total distance is around 60 miles with a total of around 2 hours on the road.
Please arrive at the Childerley Gate service station no later than 09.20 for the mandatory pre-ride briefing, ensuring your bike is suitably fuelled.”

Start: Childerley Gate Service Station, St Neots Road, Highfields Caldecote. CB23 8AY what3words
Breakfast: The Barns, Summerhill Farm, Cople Road, Cardington. MK44 3SH what3words: what3words
End: Caxton Gibbet Service Area, Ermine Street, Caxton. CB23 3PE what3words: what3words
Menu: The Old Barn Menu

Sunday ride to Rectory Farm Kitchen
2026-02-08 09:30 - 13:30 | Shell Godmanchester, Legion Way, Godmanchester, PE29 2XH
2nd time lucky… this ride had been scheduled the 1st of February, the originally scheduled leader experienced mechanical problems and the venue chosen by the replacement leader was fully booked. Fingers crossed…. Patrick Ryan & Peter Grant, leading and tailing respectively, will be taking riders to a locally popular Northamptonshire farm kitchen. If the following description seems familiar that’s because this will be Patrick’s second attempt to get a group there (sleet put paid to his first attempt in early January) –
Setting out from Shell Godmanchester we first head west, crossing the A1 at Buckden to travel on the biker-friendly B661, B645 and B660 as we loop north to Polebrook. Turning east we then circle the Ashton Estate and make a short onwards hop on to breakfast (menu here) at Rectory Farm Kitchen, a mile from Warmington village. The outward leg is 33 miles
After breakfast we first head north, passing through Fotheringhay (a village steeped in Tudor and Stewart history) and Wansford. We keep to the west of the A1 as we turn south to Glatton, then cross to its east on our way through the Riptons and to the end of the ride at Huntingdon Retail Park (located just off the A141). The return leg is 32 miles
Date Sunday 8th February 9:20am briefing, 9:30am departure
Start Shell Godmanchester, PE29 2XH what3words
Breakfast Rectory Farm Kitchen, Lutton Road, Warmington, PE8 6UT what3words
End Huntingdon Retail Park, PE29 7DZ what3words
Distance 65 miles Participants 10 maximum

CAM 30th Birthday Dinner
2026-02-05 19:00 - 22:00 | The Royal Oak, Barrington, 31 West Green, Barrington, Cambridgeshire, CB22 7RZ, United Kingdom
2026 marks the 70th anniversary for IAM RoadSmart, but just as importantly and closer to everyone’s heart it is also CAM’s 30th birthday. To start this milestone year with a splash, the Events Team has organised the CAM 30th birthday dinner on Thursday 5th February at The Royal Oak in Barrington, with attendees gathering from 7.00pm
In a nutshell: we’ve opted for a cosy pub & restaurant which dates from the 14th century and offers a seasonal menu prepared from local fresh food in a beautiful village with the largest green in Europe, just 7 miles from Cambridge
The Royal Oak have tweaked their usual set menu just a little, especially for us – the booking form has been emailed to all Members with all the details.

Sunday ride postponed to 8th February
2026-02-01 09:30 - 13:00 | To be confirmed
This ride is postponed to the following Sunday 8th February,.

Photo by Kishan Kanojia on Unsplash

Paul Norman's mid-week winter ride
2026-01-21 09:30 - 15:30 | Shell Services Fourwentways, Fourwentways, Cambridge, CB21 6AP
Wednesday 21st January – Paul Norman leads his first mid-week winter ride of 2026, with Tim Smith tail-ending, on a 143-mile round trip with a fish’n’chip lunch at Wells-next-the-Sea. The ride is restricted to full Members and a maximum of seven bikes (plus Paul & Tim). Paul’s winter sorties are always very popular, so don’t delay requesting a place. See the email anouncing this ride to contact Paul, who is handling bookings. Here’s his description of the day:
Following the mandatory 9:20am briefing , we’ll be setting off from Fourwentways Services at 9.30am on a route which will take us east of Thetford, with a coffee stop along the way, and through Dereham & Fakenham for a fish’n’chip lunch at Wells-next-the-Sea. After lunch we’ll head down to Walker’s Café at Barton Mills, where we can enjoy a hot drink. The formal ride will end at Walker’s at around 3.30pm, with riders heading home solo or in informal groups
Photo by William Ducret on Unsplash

Ride to Earls Colne
2026-01-18 09:30 - 13:30 | Shell Services Fourwentways, Fourwentways, Cambridge, CB21 6AP
Our next Sunday ride, scheduled for 18th January, will be led by Keith Tremeer, with Phil Duffy bringing up the rear.
Due to the severe adverse weather conditions we have been subjected to over the past week or so, Keith has not yet had the chance to check out his proposed route or the breakfast stop. However, he details his plans below, in the expectation (hope) that nothing will need to be changed, at least not drastically, after he checks everything out by mid-week.
“Our ride will depart from the Fourwentways service station promptly at 09:30, from where we’ll head initially towards Linton. Turning right at Bartlow we’ll head to Moor End and Finchingfield before skirting around to the west of Braintree, then turning north towards Halstead and on to our breakfast stop, the Black Horse Cafe, located near Earls Colne. The breakfast menu can be found here.
Suitably refreshed, we’ll head home, initially retracing our route back to Halstead, then turning north towards Sudbury, then on to Haverhill (passing through Cavendish, Stoke by Clare and Sturmer) and Linton, finishing the ride where we started, at the Fourwentways service station.
This ride is open to full Members and Associates, and will be limited to a total of 10 participants. Total ride distance will be around 90 miles, with a total of slightly less than 3 hours on-the-road.
Please arrive at the Fourwentways service station no later than 09:20 for the pre-ride briefing, ensuring that your bike is suitably fuelled.”
Start Fourwentways Services, Newmarket Rd, Abington, CB1 6AR what3words
Breakfast Black Horse Café, Earls Colne, CO6 2JX menu what3words
End Fourwentways Services, Newmarket Rd, Abington, CB1 6AR what3words
Menu here

Rectory Farm Kitchen - ride CANCELLED
2026-01-04 09:30 - 13:30 | Cancelled
With a widespread overnight frost and sub-zero daytime temperatures
this ride is now CANCELLED

Winter is coming!

Group ride to Alconbury Weald
2025-12-21 09:30 - 13:30 | BP Ely Road Cambridge, CB5 9QP
Sunday 21st December Pre-Christmas ride to Alconbury Weald
Thanks to Peter Grant for stepping in to devise our last ride out of the year. Robert Silver will be in Tail End position. Peter describes the ride as follows:
“Starting at BP Ely Road Cambridge, we’ll head north to Stretham then turn west to Earith and Ramsey, ending up at the Watch Tower Alconbury Weald.
Riders will need to prebook their breakfast choice when requesting a place.
Then it’s South through Huntingdon and Godmanchester, east to Yelland and Toseland then south to Gamlingay and a loop ending at BP Childerly gate.
On this occasion, we will be a small group of 8 members and we will be using the buddy system.”

Start point BP garage, Ely Rd, Cambridge CB5 9PQ. what3words
Brunch The Watch Office, Alconbury Weald, PE28 4XA what3words
End point BP Station (Childerly Gate) Caldecote, CB23 8AY what3words
Outward 45 miles
Return 43 miles
Participants limited to 8 members only

Group ride to Wellingborough
2025-12-07 09:30 - 13:30 | BP Childerley Gate, St Neots Road, Childerley Gate, Cambridge, CB23 8AY
This ride will be led by Roger Taylor and tail-ended by Patrick Ryan
Outlining the ride, Roger says:
“Leaving from the BP at Childerly Gate at 09.30 (after the mandatory 09.20 briefing,) we head west and north to loop round the top of St Neots. We continue westwards towards Kimbolton but branch off before we get there to Swineshead and Yelden before crossing the A6 and passing through Poddington. We will stop for Breakfast the Pump House Café in Wellingborough after 42 Miles.
The return route has us heading south initially before striking out eastwards through Odel and Sharnbrook. We then turn north to Great Staughton and then into St Neots to finish at the Riverside Park, a distance of approximately 36 miles.
The ride is limited to 16 riders and associates who have been approved by their observer are welcome to attend.”
Start BP Childerley Gate (CB23 8AY) what3words
Breakfast The Pump House Café Wellingborough (NN8 1LD) what3words
End Riverside Park, St Neots (PE19 7SD) what3words

CAM ride to Motorcycle Live CANCELLED
2025-11-21 09:30 - 19:00 | McDonalds, Caxton Gibbet, Ermine Street, Cambridge, CB23 3PE, United Kingdom
Motorcycle Live 2025 takes place 15-23 November at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham – and ride leader Roger Taylor proposes a mid-week ride there (weekends are hellishly busy!). To whet your appetites, Roger has provided the following tentative description
Following a 9:20am briefing, we’ll leave promptly from Caxton Gibbet at 9.30am. The ride will take us west, and will avoid main roads as much as possible. A breakfast stop at the Pilots Mess Café on Sywell Aerodrome is part of the itinerary: suitably refreshed we’ll continue westwards on a combination of A- & B- roads (with a few C-roads thrown in at no extra charge!)
Parking at the NEC is free for motorcycles, but please note that participants are strongly advised to pre-book their tickets for entry to the exhibition
We’ll depart the NEC at 4pm, and as it will be dark the journey home will be on the M6 and A14 with a possible coffee stop along the way to warm us up
Roger’s ride to the NEC is open to full Members and Associates who are confident riding after dark. A GPX of the route will be made available 2 days prior to departure (allowing Roger to make last-minute changes according to the weather forecast and roadworks)
The ride will be limited to a maximum of 10 participants

Meet the Examiners evening
2025-11-20 19:00 - 21:00 | Over Community Centre, The Doles, Over, Cambridgeshire, CB24 5NY
This event is open to all, but is aimed squarely at our 32 Associates … and whether you’re our most recent recruit or at test standard and awaiting your test date, this evening is for you!
We’re very lucky to have two Examiners – Simon Burgin & Martin Munday – linked to CAM. Both former police riders with a wealth of experience to share, they’ll be joining us to discuss what they look for during the test, the common pitfalls and how best to showcase your riding. The evening is also an opportunity for Associates to meet members of the Observer team, several of whom will be on hand. Full Members are of course also very welcome: as always, all attendees can expect to pick up riding insights and a refresher on motorcycle roadcraft!
Since our last Meet the Examiner Evening earlier this year, CAM has seen successes in both the Advanced Rider course and the National Observer Training Program, and we’ll start with short presentations acknowledging those individual achievements before handing over to our guest Examiners, both of whom are keen to address what’s on the minds of CAM’s Associates & Members. When requesting a place, please mention any points which you would like to bring up during the Q&A session towards the end of the evening!
Meet the Examiners Evening, 7pm to 9pm, Thursday 20th November
Over Community Centre, The Doles, Over CB24 5NW what3words

Sunday ride to Whittlesey
2025-11-16 09:30 - 13:30 | Tesco Milton, CB24 6AY, United Kingdom
This Sunday ride has Chris Curryer in the lead and Keith Tremeer bringing up the rear
The ride will departs from Tesco Milton and heads to Whittlesey – a journey which should take about one hour and 10 minutes. The route passes through Cottenham, Earith, Chatteris & Benwick to Whittlesey, where there’s the choice of breakfast venues: either The Sunshine Café or The George Hotel (a Wetherspoons pub) which are located directly opposite each other on Market Street
After breakfast there’s roughly 1½ hours more riding, at first following the B660 through Great Gidding, Catworth & Kimbolton. The route then switches to the B661 through West Perry, Buckden & The Offords before finishing up at Cambridge Services
Departs Tesco Milton, 9:30am what3words
Breakfast Sunshine Café or George Hotel, Market Street, Whittlesey what3words
Ends Cambridge Services, A14 J24 what3words
Distance 87 miles Limited to 16 participants

Associates-only ride
2025-11-16 09:30 - 12:30 | Starbucks Ely, Witchford Road, Ely, CB6 3NN
Andy Saward & Shaun Digby are on lead & tail duties for this Associate-only rideout. All Associates are welcome – whether they’re new to biking or already have multiple tours under their belts!
The departure point is Starbucks, Ely (Witchford Road) where participants need to gather in good time for the 9:20am briefing, following which the ride will depart promptly at 9:30am. Andy & Shaun are taking the group to the ever-popular Browns Café in Mundford, Norfolk. Those unfamiliar with this venue are in for a treat – check the TripAdvisor reviews here!
The return journey heads back to Starbucks in Ely, where the aim is to finish by 12:30pm. In total the route comes in at around 70 miles: participants must ensure that their bikes are adequately fuelled for this distance ahead of the briefing
Start & end point Starbucks, Witchford Road, Ely, CB6 3NN what3words
Breakfast Browns Café, Mundford, IP26 5EH what3words
Briefing 9:20am Departs 9:30am Total distance ~70 miles
An email containing a booking link been circulated to all Associates
Can’t find the email? Please check your junk folder!
