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

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 ”

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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

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Briefing  9:20am                    Ride departs  9:30am       
Total distance  95 miles       Maximum number of participants  16

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

Fellow Committee Members Keith Curtis & Nick Harwood join forces on October 6th to respectively lead & tail our next Group-organised Sunday ride. They’ll be heading west into Northamptonshire – Rose of the Shires – for breakfast at the Aspen Café on the outskirts of Burton Latimer. Keith outlines the ride…

Starting from Cambridge Services we make our way through Huntingdon and on to Northamptonshire – the Rose of the Shires – using minor roads running north of and parallel to the A14. Continuing west and southwest, we cross the A14 three times as we make our way to Bosworth’s Garden Centre where we will stop for breakfast at the Aspen Café.
On the return journey we stay to the north of the A14 following minor roads through some lovely villages on the way to Oundle before crossing the A605 at Barnwell. Pushing homewards we pass through Thurning, Winwick & Hamerton before passing through Huntingdon once more to end the ride back at Cambridge Services

As the café has requested pre-orders, so please indicate your choice from the breakfast menu when requesting your place using the link below 

Summer Flowers, Henri Fantin-Latour 1880 | Public Domain

Start & end         Cambridge Services, CB23 4WU    what3words
Breakfast            Aspen Café, NN15 5QA    what3words

Ride limited to 16 riders   |  Request a place here