Category: Rides

On a cold Sunday morning with damp roads we set off on a ride to the Jackeroo Cafe at Thruxton circuit and were rewarded with a hearty breakfast.

A great ride to the Cafe on the Leckford Estate. After a misty start and damp roads, the sun came up, the mist cleared and the temperature rose. Another enjoyable Sunday morning. Bikes needed washing afterwards though.

Another very cold Sunday ride to Court Hill.

We had a great start to 2o22 with 12 riders and their bikes meeting together at 10.30am on 1st January for our first branch ride of the year. We met up near junction 12 of the M4 and then rode to the H Cafe.

We managed to go on lots of rides this year. You can download a booklet (and print it out if you want) by clicking on the button below.

A group of our members rode together on the annual Reading Toy Run (see here for details). We met up about half a mile away and then rode together to the start point where we joined up with hundreds of other bikers, many in fancy dress with decorated bikes, for the ride from Reading to Wokingham where we dropped off toys to Barnado’s.

With temperatures below freezing as we got up in the morning and around 1 degree C when I left the house, I was not sure how many people would be turning up for our Sunday ride-out. However, six hardy bikers shrugged off the freezing conditions and met up at Cobbs Farm. The temperature had risen to a cool 2 degrees as we set off for the Court Hill centre near Wantage. The roads were mercifully dry, so we did not encounter any ice and arrived for coffee and cakes at the Court Hill centre with nothing more amiss than freezing hands and feet.

On a bright, but cold morning, we set off from Three Mile Cross on a short ride for breakfast at the Iron Bull Inn near Old Basing. We were then warmed up enough to ride on to Loomies at West Meon where we saw an extraordinary bathtub bike decked out in poppies. Despite one member going to the wrong start point and another getting lost on the way to Loomies, we all managed to make it to both cafes for another enjoyable Sunday out.

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Four members went on a mid-week ride to The Grange near in Saunderton, West Wycombe.

We rode to the Departure Lounge Cafe near Alton but when we got there we found it was closed as they were holding a wedding there. So after a quick discussion we rode to nearby Alton station and went to the cafe there.

Some photos below.