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The Section
(update as of 14th November)
Dave checking his front brake after
fitting Roy’s spare cable at Debden Barns
Important Update : The next club night at The Woodman will
be on Thursday 27th November. It is proposed to have an end of the year
section run on Sunday 28th December from Crown Corner if the weather
is good enough. If you wish to take part then look out for Roy’s “round robin”
email around the time either confirming or otherwise. If you don’t get the
email then give him a ring before leaving home
The weather although dull kept mostly dry for
our section run on 15th October when Geoff G led Roy, Steve C, Dave
W and myself on a run to Debden Barn Antiques near Saffron Walden where we met
up for lunch with Lin B who had ridden there direct. There was a problem right
from the start when Dave arrived at Crown Corner with a snapped front brake
cable. Initially he was going to return home but was persuaded by Roy to
continue on the run to Debden Barns and then fit the spare cable which Roy had
tucked away somewhere amongst his luggage, which he did, keeping up with Geoff’s
sprightly pace with just his rear brake.
The
return run also provided a bit more excitement than wanted when after Lin had
peeled off to take her own route home and when we were approaching Fyfield
three deer dashed across the road in front of us. Geoff missed the first two
but the third tried to run between his and Steve’s bikes and caught Steve’s
bike. Roy, myself and Dave who were following stopped and went back to where
the deer landed to find that it had by then got up and ran over to join the
others away in the field. Steve had stopped just down the road and was checking
his bike to find that the only real damage seemed to be a broken indicator.
Fortunately Steve had a fairing on his bike so his handlebars hadn’t got
deflected. A very lucky escape and a timely reminder of just how many deer are
now roaming around Essex, something that was definitely still in my mind when I
went out on my bike again the following day. Apart from that incident it was a
good run out when we probably will not get too many decent days for runs left
before Winter sets in.
Any
information on forthcoming section activities will be always given on this page
of our section web site as the frequent changes that occur and the lead times
for the “Jampot” section notes does not allow for them to be used for this
purpose. So check this page regularly. It gets updated after any new
information becomes available and usually as soon as possible after each club
night .
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Our Future Planned Events
Update from 14th November 2025
Thursday 27th November –
Section club night at The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if
eating)
Saturday 6th December –
Section end of season dinner at The Plough, Bulphan. (contact Dave Walling)
Thursday 11th December –
Section club night at The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Sunday 28th December –
End of year section run (weather permitting, ring Roy on morning) (10.30am
Crown Corner)
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Any impromptu runs or meets can
be confirmed at short notice by contacting