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The Section
(update as of 21st August)
Roy and Lin at Ashfields Country Kitchen
at Great Canfield during the Aug 20th run
Important Update : The next club night at The Woodman
should have been on Thursday 28th August but due to so many being
away at the Jampot Rally this has been cancelled and the next club night is now
Thursday 11th September. The next mid-week lunch meet will be at
Stapleford airfield club house on Wednesday 3rd September.
At the club night on 14th August it was decided that as nearly
all who usually attend the club nights will be away for the Jampot rally at the
time of the next scheduled club night on 28th that this club night
will be cancelled and the next club night will now be on Thursday 11th
September. Although we were down in numbers at the start of the night as Geoff
G and Dave W could not attend our numbers increased later when we were pleased
to see new member Mike arrive and also Jan and Kerry Harknett visiting.
Graham Eaton’s long running frustrations with
the Norton engine of his G15 are now hopefully at an end now that his cylinder
head has been sorted and he said at the August 6th lunch meet, when
he arrived on the bike, that an 80 mile test run had gone well. I had hoped
that my own problems with not being able to start the ex Alan J Model 18S AJS
were now also over with its new ignition system. Well, start it did for a test
run but that run ended with a fuel starvation problem due to blockage by debris
in the fuel feed. So it now has in-line filters fitted from each fuel tap to
the carb’. It doesn’t look as neat around the carb’ area now but it should be
more effective and so far a 40 mile test run has gone well.
Only Roy, Lin and myself went on the August 20th
section run and in an attempt to find a café that I hadn’t already visited Roy
led us on a run to Ashfields Country Kitchen at Great Canfield, a place that is
also an equestrian centre with a polo and carriage club. I had actually heard
of it and seen it as Graham Eaton had mentioned it to me last year but I hadn’t
yet tried it. It was a nice place decent food at good prices so worth a visit
if you are that way.
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 21st August 2025
27th August to 1st
September – Section attendance at the Jampot Rally, Corbridge, Northumbria.
Thursday 28th August –
This should be a section club night but has now been cancelled due to the
Jampot Rally
Wednesday 3rd September –
Mid-week lunch meet at Stapleford airfield club house cafe (11.30am)
Thursday 11th September –
Section club night at The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if
eating)
Wednesday 17th September
– Section run (destination and start location to be announced)
Thursday 25th September –
Section club night at The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if
eating)
2nd to 5th
October – Section running the Alternative Rally at Battlesbridge Antiques
Centre
Thursday 9th October –
Section club night at The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if
eating)
Thursday 23rd October – Section
club night at The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Thursday 13th November –
Section club night at The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if
eating)
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)
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Any impromptu runs or meets can
be confirmed at short notice by contacting