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(update as
of 29th May)
Section members and friends at the 2026
International Rally in the Netherlands
Important Update The next Wednesday
lunch meet will be at Rosey Lea’s, North Weald
on 3rd June at 11.00am and the next club night at the Woodman
will be on 11th June. The next section run is scheduled for 17th
June
At our club night
of 28th June we heard about the
experiences of the section members attending the International Rally in
the Netherlands. Reg and Janice and Graham and Claire made their way there by
taking the ferry from Harwich while Roy, Dave and Steve rode down to the
Eurotunnel terminal to take the train along with Dudley who was in his van,
carrying the luggage and some spares as well as a supply of oil. Unfortunately
for them the recent dry weather didn’t hold for the day they left and they
spent the day riding through rain. Fortunately the weather improved from then
on although just like back home it did get rather too hot at times, especially
when wearing riding jackets and gloves while in traffic. They all enjoyed the
rally and thought it was well organised but were not so in favour of the ‘sat
nav’ way of running the ride-outs, feeling that some of the atmosphere of the
rally was lost by doing it this way. However, with the increasing difficulty of
gathering enough marshalls for doing them the traditional way it is
understandable to try things this way. As our own party found though, files
transferred and copied between sat navs do not always seem to result in the
same routes being received by everyone despite the same file being sent to all
it seems, which caused a few problems throughout.
During the rally
Peter M, who was riding with them had trouble with the charging system on his
bike, which stopped with a flat battery, but a battery swap with Dave got him
running again while Dave’s bike charged Peter’s battery during the run. Later
on Steve, who has had more than his fair share of bad luck with bike problems
this year lost gear selection on his bike, which they were unable to fix while
there. Steve’s bike was loaded on to Peter’s trailer together with Peter’s bike
for the trip back to the tunnel while Steve travelled with Dudley in the van.
At the tunnel Steve then had to ride Peter’s bike on to the train for the run back. To their surprise the group
then got split up on two separate trains, unfortunate especially for Dave whose
riding jacket had been put into the van, which then went onto a different
train, leaving Dave having to ride at the other end to their meeting up point in
casual clothing, with a few comments from other riders on the train about his
obviously Kevlar skin. Having all met up again in Kent the bikes were swapped
over again on Peter’s trailer while Steve’s brother came down to collect him
and his ailing bike. In spite of any problems though it all worked out in the
end and everyone had enjoyed their rally.
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 29th
May 2026
Wednesday 3rd June – Mid-week lunch meet at
The Squadron (Rosey Leas), North Weald from 11.00am
Thursday 11th June – Section club night at
The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Wednesday 17th June – prospective section
run, start at Crown Corner 10.30am, destination to be decided.
20th – 21st June – Intersection Summer
Solstice Camping weekend at the Bat and Ball, Wisborough Green West.
Thursday 25th June – Section club night at
The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Wednesday 1st July – Mid-week lunch meet at
Stapleford airfield clubhouse, from 11.30am
Thursday 9th July – Section club night at
The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Wednesday 15th July – prospective section
run, details to be confirmed
Sunday 19th July – VMCC Founders Day event
at Stanford Hall.
Thursday 23rd July – Section club night at
The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Wednesday 5th August – Mid-week lunch meet
at The Squadron (Rosey Leas), North Weald, from 11.00am
30th July – 10th August – Section
run and attendance at the West Kent event (speak to Roy nearer date)
Thursday 13th August – Section club night at
The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
14th – 17th August – Jampot Rally
at Mount Kelly, Tavistock, Devon
Wednesday 19th August – prospective section
run, details to be confirmed
Thursday 27th August – Section club night at
The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Wednesday 2nd September – Mid-week lunch
meet at Stapleford airfield clubhouse, from 11.30am
Thursday 10th September – Section club night
at The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Wednesday 16th September – prospective
section run, details to be confirmed
Thursday 24th September – Section club night
at The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Thursday 8th October – Section club night at
The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Wednesday 14th October – prospective section
run, details to be confirmed
Thursday 22nd October – Section club night
at The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Thursday 12th November – Section club night
at The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Thursday 26th November – Section club night
at The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Thursday 10th 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