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as of 13th June)
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repair of Steve’s front wheel puncture on the road to Skye
Important Update : The next section
run is on Wednesday 18th June from Crown Corner at 10.30am. The next
club night at The Woodman is on Thursday 26th June.
There was
only Pam, myself and Alan and Jackie Jennings at the 4th June
mid-week lunch meet as most of our section members were off to the
International on the Isle of Skye. While Graham Eaton and Claire rode all the
way on his KTM, having made their own arrangements along the way and Reg (Harlow) Green and Janice also made their own way to
the event, Roy, Geoff G, Steve C, Dave W, Dudley W and Lin B drove up to
overnight at a Glasgow hotel in Roy and Dudley’s vans and Lin’s camper van,
with the vans carrying their bikes. On the Wednesday they rode from there to
the rally on their bikes with Lin’s camper van and Dudley’s van in attendance after
meeting up with Dave Ayres who had ridden up from Oxford on his Royal Enfield
Himalayan and who rode with them. It seems that their run to the rally went
fairly well although Steve unfortunately had a front wheel puncture which they
fixed with a new tube by the roadside and Dave W had distributor problems,
which turned out to be a faulty coil. He also managed to get sorted by fitting
Roy’s spare magneto instead.
At our
club night on 12th June the weather was kind enough that we were
able to sit outside for the first time this year. This was fortuitous as we had
19 members and guests attending and we were particularly pleased to see Jan and
Kerry Harknett arrive. We also were joined by Mike
from the British Owners Club who had some questions about his Matchless G3,
which hopefully Alan and Pat were able to help him with. Roy and Dave
entertained us with a report of the International Rally. Apart from the two
problems mentioned above the only other bike related problem was that Geoff
also had a puncture, in the rear wheel this time, and Dave Ayres seemed to have
sprung a small oil leak on his Royal Enfield Himalayan. Perhaps it was feeling
left out !!.
Although it rained a bit during the rally it wasn’t enough to spoil any
of the runs, but they had to ride through torrential rain on the way back from
the rally site to their overnight stop in Glasgow.
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 13th June
2025
Wednesday 18th June – Section run destination to be announced
(start from Crown Corner at 10.30am)
Thursday 26th June – Section club night at The Woodman,
Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm, 6.30 if eating)
Wednesday 2nd July – Mid-week lunch meet at Stapleford
airfield club house cafe (11.30am)
Thursday 10th July – Section club night at The Woodman,
Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Wednesday 16th July – Section run (start from Crown Corner at
10.30am, destination to be announced)
Thursday 24th July – Section club night at The Woodman,
Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Wednesday 6th August – Mid-week lunch meet at Rosey Lea’s, North Weald airfield. (11.00am)
Thursday 14th August – Section club night at The Woodman,
Stanford Rivers (from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Sunday 17th August – British Owners Club classic bike event
at The Woodman.
Wednesday 20th August – Section run (destination and start
location to be announced)
27th August to 1st September –
Section attendance at the Jampot Rally, Corbridge, Northumbria.
Thursday 28th August – This should be a section club night
but may be cancelled due to 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)
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