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News and Programme of The Section
(update as
of 26th August)
Investigating Steve’s charging problem at the
Jampot Rally
Important The next club night
at The Woodman will be on Thursday 27th August and the next midweek
meet will be at Stapleford airfield clubhouse on Wenesday 2nd
September at 11.30am.
Ten of us attended
the August midweek lunch meet at Rosey Lea’s, North Weald airfield with Roy,
Steve and Dave riding in together and Lin, Graham and Reg arriving separately
on their bikes and the rest of us in cars. With the nice weather we were able
to sit outside for our lunch and details were finalized concerning the Jampot
rally arrangements, with some of us traveling on the Wednesday and stopping
overnight near Salisbury and others traveling straight to Tavistock on the
Thursday.
Roy, Dave, Geoff,
Steve and Graham rode down to the midway overnight stop at Cricketfield House,
Salisbury followed by Lin in the club van and meeting up with Peter and
Christine Morris on the way. At Salisbury Pam and I joined them as did Dave
Ayres from Oxford. The following Morning the bikes left, followed by Lin in the
club van and Christine in their pickup to make their way to Tavistock via a
route over Dartmoor, which proved a challenge for Lin in the van at some of the
bridges, while Pam and I drove direct to the Bedford Hotel at Tavistock where
we were staying and also meeting up with Dudley and Alan who had driven from
home that day. Everyone had made it without any serious trouble, although Peter
was having overheating problems with his bike. At the rally site we met up with
Pat and Tony, who were staying on the site and had set up their gazebo which
provided welcome shade from the glare of the sun at times and also Jan and
Kerry Harknett, who were also staying on site. Graham’s partner Claire arrived
having driven down with their car having visited a friend at Bath on the way. The
camp site was on the other side of the road from the school where the main
events were being held and it was quite a walk up the steep drive to the school
each evening and unfortunately the extra flights of steps to get up to the bar
was just too much for Pam and I especially after walking too and from the hotel
to the site twice each day. However the food provided turned out to be
excellent. On the Saturday evening, after the meal many bikes were fetched up
to the school for a display and the public were invited in and a group provided
music for the evening.
After the rally Pam
and I elected to drive straight back the same day like Dudley and Alan while
the bikes and Lin in the van and Christine in their pickup took a more scenic
route and made an overnight stop at Alton near Winchester. This time Steve was
unfortunate enough to collect a puncture on the journey and later also had a
bit of magneto trouble, but all made it home ok in the end. Another good Jampot
rally and with good weather as well.
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 26th
August 2026
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