At the beginning of the year, we published a schedule of ride outs and that has certainly worked out well. April was a trip to Cafe33 at Stradishall for some hearty breakfast. 12 bikes and 13 people were ready for the off and at 08:45 we left the Cricketers following the planned route through Earls Colne and Great Yeldham on mainly A roads except a couple of B roads via Keddington. Suffolk still amazes me how picturesque the countryside becomes; yellow rape seed fields and the smell of the hedgerows is a delight. The journey was about 33 miles and took about an hour at a leisurely pace. We took a different route back via Clare, Sudbury and Bures, again on some lovely roads. The drop off system worked to perfection, all riders out and all back with thanks to Kevin for performing his Tail-end Charlie duties.
This month’s Club meeting was well attended with 25 people and started with a usual pre-meeting ride out. The weather looked somewhat dodgy and Vic Sayers informed us that it had poured down just before he left home so had to un-tog and come in the Car. The ride took us on some pretty roads through Easthorpe and Messing and we manged to get back and finish the meeting without a single drop of rain falling.
The main subject to discuss was the May Coach Trip to Snetterton for the CRMC race meeting on 30th May. As usual, we will hire the 17-Seater Minibus from Roberson Van Hire with yours truly to be at the helm. We went through the details of the trip, the pick-up point and time schedule, which was lot of info so I will send out a specific commination to Club members on the subject in the next 2 weeks. As an added attraction Ian Wentworth will be participating in a parade lap during the event so we have some club involvement and support.