Uncle Mike’s List of Events and Runs

Please note that some roads we explore are narrow with potholes and loose surfaces. Please ensure your machine is safe and roadworthy. It is a requirement that all participants have their own adequate insurance. Riders participate at their own risk.

In the event of heavy rain anticipated, rides may be cancelled by email at short notice.

2025 Date	Event	Ride Leader
Wednesday 1st January	Classics on the Green at Barrington from midday. Note – also occurs on the evening of the first Friday of each month April – September.
Tuesday 14^th January	Club Night – Drew’s Motorcycle Quiz. (Venue details below).	Drew Down
Thursday 23^rd January	Section Christmas lunch at White Swan Connington. (Now fully booked)	Drew Down Chris Renyolds
Tuesday 11^th February	Section Committee Meeting @ 7.00-7.30 Club Night – Speaker arranged.
Sunday 16^th February	De Havilland Museum visit and tour.
Tuesday 11^th March	Club Night – Bring & Buy Evening planned Section Committee Meeting @ 7.00-7.30
Wednesday 2^nd April	Run from Johnsons of Old Hurst. 10.30 for coffee. Depart at 11.00. Likely back at St Ives for lunch.	Martyn Blunt
Sunday 6^th April	Run from Bottisham Airfield Museum to TTT Motorcycles. Meet with the Essex Section envisaged.	TBC
Sunday 6th April	Frank and Ida Allen Memorial Run. Kings Lynn Section event. (Dick Fendick 07990 501148)
Tuesday 8th April	Club Night Speaker arranged.
Wednesday 16^th April	Brian Archer’s ride. Meet at Conington Airfield Café 10.30 for 11.00 depart. Meet with the South Lincs and Peterborough Section envisaged.	Brian Archer
Saturday 19^th April	Soham Town Rangers Classic Vehicle Show 12-5. Mick Gipp 01353 721589 / 07759 928376
Sunday 20^th April	John Abraham’s Memorial Run – Vintage and Veteran machines only (i.e. pre 1931). Bottisham Airfield Museum start 10.30. Lunch at The Woolpack Fornham St Martin	Martyn Blunt
Friday 25^th April	Cheffins auction viewing. Meet at Wilburton Garden Centre at 12 noon for lunch. Auction on Saturday.
Saturday 26^th & Sunday 27^th April	Stafford Motorcycle Show
Saturday 26^th & Sunday 27^th April	Saffron Walden Crank Up – Carver Barracks near Saffron Walden. CB10 2YA (www.swcrankup.co.uk)
Sunday 27^th April	South Links and Peterborough April Showers Run.
Monday 5^th May	Bank Holiday. Royston Historic Vehicle Day. Royston town centre car park. 11.15am to 3.30pm.
Tuesday 6^th May	Ride a Bike Night. The Hoops, Barton 6pm-8pm
Wednesday 7^th May	Ride to the Station Café, Rayne. Gather from 10 at Café 19, Duxford Community Centre, CB22 4RE. Depart at 10.30.	Stuart Bennett
Sunday 11th May	The Roger and Arthur King Girder Fork Run. Starts at the Shefford Memorial Hall 10 for 10.30am.
Sunday 11th May	Bottisham Airfield Museum – Classic Vehicle Show
Tuesday 13^th May	Normal Club Night. Sur la terrace!
Wednesday 14^th May	Meet the Bedford Section for lunch at Shuttleworth. Gather at Waresley Garden Centre at 10.30 for a 11.00 depart.	Martyn Blunt
Saturday 17^th May	Kings Lynn Section Run Malcolm Rolph 01842 811077
Sunday 18^th May	Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride. For more info refer to: https://www.gentlemansride.com/
Wednesday 21^st May	Run to the Blue Egg beyond Finchingfield. Meet at Duxford Café 19 at 10am for a coffee. Depart at 10.30.	Martyn Blunt
Sunday 25^th May	The Houghton Mill Run. Morning run only finishes with lunch at about 1.30pm.	Drew Down
Wednesday 28th May	Visit to Krazy Horse motorcycles at Bury St. Edmunds (for breakfast if you want). Then on to The Fox at Ousden for lunch. Meet at Bottisham Airfield Museum from 10.30 for coffee. Aim to set off at 11.00.	Dave Pink
Saturday 31st May	Leave Duxford Community Café at 10.30 for a ride to TTT Motorcycles then to The Fox at Ousden for Lunch.	Stuart Bennett
Sunday 1st June	Sunbeam Motorcycle Club Rose of the Shires Run
Tuesday 3^rd June	Summer Ride-a-Bike Night – The Hoops Barton 6-8pm
Wednesday 4^th June	Meet the Kings Lynn Section for lunch. Meet at the Johnsons of Old Hurst café at 10am for coffee, depart at 10.30 to lunch at the Five Miles from Anywhere Pub at Upware.	Martyn Blunt
Sunday 8^th June	“Gutless Wonders” Run. Open to tiddlers, veterans, cyclemotors, autocycles and other low powered machines. Start at Bottisham Airfield Museum. We will lunch at The Fox at Ousden. If 50 miles is an adventure, this is the run for you.	Martyn Blunt
Sunday, 8^th June	VMCC Banbury Run, at British Motor Museum, Gaydon, Warwickshire
Tuesday 10^th June	Section Committee Meeting @ 7.00-7.30 Normal Club Night. Sur la terrace!
Wednesday 11^th June	Midweek Social Rode. Meet at Waresley Garden Centre at 10.30 am. Destination TBC. Steeple Morden?	Martyn Blunt
Wednesday 18^th June	Royston & District Motor Cycle Club. Eternit Sports & Social Club (SG8 5RL).1830 until dark £5 (cash) entry. Anyone fancy leading a group ride to the event?	TBC
Sunday June 22^nd	Cambridge Museum of Technology annual Classic Bike Show.
Wednesday 25^th June	Run to Tarka’s Café (Baythorne End). Gather at 10.30 at Bottisham Airfield Museum for depart at 11.00.	Martyn Blunt
Sunday 29th June	Social run to The Woolpack at Fornham St Martin to meet the Kings Lynn and Suffolk sections. Scope to call in at Krazy Horse after lunch if you want.	Martyn Blunt
Tuesday 1^st July	Summer Ride-a-Bike Night – The Hoops Barton 6-8pm
Wednesday 2^nd July	Midweek social ride. Gather at Bottisham Airfield Museum for a coffee at 10.30. Depart at 11.00 to lunch at The Fox at Ousden	Martyn Blunt
Friday 4^th July	Meet on Barrington Green by the Royal Oak Pub. This is their main summer evening meeting for Classic and Vintage cars.
Saturday 5th / Sunday 6th July	Kings Lynn Section Veteran and Vintage Weekend. Fendicks Fisheries.
Tuesday 8^th – Friday 11^th TBC	Summer Break ???	Martyn Blunt
Tuesday 8^th July	Normal Club Night. Sur la terrace!
Sunday 13^th July	“Fen Tigers” Run. Sunbeam Motor Cycle Club event for pre-1940 machines.
Monday 14^th – Saturday 19^th July	Touring Section Breckland Week based at Fendicks Fishery near Methwold– Paul Fletcher 01245 321573 / 07719 463620
Friday 18^th July	Cheffins auction viewing. Meet at Wilburton Garden Centre at 12 noon for lunch. Auction on Saturday.
Sunday 20^th July	VMCC Founders Day. Stanford Hall.
Wednesday 23rd July	Stuart’s epic trip to the Brocket Arms, Ayot St Lawrence. Meet at Phillimore Garden Centre, Melbourn 10am for a 10.30 departure.	Stuart Bennett
Sunday 27th July	The Albert Brown Run, Wilden, Bedford. Pre book only.
Sunday 3^rd August	The Hobbson’s Choice Run. 10.30am at Orchard Farm, Eltisley. Mike has kindly agreed to let us use the farm as a starting point – we should all be able to find it by now. Morning ride only to a pub lunch.	Mike Hobbs
Tuesday 5^th August	Summer Ride-a-Bike Night – The Hoops Barton 6-8pm
Wednesday 6^th August	Mel’s Tortoise run. Meet Waresley Garden Centre at 10.30 or at the Silver Ball (at Reed near Royston) for 12.00 for a fry up. Then back to Fowlmere for some Ginger cake.	Tony Porter Mel Vinton
Tuesday 12^th August	Normal Club Night. Sur la terrace.
Sunday 17th August	Saffron Walden Motor Show
Sunday 17^th August	Bottisham Airfield Museum – Classic Vehicle Show
Wednesday 20^th August	Chairman’s Garden Party. Visit to see Roger Burton’s O gauge train layout. Meet at Bottisham Airfield Museum. Depart at 10.45 to ride to The Fox at Ousden for lunch then back through the lanes to arrive at Rogers place at 2.30 ish.	Roger Burton Martyn Blunt
Sunday 24th August	Anglian Section Concours and Lunchtime Barbecue at The Hoops, Barton. Gather from midday. Food ready about 1. There will be a small charge for food for non VMCC members.	Martyn Blunt
Wednesday 27^th August	Meet at Wilburton Garden Centre 10.30 am, then a ride to Sunny Hunny for whatever takes your fancy.	Ivor Muncey
Tuesday 2^nd September	Summer Ride-a-Bike Night – The Hoops Barton 6-8pm
Wednesday 3^rd September	Fish & Chips in Clare, Suffolk. Meet at Bottisham Airfield Museum 10.30am. Arrive at Clare at about 12.30pm.	Dave Pink
Sunday September 7^th	The Constable Run. From Monks Eleigh, Suffolk, run by the Sunbeam Club. Pre 1940 machines only.
Tuesday 9^th September	Club night probably the last sur la terrace! Film show if wet.
Sunday 14^th September	The “Arkesden” 1930s Run. Gather at 10am at Arkesden Village Hall for a 10.30 departure. All machines that were on the road in the 1930’s.	John Barrett
Wednesday 17^th September.	Ride to Three Horseshoes at Graveley. Meet 10.30 at Conington Airfield café for a 11.00 departure.	Martyn Blunt
Saturday 21^st & Sunday 22^nd September	Kop Hill Climb https://kophillclimb.org.uk/
Sunday October 5^th	Bottisham Airfield Museum – Classic Vehicle Show
Sunday 5^th October	THE Pioneer Run by the Sunbeam Club.
Tuesday 7^th October	Club Night. AGM (& speaker TBC)
Saturday 11^th & Sunday 12^th October	Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show, Stafford.
Sunday 12^th October	Kings Lynn Section Pre-31 and Girder Fork Machines Run.
Friday 17^th October	Cheffins auction viewing. Meet at Wilburton Garden Centre at 12 noon for lunch. Auction on Saturday.
Sunday 19^th October	South Lincs & Peterborough Section Autumn Leaves Run. Stibbington Diner 10.30am, Peterborough.
Saturday 25^th October	P&A Wood visit.
Tuesday 11^th November	Club Night Speaker
Tuesday 9^th December	Club Night Speaker TBC

Club night venue is Fulbourn Sports and Social Club, Capital Park Point, Fulbourn Old Drift, Fulbourn, Cambridge, CB21 5DE.

Rides to ‘fit in’ subject to weather:

Norfolk coast?
Lodges museum tour?
Steve Todds Museum?
Great War Huts?
Meet the Bedford section – Jordans Mill / Shuttleworth?
Tempsford Museum – Open the first Sunday of every month (except January) 2pm-4pm.
Ashdon Museum – Easter Sunday to the end of October – Sundays and Bank Holidays – 2-5pm
Ridgewell Airfield Museum – open selected Sundays

Volunteers requested for ride leaders where “TBC” noted.

If anyone is notified of anything else that may be of interest to Anglian Section members, please let me know and I will add it in and send it round again, updating the list as I go.