Pit Stops – AV8 Restaurant

AV8 Restaurant, Cotswold Airport, Kemble Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 6BA The original home of the Red Arrows (one on static display in the front of the terrace) is a fantastic stop off on the edge of…

Meet The Member – Tim Bolderson

Author Tim Bolderson Name and where you live Hi. My name is Tim Bolderston and I live in Caversham, which is the bit of Reading that is north of the Thames. What is/was your day…

Trip to the Waldblick Hotel in the Black Forest

Finally after two years of postponements the trip to the Waldblick hotel in the Black Forest was on. Although 17 people were heading for the hotel everyone had their own itinerary. Some were leaving the…

BMW NAVIGATOR 6 FAULT

I had a problem on the rideout to the barbecue recently with my satnav going haywire, particularly embarrassing as I was trying to lead the rideout at the time. The satnav was showing multiple routes…

Oxford Section Trips 2018/2019

The Oxford Section takes its holidays very seriously. Already we have seen members riding off on a two and a half week trip around Spain, starting on the north coast and going down to Andalucia…

BMW Oxford Rideouts

BMW Oxford Rideouts During rides, subject to numbers, we will use the Drop-Off (sometimes called the Corner-Man or 2nd man drop-off) system to mark changes of direction. Please view: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGXRtvk3_EQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhMvb5-EJQ8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a1l22-iqYo The Drop-Off system…

Rideouts under Covid

Background During Covid-19, rideouts must comply with government legislation and guidelines and the interpretation of these by COMO (Coalition of Motorcycling Organisations). The COMO guidelines have been updated with the latest version appearing on 31st…

Luggage – The Inside Story

By Tim Bolderston. If you’re going away on your BMW, you will probably be using BMW panniers and possibly a top-box. All fairly obvious, but what goes in the panniers?  BMW sell matching inner bags or…

Meet the Member – Henk & Wilma Gouws

Name and where you live Hi, We are Henk & Wilma Gouws. We live in Witney, Oxfordshire. What’s your day job? I am a company director and Wilma is an accountant for Open Doors International….

Ludlow – Overtaken by COVID-19

Last May Carl Flint led us on a trip to Ludlow where we stayed in small hotel not far from the centre of town. We spent a day on the bikes touring around twisty roads…