On Sunday, May 30 we had our first ride out of the year to the Shuttleworth collection near Biggleswade. The event was carefully organised to meet the current COVID-19 regulations and to keep members and the public safe.As this was the first ride out since restrictions were lifted on May 17 we had a tremendous response in total 35 people ands 27 bikes registered to come on the event and these were organised into three groups to ensure we kept within the regulations!
The ride started from Oxford with Groups A and B departing from Peartree services and Group C from the Costa at Seacourt, Botley. James O’Shea organised the ride with a very interesting route mostly on small the roads to avoid any bank holiday traffic. The route was very scenic and very enjoyable, although only 63 miles long it was very ‘twisty’ and took a little over two hours to ride!
On arrival at the Shuttleworth collection we checked in using our pre-booked tickets (with the special offer for the BMW club :-)) and were shown to our designated parking area. There was plenty of space at Shuttleworth for outdoor picnics and outdoor seating for those using the Runway Café – in the gorgeous weather it was a pleasure to be outside.
The attractions at Shuttleworth includes a number of hangers housing the historic vintage aircraft collection and the Swiss garden which is actually the oldest part of the site where the garden buildings are the main historic interest.
There was a good variety of BMW motorcycles on the ride including Mark’s very nice R80/7!
Everyone have a very good time and thanks are due to James for his excellent work in organising a very successful ride out. By using Meetup and systems we have developed in the club we are hoping to be able to continue club ride outs for the rest of the year – we hope to see you on one soon!
PS If you have not registered for Meetup yet it is a good idea to do so it will help you get the best from the monthly club ride outs and mid-week rides, for more information please click here.
