Run

After the run, there is an optional Carvery lunch.  If you want this Carvery, you must pre-book directly with Sandy at Henstridge Golf and Leisure.

40 mile run

This is a Classified Run : only machines with a capacity of 250cc or less please. The run will be approx 40 miles. For details,  please phone Paul Miles (details on the Contacts page)

This has been quite the year to say the least, with virtually every motorcycling event having being cancelled or postponed. Having initially moved GIANTS2 from its original June date to the very end of August, we had high hopes of staging a successful event. However, the ongoing COVID situation, with its threat of continued localised […]

Our annual Last of the Summer Wine run is taking place!  Signs of normality are returning. A 40 mile run around north Dorset starting at Sturminster Newton Car Park and ending at The Horton Inn, Cranborne Rd, Wimborne BH21 5AD.  We are booked in at the inn for food and drinks as required at 1pm […]

40 mile run

Due to lots of flooding, and with more heavy rain forecast for all day tomorrow, we have decided to CANCEL tomorrow’s Autumn Run. Sorry for the short notice.

Our annual Autumn Run had to be cancelled at short notice last Sunday (4th) due to poor weather, so we’re going to have another attempt at holding it on  Sunday 18th October. Same as before: it’s a single 50 mile route around north Dorset and, depending on number of pre-bookings, will have two start locations […]

Starts : From the Marsh & Ham car park in Blandford.  This is the car park that is shared with Morrison’s supermarket car park and across the road from The Crown pub Finishes :  At the Cranborne Garden Centre, Cranborne, Dorset BH21 5PP. Lunch is available if required as is tea/coffee and cake etc, they […]

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Update 12th March : this run is now fully booked. We’re holding an informal run on Good Friday 2nd April. It will consist of 5 groups with 6 riders in each group. Each group will have a leader who is responsible for the route, including the start and end points. The groups will not meet […]

Update 9th April : all places now taken. For obvious reasons, sadly we cannot hold Peter Miller’s traditional Blandford Run from the Corn Exchange this year as we’re limited by the “Rule of 6” restrictions. However, we have organised an informal version of this run.  It will consist of 5 groups with 6 riders in […]

Updated on 12th April 2021 : Only 1 place left Our annual Bluebell Run is in two weeks time on Sunday 25th April. So far, no sign of bluebells…😢 This will be another one of these informal “Rule of 6” runs where we have 5 groups with 6 riders in each group. Each group will […]

Hopefully, this will be the last of these informal “Rule of 6” runs where we have 5 groups with 6 riders in each group. Each group will have a leader who is responsible for the route, including the start and end points and coffee stops. The groups will not meet each other; they are independent […]

Update 7th April:  All 30 places now booked.. Two routes, both starting and ending at the Haynes Motor Museum and both with a coffee stop.   Both start at 10:30am Route 1 : 42 miles in length for Veteran and Early bikes Route 2 : 70 miles in length…for everyone else. Please Note: Due to Covid-related […]

Start and finish : at the Trading Post/ Emporium, Warden Hill A37 DT2 9PW (see map below) Lunch stop : at Dunkerswell Airfield, Aviator coffee bar and restaurant or Tubby’s Cafe. (to be decided) Run distance : about 40 miles each way If you have any questions about the run, please contact Bernard using the […]

A run preferably for two-stroke motorcycles please.  If you don’t have a two-stroke but want to take part, add a dash of Castrol R to your petrol tank and pre-book you place. Start and finish : at the Trading Post/ Emporium, Warden Hill A37 DT2 9PW (see map below) Coffee stop : at Who Knows […]

Starting from the Cabin Cafe, Warden Hill Trading Post, on the A37 at 2pm. The route is about 40 miles long with a tea stop at Mangerton Mill near Bridport. The run ends back at Warden Hill. Pre-booking is not necessary and no route map will be provided as the drop-off system* will be used. […]

Was the Two-In-One Run, but is now a standard single run Start and finish : at the Virginia Ash, Henstridge (see map below) Coffee stop : at Who Knows Where. (to be decided) Run distance : 68 miles in total If you have any questions about the run, please contact Pete using the details below. […]

Our Chairman would like you to join him for his fun summer challenge! Unlike a usual route sheet, this is reliant on your ability to spot road signs and distances have been left deliberately vague so you’ll need to pay attention and not just follow the bike in front! Not overlong (less than 50 miles), […]

You’ll have to ask Bernard why this run is called the Ox Drove run…. It starts at the Marsh & Ham Car Park, Blandford  at 11am. Note, pre-booking is not required but you will be asked to sign-on in the normal way (after reading and agreeing to the Rider and Ride Fact sheet), so get […]

A gentle 40 mile afternoon run with a stop at 20 miles for tea, cake etc. Just turn up, sign-on and follow the leader. No route map to worry about as these mid-week runs use the drop-off system.

A Classified Run for up to 100 Girder Fork motorcycles — you must pre-book. Following the recently announced 4 week extension to lockdown, this is the new date for the GIANTS Run in 2021  (it was going to be on the 4th July). Due to the date change, we’ve had a small number of people […]

38 mile outward journey to The Haven Café, A30 London Rd, Firsdown, Salisbury, SP5 1ST 50 mile return journey back to Blandford For those with SatNavs, the GPX files are below There is a voluntary contribution of £3 for taking part in this run Note: This run starts at 10:30am, so get there earlier to […]

The Border Run is one of the Dorset Section’s oldest runs.  Check out this video of the Border Run in 1982 with lots of familiar faces : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdEAFxFUs2g The 2021 Border Run is a 52 mile run into Somerset and Wiltshire taking in Motcombe, Mere, the Deverills, Maiden Bradley, Sutton Veny, Dinton, Fovant and  Berwick […]

A gentle 40 mile afternoon run with a stop at 20 miles at Compton McRae in Semley for tea, cake etc. Just turn up, sign-on and follow the leader.  Or pick up a route map. There is a voluntary contribution of £3 for taking part in this run

A run for low powered or small capacity machines i.e. 250cc or less. Approximately 40 miles with a coffee / tea stop en-route. There is a voluntary contribution of £3 for taking part in this run.

A 50 mile (approximately) run on the usual mix on VMCC type roads and starting at Dikes Supermarket car park in Stalbridge. UPDATE FROM ANDY: 21st August:  In common with many cafes/restaurants Dikes Supermarket are operating on a reduced staffing level. To help with their planning would you please let me know by 12.00 on […]

Bernard’s organised a 60-70 mile run going deep into north Somerset …it is the Northern Run after all. The half way point is Hunters Lodge at Priddy.  I’ve heard all sorts of good things about this pub, all along the same lines as this taken from a Trip Advisor review: “There aren’t many pubs like this […]

UPDATE : Due to the Cheese Festival taking place in Sturminster Newton this weekend, we’ve moved the start location to the Recreation Ground in Okeford Fitzpaine. A 55 mile trek around the roads and lanes of Dorset with a mid point stop at The Horton Inn. There is a voluntary contribution of £3 for taking […]

A gentle 40 mile afternoon run with a stop at 20 miles at East Creech Tea Room, nr. Corfe Castle for tea, cake etc. Just turn up, sign-on and follow the leader as the drop-off system will be used.  Assemble outside the Hambro Arms in Milton Abbas. There is a voluntary contribution of £3 for […]

Now in its 42nd year, our Veteran  & Vintage Run takes place on Sunday 26th September at 10:30am from Leigh Village Hall. As in previous years, Rod Hann is bound to come up with a very enjoyable route, but please note, the run is only for pre-1931 vehicles.  By all means come along to the […]

Start at Cranborne Garden Centre, BH21 5PP with a lunch stop Henstridge Airfield Cafe, BA8 0TN and then return to Cranborne Approx 85 miles The Section is asking for a contribution of £3 towards run expenses.

CANCELLED due to heavy rain, standing water and gravel runoff. Start at Dikes Supermarket, Stalbridge, DT10 2NB with a lunch stop at the Windwhistle Inn, Cricket St Thomas TA20 4DQ. The returning to Dikes. Approx 70 miles The Section is asking for a contribution of £3 towards run expenses.

PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT IS ON SATURDAY 13TH NOVEMEBER The Memorial Run is for us to remember friends who are no longer with us, all the money raised from the event will go to the cancer charity STAND UP TO CANCER (SU2C). So we will be asking for a £5.00 voluntary entry fee. The run […]

A gentle 45 mile run starting in Blandford and ending at the Horton Inn, via Shillingstone, Child Okeford, Fontmell Magna, Compton Abbas, Tollard Royal, Woodyates etc. To download a SatNav GPX file for this run, click below. The Section is asking for a contribution of £3 towards run expenses.       .

New Year’s Day Run Entrants should gather on the pavement outside the Poet’s Corner Café at Sturminster Newton from about 9.30 for departure at 10.45. The run, of just over 36 miles, is on country roads, which following the recent wet spell are likely to be muddy. It will end at the Virginia Ash at […]

33 mile route starting and ending at Dikes Supermarket in Stalbridge. Please be aware that there is a ford on the route, so please take care. GPX file for SatNavs below Winter Run 2022

*** CANCELLED due to bad weather *** A gentle 35 mile run through some of the blue stone villages of Somerset Starting from Teals Shop / Café nr. South Cadbury Ending at the Virginia Ash, Henstridge Valentines Run 2022 GPX File

Note: This run is on Saturday Bernard says: Starting Marsh and Ham Car Park, Blandford, DT11 7AW 11.00 am.  Early arrivals can get coffee and snack at Black Cactus Cafe, opposite to Car Park. Toilets at entry to the car park. 35 mile run to Nunney Catch Cafe, Nunney, Frome BA11 4NZ (details can be […]

Bernard says: Starting The Trading Post/Emporium Cafe DT2 9PW 11.00 am 40 mile run to Dunkerswell Airfield, Aviator bar and Restaurant EX14 4LG OR if open Tubbies Cafe on the industrial part of the airfield and visit the Heritage Centre 40 mile return run to starting point. Spring Run 2022 Outward Spring Run 2022 Return

The Blandford Run takes place on Sunday 10th April and will commence as in recent years, before covid caused disruption, from the Corn Exchange in the Market Place at Blandford Forum. The run starts at 11am and tea or coffee and biscuits will be available from approximately 10am within the shambles area of the Corn […]

Note: this run is on Good Friday Our Hot Cross Bun Run starts of with…hot cross buns of course, served together with a choice of tea or coffee.  So come along to the start at Okeford Fitzpaine Recreation Ground where you’ll find the pavilion open for signing-on, toilets etc. The run starts at the usual […]

Our annual Bluebell Run. 38 mile route from Okeford Fitzpaine Recreation Ground to Hamish’s Farm Shop & Café on the A37. 19 mile route back to the start This is all about the bluebells so some of the roads are narrow and might have a bit of grass growing in the centre. Please note :  […]

A 100 mile circular route around Salisbury Plain Stopping at Honeystreet, SN9 5PS where there is The Barge Inn and the Honeystreet  Mill Café