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 […]
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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 […]
Come and have a natter and a drink with friends. This will be our first indoor social event for many months, so is long overdue. No speaker. And to make it more interesting, bring Something Interesting !! Got a strange tool in your garage that only you knows what it does…perfect! Or a weird kitchen […]
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 […]
Sorry, but due to COVID, we’ve had to suddenly cancel this meeting at short notice. Our AGM will now take place on Wednesday 13th October. Please note: the meeting will start promptly at 7pm; get there earlier to order a drink etc… From 7pm to approx 7:45 we will be holding our Annual General Meeting […]
We will be holding our Annual General Meeting (AGM), our first in two years so please come along. This is your chance to tell your Committee what we’re doing right and what needs improving, anything goes really (too many runs, too few runs, too many emails, etc etc). It is also an opportunity for you […]
A welcome return for our popular Saturday morning Breakfast Meet. For the month of October, we’re going to try The Garden Café at Thorngrove Garden Centre in Gillingham. Come and enjoy a breakfast and some good company. It doesn’t matter how you get here: motorcycle, car, pushbike or just walk if you’re near enough.
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.
Once again, Paul Miles has kindly volunteer to put together a list of absurd questions with impossible answers and will become our Quiz Master for the evening. If you’ve not been to one of these before, they are great fun, so come along and have a laugh.
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 welcome return for our popular Saturday morning Breakfast Meet. Come and enjoy a breakfast and some good company at The Garden Café at Thorngrove Garden Centre in Gillingham. It doesn’t matter how you get here: motorcycle, car, pushbike or just walk if you’re near enough.
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. .
Come along, with your partner, for a natter and a free buffet! 🙂 All we ask in return is that you buy £5 worth of raffle tickets on the night and you contribute a prize for the raffle. See you there!
A welcome return for our popular Saturday morning Breakfast Meet. Come and enjoy a breakfast and some good company at The Garden Café at Thorngrove Garden Centre in Gillingham. It doesn’t matter how you get here: motorcycle, car, pushbike or just walk if you’re near enough.
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 […]
This Club Night is CANCELLED. David Morris, curator of RNAS Yeovilton Museum. Recovery and restoration of an aircraft that operated from Henstridge.
Come and enjoy a breakfast and some good company at The Garden Café at Thorngrove Garden Centre in Gillingham. It doesn’t matter how you get here: motorcycle, car, pushbike or just walk if you’re near enough.
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
Note: this is a change to the printed 2022 Programme Card. David Morris, curator of RNAS Yeovilton Museum. Recovery and restoration of an aircraft that operated from Henstridge.
Come and enjoy a breakfast and some good company at The Garden Café at Thorngrove Garden Centre in Gillingham. It doesn’t matter how you get here: motorcycle, car, pushbike or just walk if you’re near enough.
*** 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
Starts at 10:00am For full details and advance ticket purchases, use the link below: https://www.bristolclassicbikeshow.com/
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 […]
John Young – BSA/Triumph triples racing in the 70’s
Come and enjoy a breakfast and some good company at The Garden Café at Thorngrove Garden Centre in Gillingham. It doesn’t matter how you get here: motorcycle, car, pushbike or just walk if you’re near enough.
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 […]
Ian Clarke – 50 years of BMW ownership
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 […]
Come and enjoy a breakfast and some good company at The Garden Café at Thorngrove Garden Centre in Gillingham. It doesn’t matter how you get here: motorcycle, car, pushbike or just walk if you’re near enough.
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
This is a ride-in night, so choose whichever of the two groups below is nearest to you and be there by 6:15pm. Each group leader will then do a 45 minute run and arrive at the Halsey Arms for 7pm. Once at the Halsey Arms, please support the pub by buying a pint and some […]
Come and enjoy a breakfast and some good company at The Garden Café at Thorngrove Garden Centre in Gillingham. It doesn’t matter how you get here: motorcycle, car, pushbike or just walk if you’re near enough.
The GIANTS Run is back! The VMCC Dorset Section’s run for girder fork bikes. First held in 2019 and again in 2021 (despite Covid-19), GIANTS 2022 will be better than ever but with a limit of 100 entries**, make your booking as soon as possible because those places will go quickly. If you haven’t taken […]
This is a ride-in night, so choose whichever of the two groups below is nearest to you and be there by 6:15pm. Each group leader will then do a 45 minute run and arrive at the Halsey Arms for 7pm. Once at the Halsey Arms, please support the pub by buying a pint and some […]
Gillingham in Gear is happening this year on the 11 June at the Red Lion in Gillingham. Dorset Section will have a stand at the show to, hopefully, encourage new members to try out the VMCC. However, we need volunteers to help man the stand and also bikes for display. Bikes do not have to […]
Start at The Trading Post, Warden Hill, Evershott at 10.30 for a 11.00 start. A 55 mile run to Hamish’s Café A37 Prowles Cross, with a coffee stop at the Udder Farmshop at East Stour. Plenty of petrol stations on route for thirsty 2 strokes! 2 Strokes preferred, but not compulsory.
The B&NF Section have their “Wessex Wonder” on this day and they are stopping at Kings Stag Coffee House for a snack & drink. If you cannot make our own Blue Haze Run, which is also on this day, but fancy an informal ride, then why not come along to King Stag and do a […]
Come and enjoy a breakfast and some good company at The Garden Café at Thorngrove Garden Centre in Gillingham. It doesn’t matter how you get here: motorcycle, car, pushbike or just walk if you’re near enough.
Good weather guaranteed 🙂 Start and finish : at the Virginia Ash pub, Sherborne Rd, Henstridge, BA8 0PL Coffee stop at 36 miles at the Avalon Marshes Centre, Shapwick Road, Westhay, Glastonbury BA6 9TT Run distance : 68 miles in total Note: this run starts at 10:30 a.m., so get there earlier to sign-on. The […]
The Dorset Section has no run planned for Sunday 26th of June so it is a good opportunity to join the Wessex Veteran & Vintage Section for its ‘On the Beaded Edge Run’, from the Shillingstone Station. If you have a pre-1931 bike bring it along and enjoy the ride. If not why not come […]
