The Dorset section are pleased to announce the inaugural staging of their off-road event- The Dorset Dakar! Designed to be a gentle-ish introduction to riding trails and very much with the novice rider in mind, you are invited to join us for 10.00am (with an 11:00am departure) on Saturday 17th September at Compton Abbas Airfield […]
Starts off from the Hambro Arms in Milton Abbas at 2pm for a 20 mile run down to East Creech Tea Room and similar distance back. No route map needed, just follow the leader. Depending on numbers, the drop-off system might be used.
Now in its 43rd year, our Veteran & Vintage Run takes place on Sunday 25th 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 […]
10.30 for a 11.00 start at Teals, North Cadbury A gentle 35 mile run around some of the Blue Stone Villages of Somerset Finishing at the Virginia Ash. Run suitable for smaller bikes – even two strokes! GPX file for SatNav lovers : here
Dear friends This month it’s the section AGM and we’d appreciate your attendance on Wednesday the 12th October, at the Halsey Arms. This is a necessary mechanism to help ensure the continued smooth running of your section and presents an ideal opportunity for you to ask the committee any questions you might have and […]
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.
Start / End at Virginia Ash, Sherborne Rd, Henstridge, Templecombe BA8 0PL with a stop at Yandle & Sons, Hurst, Martock TA12 6JU Coffee, tea and bacon roll being served at the start from 10am. The Section is asking for a contribution of £3 towards run expenses. GPX files for SatNav lover: Outward Return
Note: this run is on Saturday. Short 50 mile round trip northwards, with coffee/lunch stop. GPX files for Sat Nav users: Outward Route Return Route 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 The Memorial Run this year is supporting The Blood Bikers. They are very enthusiastic to be involved, they are bringing one of their bikes to the start. We have arranged to present them with the cheque at January Club Night when they will give a talk and slide […]
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 circular 45 mile run starting and ending in Blandford with a half way stop at Compton Abbas Airfield Café. GPX files for Sat Nav users : Outward Return 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 some raffle tickets on the night and you contribute a prize for the raffle. See you there!
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 We will again be holding our New Year’s Day Run in conjunction with the Sturminster Newton New Year’s Day Vintage and Classic Vehicle Run. The event, which is sponsored by Harts of Stur, is a charity event benefitting the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance. Vehicles entering the main event are required to […]
Note: Club Night in January has had to be moved to Tuesday 10th At short notice, our very own Andy Grew has kindly volunteered to tell us all about the Moto Morini company and its motorcycles.
33 mile circular route starting and ending at Dikes Supermarket in Stalbridge. Weather dependent, we do not want a repeat of “2020 skating on ice”. Please note that there is a ford on the route. GPX file for Sat Nav users —> here. (Updated 13th Jan) The Section is asking for a contribution of £3 […]
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.
Jacqui Furneaux will be talking about her 7 year travels around the world. She visited 20 countries on a Royal Enfield! Jacqui is a very entertaining speaker, this is not one to be missed!
A gentle 35 mile run through some of the blue stone villages of Somerset. This run is suitable for any bike, so you can get your tiddler out if you wish! Starting from Teals Shop / Café nr. South Cadbury Ending at the Virginia Ash, Henstridge Note: Italian bikes are optional GPX file for Sat […]
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.
Note: This run is on Saturday Bernard says: March starting at Marsh & Hare Car Park Blandford DT11 7AW. Black Cactus café available to early arrivals. Run north with lunch stop at traditional transport café at Nunney Catch BA11 4NZ. Total 65 miles round trip GPX files for Sat Nav users: Outward Return The […]
CANCELLED DUE TO BAD WEATHER John Young, who is a good friend and regular speaker at the Dorset Section will be talking about the Triumph Quadrant. This is Triumphs attempt to beat the Japanese at their own game by producing a 4 cylinder bike of their own. Now, John is an excellent speaker but to […]
Due to a clash with Mother’s Day, our usual Breakfast Meet has become an “away fixture” and is being held a week later on the 25th March. See details here.
Bernard says: 11.00 am start from Warden Hill trading post on the A37 DT2 5PW, total of 80 miles out and back heading west to Dunkeswell airfield. Lunch stop at The Aviator restaurant EX14 4LG and return to Warden Hill The Section is asking for a contribution of £3 towards run expenses. (last updated 17th […]
We moved March’s Breakfast Meet to the later date of 25th and to be held at the Bath & West Showground! You’ll be here anyway for the VMCC Somerset Section’s Autojumble. Meet at 10am in the downstairs Thatchers Bar & Restaurant. https://www.vmccsomerset.co.uk/autojumble/
The Blandford Run takes place on Sunday 2nd April and will commence from the Corn Exchange in the Market Place at Blandford Forum. The run starts at 11am and free tea or coffee and biscuits will be available for club members from approximately 10am within the shambles area of the Corn Exchange. Dorset Council has […]
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 […]
You may have met Geoff and seen his marvellous V-Twin Panther at the Shepton Mallet show, but this is your opportunity to learn how he did it. We have been trying to get Geoff for a couple of years but were prevented by Covid and then last year Geoff was stranded in India. Hopefully we […]
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. 33 mile route from Okeford Fitzpaine Recreation Ground to the Round Chimneys Farm and Café at Boys Hill, nr Glanvilles Wootton. 11 mile route back to the start Starts at the Recreation Ground in Okeford Fitzpaine at 11am. The pavilion building will be open and there will be pain au chocolat, […]
The Dorset Section checkpoint for this year’s Founder’s Relay Rally is Shillingstone Station. The trustees have kindly given us permission to set up our table / gazebo in the car park between 9:30 and 4:30. Thank you to all those who volunteered to man our checkpoint for a couple of hours. We’ve now put a […]
CANCELLED due to poor weather.
May Club night will be different to that published and will now be an evening run for those that wish to ride or a ‘Noggin and Natter Night for those who don’t. Either meet at 6.00 at Starbucks, Babylon Hill, Yeovil or at The Halsey Arms for 6.30. We will then go for a run […]
All you Norton enthusiasts may be interested in attending an open day at Andover Norton. Last year the event was well attended with more Commando’s than you could shake an oily rag at! There will also be more unusual Norton’s on display and also some well known people with Norton connections will be in attendance, […]
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.
GIANTS 2022 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) & 2022, GIANTS 2023 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**. […]
Two routes, both starting and ending at the Shillingstone Station, St Patricks Industrial Estate, Station Rd, Shillingstone and both with plenty of places to stop for coffee etc Both start at 11am so get there earlier (10am) to sign-on and grab a coffee from the station café. Plenty of parking and toilet facilities. Route 1 […]
Gillingham in Gear takes place on the 10th June at the Red Lion & Town Meadows Field, High Street Gillingham 10am-4pm. It’s a free to enter car and bike show which the club will be having a stand at. Members can arrive and leave at any time. We need your support to promote the section. […]
A gentle 32 mile dawdle starting at 11am from King’s Stag Coffee Shop and ending at the Old School Gallery in Yetminster. The Section is asking for a contribution of £3 towards run expenses.
June club night will be a Fish & Chip Run starting at The Halsey at 6.00. We will go for a run of about an hour ending at the Fish & Chip van in Okeford Fitzpaine at about 7.00. If you do not wish to go on the run then feel free to join us […]
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.
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 somewhere : Rod and Carol are experts at seeking out new places to stop…. The run ends back at Warden Hill. No route map; the drop off system will be […]
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 infamous Chairman’s Challenge is back! Join him at Thorngrove Garden centre from 10.30am and embark on a journey of discovery through beautiful Dorset. Part of the challenge is understanding the chairman’s approach to route planning and there’s a high probability of the odd question or two en route. A nice coffee stop forms part […]
This is a pre-booked event only and is limited to 50 riders. To take part, you must register below; there is no entry on the day without a booking! PLEASE NOTE : We have had to change the start location. It is no longer at Compton Abbas Airfield but a few miles away at Win […]
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.
*** Details and Sat Nav GPX file updated 9th July *** The run starts at Culverhays car park, Sherborne and heads south for approximately 25 miles to the coffee / cake halfway stop at the Spyway Inn, Askerswell, DT2 9EP and the return is approximately 28 miles. There is a mixture off country lanes […]
40 mile circular route with stop at The Old School House, Yetminster. This will be a group run, but I will bring some route sheets for those that prefer to make their own way.
