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Happy New Year everyone! Dry roads, sunny skies and an unusually warm day saw a huge turnout for the Harts of Stur sponsored Vintage & Classic Vehicle Run, and, as is usual, members from our Section turned up in force with a fantastic variety of two wheeled machines. The bikes set off first but due… Read more

Outside, it was miserable and wet, but inside at Henstridge Golf and Leisure, it was dry and festive.  A few photos of us enjoying our 2018 Christmas Lunch yesterday. Many thanks to John Adams for organising and, of course, Sandy et al for providing the excellent food. Read more

With perfect weather, the bikes and riders turned up in droves for the start of our Memorial Run 2018 at a new venue for us, the Visit Hillbrush centre in Mere. Ray and Linda Dickinson put a cracking 46.5 mile route together and managed to squeeze in three significant hill climbs: the first on the… Read more

It was a bit chilly this morning; 4°C when Ken Druce and I left the Blandford area for the Section’s first “official” move to Henstridge Golf and Leisure for our Breakfast and Lunch Meets. Despite the cold weather, we had a good turnout of members: some on bikes, some in cars.  And, as usual, most… Read more

Is there something magical about this run?  Is Roger Gillard some kind of Sun King a.k.a. King Louis XIV?  Last year, we had brilliant weather and yesterday, there wasn’t a cloud in sky. 🙂 The only disappointment for me was that a few of us from the Blandford area decided to get up early and… Read more

A fantastic range of bikes turned up at Hinton St. Mary’s village hall for yesterday’s Last of the Summer Wine run. Bob Hoare tells me 36 people signed on. The awards were: Many thanks to Bob for organising the run, and to all those helpers providing teas, coffees, biscuits and cakes — I can confirm… Read more

A pleasant 30 mile run yesterday for many Dorset Section members who took part in this Wessex V&V Section event. The route took us around the lanes of Stourton Caundle, Bishop’s Caundle, Caundle Marsh, Glanvilles Wootton and King’s Stag with a coffee stop at Folke Golf Centre in Alweston. I’ll be returning to the Virginia… Read more

Last Sunday’s scheduled Border Run was ruined by poor weather.  Some brave souls did the run, and full marks to them, but Gabby Hunt and Pete Dungey kindly agreed to re-run the route yesterday for anyone that turned up at Henstridge Golf and Leisure.  No signing-on, no fee, as this was deemed a bunch of… Read more

Report by Ray Dickinson: Hello All, We have just returned from a trip to the Peak District in which we rode the Pennine Way, a 500 mile three day event run by the Pennine section of the VMCC.. Day 1 . Starting at Edale Derbyshire, the route follows the Pennine Way walkers Trail as close… Read more

Two pre-1931 runs in as many weeks! Last weekend was our Section’s Veteran and Vintage Run and one week later (today) was the Wessex Section’s On the Beaded Edge Run.  We’re certainly spoilt for choice in this area and many of the same machines and riders were at both events. Strictly speaking, I believe only… Read more

Yesterday was the Dorset Section’s 40th annual Veteran & Vintage Run held at the Leigh Village Hall and expertly organised by Rod and Carol Hann. As this is a pre-1931 run, I was unable to take part last year having no suitable bike.  But that all changed in February of this year with the purchase… Read more

Held in conjunction with the Wessex V&V Section, there was a great selection of bikes with riders coming from at least four Sections: Stonehenge, Wessex V&V, Dorset and Bournemouth & New Forest. The rain did not materialise and we all had a pleasant 30 mile jaunt around the Witchampton area followed by 1, 2 or… Read more