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Numbers up from last years 9, this year 12 signed on. Meeting at Cranborne Garden Centre, we were pleased to welcome new member John Harrison riding a 1942 Harley. We were also met by non riding Ray, Linda and Marie. We all set off OK, although a route sheet run most followed Dave Bramley through… Read more

The August Run is always popular but this year extremely popular. We had 31 bikes sign on, including 3 lady riders, and 4 pillions. The age of bikes ranged from 1930 to 2025 and included British, German, Japanese, American and, of course Italian. As far as I’m aware no one broke down or got lost,… Read more

Sunny weather tempted 6 tiddlers out along with their larger friends, this is the most we’ve had for a few years. The Triumph Tiger Cub brought along by Nigel J was the actual bike he took his test on many,many years ago! My preparation for the run did not go well as I wanted to… Read more

Lovely weather tempted a lot of riders to join us for the Border Run on Sunday. I thought West Bay traffic would be dreadful but we were lucky and sailed through with no hold ups. West Bay was, well, as you’d expect with bikes crammed onto the parking circle but luckily most of us found… Read more

Obviously not a Dorset VMCC event but I thought you may be interested in the recent meeting of Laverdas to celebrate 50 years of the Laverda Jota. I haven’t seen the official total but I would think there were close to 200 Laverdas of all types including several interesting specials and race machinary. Several of… Read more

Excellent weekend with the White Horse Run on Saturday and then the Signpost Rally with Somerset Section on the Sunday, both top events and very enjoyable. Many thanks to Paul S for organising our White Horse Run, I think you will certainly be given the opportunity to run it again next year! Want to do… Read more

Another excellent day out expertly organised by Andrew R and Ray, many thanks to them. This year there was also a ‘parallel’ road route, led by Ray, which was also popular, made it quite busy at the Pop Up Cafe for a while! Remember it’s our breakfast meet on Saturday and The White Horse Run… Read more

Unfortunately a lot of our regulars, myself included, were not able to attend Ryans run. I was a bit disappointed as although I have passed Winyards Gap many times I have never actually stopped there. Still maybe next year. Many thanks to Ryan for organising the run, this is greatly appreciated as he works full… Read more

Surprisingly Saturday dawned dry contrary to the forecast overnight thunder storms and even more surprisingly stayed dry all day. This prompted 13 members plus two pillions to sign on at Blackmarsh Farm, which has now been taken over by Hunts and renamed The Farmyard Kitchen. The cafe has been extended but the food is still… Read more

Third year we have held the Fish & Chip Run and the third year we’ve had exceptional weather. Our luck must run out soon! The picture above shows a group of unruly yobs, sitting on a bench eating chips and looking for trouble. I thought Okeford Fitzpaine was far too posh for this sort of… Read more

Apparently this was the first wet Gillingham In Gear ever, but it certainly made up for it this year! Thanks to Ray and Andrew who organised our stand and liased with the GIG commitee. It was a good morning at least. Ray’s report below. Gillingham in Gear  went ahead in spite of the severe weather forecast.… Read more

The first summer run was again held in glorious weather, hope you’ve made the most of Spring as the forecast is not as good. I unfortunately had to miss this run but it looks to have been enjoyed by all. Many thanks to Rod and Carol for an excellent day. Rod’s report below. Sunday 1st June… Read more

What an eventful one this turned out to be. First, the good: Using Spire Hill Farm as a venue once again, with the on-site restaurant under new ownership, was a gamble that handsomely paid off. Many thanks to Barrie and his team for looking after us so well. With kind weather this year, the GIANTS… Read more

Another excellent day out on a new run to the coast. Weather could not have been better, the blue sea and sky could have been views of the Caribbean. Apart from a group, including an ex Chairman and ex Treasurer, ending up at the wrong cafe on Portland all went well. Many thanks to Ray… Read more

A bit of deja-vu another Saturday, lovely weather and meeting at Lo’s Cafe. But the run was very different with a scenic tour around the New Forest taking in one of the WW2 airfields, Stoney Cross, Dave was definately ‘on message’ as we had a talk on this very subject at our club meeting in… Read more

It was a difficult decision for the featured picture, Paul W riding a H***a was a close contender but in the end I thought that the picture of Will regreting bringing a tractor on the run just shaded it. I have to say that Ken smashed it this year with Bluebells everywhere plus wild garlic… Read more

Weatherwise, this was almost a repeat of last year’s Hot X Bun Run but at least this year, there was no flooding and the run went ahead as planned with 12 people signing-on and 5 of those making it to coffee stop at Aunt Fanny’s Café near Wimborne. But over the last couple of years,… Read more

Excellent day out, perfect weather, great route and enjoyable lunch what could be better? Thankyou to Phil for organising the day, lets hope that we can return to the Corn Exchange next year, building works permitting, as this is our traditional start. Phil’s report below. What a beautiful day for a motorcycle ride, sun shining… Read more

It was all going so well, beautiful weather, light traffic, I knew the roads, Laverda 3c running well and in the company of Lee & Mandy on a BMW 1000 – that was until we got to the road closure. We experienced the same problem as Bernard, the SatNav took us down lanes that would… Read more

We welcomed Sarah Banister as our speaker for March Club Night who talked about her career as a sidecar racer. She started out as passenger for her father on classic outfits but has now graduated to driving F2 passengered by her partner and technical expert Tony. She showed some dashcam videos, which looked pretty terrifying!… Read more

I thought I would be nice and early at the start but unfortunately the road was closed after Sturminster Newton so I actually ended up doing some of Bernard’s return route through Child Okeford. It seems that the road must have reopened soon after I got diverted as Andy O and Rod got through with… Read more

We were a bit disappointed to be allocated to the Mendip Hall for our stand, but in actual fact being next to a tap and away from open doors and under heaters it was reasonably pleasant. Well, by Bath & West Showground standards. We had an extremely busy Saturday with loads of cake being sold… Read more

Yes, it was a bit cold this morning! We had a heavy frost overnight and the temperture was only 0 C when I left home. But then the mist cleared and the sun came out so the run was pleasant, note the blue sky in the above photo. We welcomed Steve and Di from Shepton… Read more

Although not a committee member ( we”ll get him one day) Andrew R does lots of great work for our section, this is another example of him raising the profile of the VMCC. The picture shows Ray, in all his sartorial elegance, modelling our new event tabard – very stylish! The bike is Andrew’s Simpson… Read more

Luckily the weather was kinder than the picture above, a lovely picuture of the Stour valley in winter. I am not able to ride at the moment so was not in attendance so, sorry, no pictures as Bernie had run out of film for his box brownie. I said you’d miss me when I’m gone!… Read more

Dreadfull weather, again, for our New Years Day Run so full credit for anyone turning up on a bike. It’s unusual to see a Hesketh out on a sunny day let alone a wet one the owner has to be congratulated. We took the bold decision to go straight to the pub, which we didn’t… Read more