See more https://hogsbackchapteruk.org/cider-rally/

A progressive ride to Loomies Motorcycle café for Sunday breakfast. 

We will leave early (ish) to avoid the traffic and ensure you can get home for Sunday lunch. 

Taking the A24 and A25 towards Newlands Corner before heading down a few country lanes past GHD then onto the A31/A32. 

There is no return ride planned but I will lead a ride north via A272/A3 after breakfast.

Approximately 45 miles 

Meet Rykas carpark 9:00am for a 9:30am departure

Relaxed ride to Henley-on-Thames.  We will go north via Chobham, Ascot, and Ruscombe and approach Henley crossing the Thames from the east.

For those who fancy a bite to eat, The Argyll in front of the Market Place has Bloomer Sandwiches and 2-for-1 Pizza offers for lunch and an all-weather beer garden in its back.  The town has a May Fayre on the day from 12-5pm with stands and activities and you can also have a nice ice cream by the river. 

There is no return ride planned but I will lead a ride south via A404/A322 towards Woking

Approximately 35 miles to get there and a bit over an hour riding time

Meet at Ladymead Retail Park Guildford @ 9.30am; depart 10.00am

See more https://hogsbackchapteruk.org/cider-rally/

Hogsback Club Night at the Princess Royal, Guildford Rd, Runfold, Farnham GU10 1NX and a start time around 7:30pm

The very rough plan for the evening is as follows:

Welcome - Dell
New members - Dell & Katie
Patching - Dell
Announcement of next term Secretary and Director - Dell or Dave
Ride program for May - Paul
Events - Cirencester and HoTF - Eileen 
Shepperton Fair - We need 1 more rower for the raft.
Golden Key - Leigh will be selling tickets throughout the evening.

Hopefully see you all there!

The Robin Seymour Signature ride to the Mayfly pub for lunch near Fording bridge and then to Carlos ice cream for desert  lead by me.

A great picturesque ride through many Hampshire villages,  to meet Robin at the Mayfly pub, on A & B roads with a short stretch of motorway on the return leg.

Steve has booked a table for 20 at the Mayfly, inside in case of bad weather but can change to the garden I hope. The pre order menu is below:

https://bookings.designmynight.com/place-your-order?booking_id=626ac8951abd460929424959

Pre-booking your meal will hopefully help stop the Kitchen being overrun with orders all at once.

If someone orders, pays, but then cannot go they will refund.

Steve has booked into the Marque at the moment but if the weather is good we will be transferred to the grassed garden area.

Return ride to finish at Loomies for afternoon tea

Meet at GHD 09.45am for a stands up depart at 10:15am

A ride down the A281/A29/A272 to The Chalet Café for brunch.

Suitable for all bikes and trikes

Approximately 30 miles to the café and about an hour.

Meet Burger King (Costa Coffee) @ 9:00am for a 9:30am departure

Howard will lead a THOGS bimble to Popham Airfield for lunch

Leaving GHD at 10am

Saturday: travelling to Dungeness for lunch, a wonder by the sea taking in the local sites at the longest shingle beach in the UK.  Overnight stay at Ashford Central Hotel Premier Inn TN24 OGN and dinner at Beefeaters.

Sunday: short ride to Battle of Britain memorial in white cliffs country (free entry, lots to see) for a day of remembrance about the Spitfires and Hurricanes that helped protect our shores.

Lunch @ The Cliff Top Café then a brisk ride home.

See more https://hogsbackchapteruk.org/roaming-in-kent/

A brisk ride down the A3 to Liphook (listening to the growl of the bikes through the Hindhead tunnel), where we will find some great A & B roads in the South Downs heading towards Emsworth before swinging left towards Goodwood and stopping for brunch at The Aerodrome Café.

Meet G-HD 9.00am, stands up 9.30am

The ride back to G-HD will be via Petworth.

110 Miles round trip approx.

Suitable for all bikes and trikes

Sunday: short ride to Battle of Britain memorial in white cliffs country (free entry, lots to see) for a day of remembrance about the Spitfires and Hurricanes that helped protect our shores.

Lunch @ The Cliff Top Café then a brisk ride home.

See more https://hogsbackchapteruk.org/roaming-in-kent/

A ride to the Roman town of Calleva Attrebatum. These days better known as Silchester.

There will be time for a pub lunch in Silchester followed by a walk around the roman ruins for those wishing to offset the calorie intake at lunch.

The ride will be on a mixture of A roads, B roads and smaller lanes with dual carriageway kept to a minimum. The road back will be along a different route.

Meet at GHD 10:15AM for a 10:45AM departure.

Ride to Headcorn Aerodrome where Nina Westley has booked a Wing Walk at 12 noon!

Meet at GHD 8:15am to set off at 8:45am. It will be a 2 hour ride over on A/B roads (avoiding M25) so be prepared for a 150 mile round trip.  There will be a "leg stretcher stop" around the half way make. 

There is a café at Headcorn so we can lunch there and watch Nina do her wing walk!

Faster M25 ride back to Guildford if preferred.

You will have seen that long term member Peter (Smokey) Claridge passed away recently.

Smokey was one of our 30 year chapter members who sadly passed away recently and the family has requested we escort him on his final journey. 

This is a short ride meeting at GHD 12.00pm for a 12:30pm departure then ride to the funeral directors in Byfleet (15 miles) and onto Woking Crematorium (7 miles) for 2 pm service. All members and friends (Harley or other bikes) welcome on the ride.

Alternatively meet us at Byfleet town hall car park at 1:15pm 

Donations, in lieu of flowers, can be given to the White Lodge Centre via the funeral director

https://www.lodgebros.co.uk/funeral-directors/byfleet/  at the bottom of this page, there is an “Online Donations” button.

Hit that, then enter Peter Claridge and it will take you to the right place, and donations made here will be listed by the Directors to the Claridge Family, and forwarded to the White Lodge Centre.

We are holding a first aid course similar to biker down at Bramley village hall on Friday 20th May at 7.30pm. 

This will cover basic first aid, CPR and scene management. The session will last approx. 2 hours.

If you would like to attend please email Vince to register, safety@hogsbackchapteruk.org

A 7-day trip down to the Black Forest in Southern Germany. We will be riding some of the best roads that the area has to offer including the iconic B500 and many more. Spectacular scenery of hills, lakes, mountains, and forests. Seriously good roads, excellent food and of course some proper German beer.

See more https://hogsbackchapteruk.org/black-forest/

Join Adrian for a ride to The Lakes Café Reigate where we can enjoy a bacon sandwich and a coffee, approximately 35 miles of lovely twisty back roads.

Meet: GHD at 9:00am for a 9:30am start.

See more https://hogsbackchapteruk.org/black-forest/

A small sea crossing with a lunch and a ride out thrown in for good measures.

Hogsback Chapter is returning to the Isle of Wight for full day of riding, expect nice roads, and above all great company.

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An 8:00 am meet at Guildford Burger King for an 8:30am start down the A3 to Portsmouth to catch the 10:00 am Wightlink to Fishbourne Ferry. Disembarking we head through the countryside keeping the sea on right until stop for lunch hopefully at the Wight Mouse and if the weather is kind to us we can enjoy it outside. 

If time permits an ice cream by the seaside and a dash back for the 16.20 pm Ferry. The Isle of Wight roads are perfect for Harley’s and the ride along the Military Road is akin to the Pacific Coast highway just a hell of a lot shorter. 

Please book the 10:00am Wightlink Portsmouth to Fishbourne Ferry with a return on the 16:20pm and importantly let me know you are coming and the Ferry is booked andy.england@hogsbackchapteruk.org

See more https://hogsbackchapteruk.org/black-forest/

See more https://hogsbackchapteruk.org/black-forest/

Ken has confirmed "Hello all you hardy hospice hopefuls!! yes, the ride is definitely going ahead so we will see you at Rownhams, westbound (obvs) at 09:30am as per the website information. There will be a special present from me, for all who attend and wave two fingers at the weather forecast....and if it rains, well, we ain't made of sugar, right?? Maybe bring spare waterproofs if you have them" 

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Ken will leading a ride to Weldmar Hospice Care in Dorchester to take out both the life limited patients, and any staff, who want to be bikers for a morning, cross something off their bucket lists!

It’s a long way there, and a long way back, but talk with anyone who has visited before and they will tell you it is SO worth every mile…and the day off, for those of us still working.

We meet at Rownhams Services westbound on the M27 at 9.30am for a prompt 9:50am wheels roll, about 65 miles. Rownhams Services is located between junctions 3 and 4 on the M27 motorway

All welcome, especially those willing to take pillion passengers, trikes and bikes, but any who want to come along and ride with us to chat with the patients and staff, and accompany the passengers as it’s SO much more fun to ride in a gang!