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Cider Rally (Czes Wicherek)
Cider Rally (Czes Wicherek)
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Loomies Motorcycle Café (Paul Cutler)
Loomies Motorcycle Café (Paul Cutler)
Description:
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
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Bloomers at Henley (Larry Zea)
Bloomers at Henley (Larry Zea)
Description: 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
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Cider Rally (Czes Wicherek)
Cider Rally (Czes Wicherek)
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Club Night at the Princess Royal
Club Night at the Princess Royal
Description: 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!
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Mayfly and Ice-creams (Steve Routh)
Mayfly and Ice-creams (Steve Routh)
Description:
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
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The Chalet Café Sunday Breakfast (Paul Cutler)
The Chalet Café Sunday Breakfast (Paul Cutler)
Description:
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
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THOGS Biggles Flies Undone (Howard Pullen)
THOGS Biggles Flies Undone (Howard Pullen)
Description: Howard will lead a THOGS bimble to Popham Airfield for lunch
Leaving GHD at 10am
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Roaming in Kent (JB Applegate/Suzi Eves) - RIDE NOW FULL!
Roaming in Kent (JB Applegate/Suzi Eves) - RIDE NOW FULL!
Description: 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/
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The Aerodrome Café (Julian Bennet)
The Aerodrome Café (Julian Bennet)
Description: 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
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Roaming in Kent (JB Applegate/Suzi Eves) - RIDE NOW FULL!
Roaming in Kent (JB Applegate/Suzi Eves) - RIDE NOW FULL!
Description: 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/
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To Calleva Attrebatum and Beyond (Bent Beck)
To Calleva Attrebatum and Beyond (Bent Beck)
Description: 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.
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THOGS Wing Walker Escort Ride (Leigh Ballinger)
THOGS Wing Walker Escort Ride (Leigh Ballinger)
Description: 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.
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Peter (Smokey) Claridge Funeral Escort (Dell Evans)
Peter (Smokey) Claridge Funeral Escort (Dell Evans)
Description: 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.
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First Aid Training (Vince Pyle)
First Aid Training (Vince Pyle)
Description: 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
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Black Forest (Al Denton-Miller) - RIDE NOW FULL!
Black Forest (Al Denton-Miller) - RIDE NOW FULL!
Description:
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/
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The Lakes Café Ride (Adrian Gowans)
The Lakes Café Ride (Adrian Gowans)
Description: 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.
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Black Forest (Al Denton-Miller) - RIDE NOW FULL!
Black Forest (Al Denton-Miller) - RIDE NOW FULL!
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Isle of Wight (Andy England)
Isle of Wight (Andy England)
Description:
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.
https://hogsbackchapteruk.smugmug.com/Other/Teaser-2022/n-z5p2Fp/i-qVNZGXD/A
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
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Black Forest (Al Denton-Miller) - RIDE NOW FULL!
Black Forest (Al Denton-Miller) - RIDE NOW FULL!
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Black Forest (Al Denton-Miller) - RIDE NOW FULL!
Black Forest (Al Denton-Miller) - RIDE NOW FULL!
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Weldmar Hospice Ride (Ken Hall)
Weldmar Hospice Ride (Ken Hall)
Description: 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!
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Black Forest (Al Denton-Miller) - RIDE NOW FULL!
Black Forest (Al Denton-Miller) - RIDE NOW FULL!
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Black Forest (Al Denton-Miller) - RIDE NOW FULL!
Black Forest (Al Denton-Miller) - RIDE NOW FULL!
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Black Forest (Al Denton-Miller) - RIDE NOW FULL!
Black Forest (Al Denton-Miller) - RIDE NOW FULL!
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GHD – SHD – MHD (Peter Ostinelli)
GHD – SHD – MHD (Peter Ostinelli)
Description:
Unfortunately, the National Air Ambulance Ride has been postponed to a later date (TBC). The ride was to be a convergence ride with 1066 & Invicta Chapters, but a mutual agreement could not be met, so the alternative is for Hogsback Chapter to do a ride and visit the other Chapters sponsoring dealerships (just to show how it is done).
Join Peter O for a ride to both Sykes Harley Davidson & Maidstone Harley Davidson. The plan is to leave our home GHD and first ride to Sykes HD to have a look around and maybe take some light refreshments in then travel to Maidstone Harley Davidson.
1st Leg: GHD to Sykes HD, approximately 66 miles and around 1 3/4hrs.
2nd Leg: Sykes HD to Maidstone HD, approximately 40 miles and around 1 1/4hrs.
3rd Leg: Maidstone HD to GHD (if you wish), approximately 60 miles and around 1hr.
The routes for the first 2 legs will be non-motorway and the final leg returning will be via the M20/M26/M25 where the ride will end.
The ride is suitable for all 2 & 3 wheelers and all riders (Note: some filtering may be required).
Meeting Place: GHD
Meeting Time: 09:00hrs
Departure Time: 09:30hrs
Destination: Sykes Harley Davidson & Maidstone Harley Davidson
Distance: Approximately 160-mileround trip
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Hogsback Cut Patch Sewing (Hilary Byrne)
Hogsback Cut Patch Sewing (Hilary Byrne)
Description: Hilary, our Hogsback Merchandise Officer, will have patches available for sale and as an added bonus she will also have her sewing machine at GHD.
Buy your patches and get them sewn on the same day!
There will be a small charge for the patch sewing which will be donated to the Chapter Charities.
Hilary will be at GHD between 11:30am - 2:00pm.
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Nelson's Armouries (JB Applegate)
Nelson's Armouries (JB Applegate)
Description: 10am meet @ Princess Royal, GU10 1NX with departure 10.30am.
Heading through Odiham onto Meon valley up to Portland Downs.
Visiting Nelsons armouries, Porchester. PO11 6AN
A great museum, inside and out, café available.
Then heading back to Princess Royal
Time 4-5hr round trip approx. 100 miles.
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