Social Ride 12/04/26, Blog by Tim Helstrip Today’s social ride was a short ride taking a loop to return to Peterborough Centre in order to join the fun at the Bike Meet at the volunteer Fire Brigade station on Bourges Boulevard. The sun was shining, albeit on a cool and […]
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Mucky but Fabulous Roads – The Ragged Apron, Woodhall Spa – Sunday 8th March
Sunday 8th March Sunday Social Ride Out was to be a trip to The Ragged Apron, Woodhall Spa, Philip Wadlow was in charge of proceedings and for a change to the usual start point, we headed out to Stamford McDonalds to start the days adventure. The roads were not in […]
Read MoreSunday Sunshine Ride – February 22nd
Sunday 22nd February was Carl Lewin’s first ride lead for PECAM, Carl had planned a route, loosely based on a ride labelled as “50 Rasen Shine” from the A-Z Britain for Bikers book. With a change to our usual start point, 18 bikes descended upon McDonalds at Bourne, for Carl’s […]
Read MoreSunday 8th February Ride Out – Café Ventoux, Tugby
Blog by Mike Moody, Ride Lead. After lots of rainy days the promise of a dry day brought out 12 bikes for a ride to Cafe Ventoux at Tugby, meeting at our usual spot at Haddon Services, where a ride briefing was carried out, to ensure that all riders were […]
Read MoreSunday 25th January – Change of Plan Ride Out
Sunday 25th January – Change of Plan Ride Out Blog by Bob Armstrong Five riders set off from Haddon Services, under a dull, overcast sky, the roads just damp enough to keep everyone sharp. A touch of early drizzle lingered, but nothing serious – just that light grey start that […]
Read MoreSanta, Castles and Cakes – Sunday 28th December 2025
Sunday 28th December was the last official, Sunday Social ride out for 2025 and David Lewendon’s inaugural ride lead. With everyone ready for a change of scenery following the Christmas Festivities, 15 PECAM members, including a special guest of Santa (aka our Chief Observer – Bob Stewart) joined David, for […]
Read MoreSunday 14th December – Sunday Social Ride Out
Sunday 14th December – Sunday Social Ride Out As the first of Decembers Social Ride Outs, Bob Armstrong had kindly volunteered to lead a ride to the Shuttleworth Collection in Biggleswade. With the day promising to be a lovely Winters Day, 17 Members joined Bob, with Barry Wroe donning the […]
Read MoreRemembrance Sunday 2025 at the American Cemetery, Madingley, Cambridge.
Blog by Tim Helstrip. At 11am last Sunday the 13 riders on the PECAM regular, twice-monthly, social ride stood, head bowed, for our 2 minutes silence. This had been preceded by a nice reading of the poem “For the Fallen” by Laurence Binyon And as we were at the American […]
Read MorePECAM Social Ride 26th October 2025- The first rideout on the winter schedule
Blog by Tim Helstrip The morning of the first day of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) in the autumn of 2025 was a beautiful clear, sunny, and dry one, which was invitation enough for 28 PECAM members to assemble on the Patio area of Peterborough Services at Haddon (A1 / A605 […]
Read MoreRain, Roads, and Rutland: A Ride to Remember
Sunday 28th September 2025. – Blog by Andy Gilbert aka Gil. It started dry at Haddon… then it wasn’t. So we didn’t. But then it slackened off, so we did. Seven hardy souls braved the ‘drizzle’ for a spirited ride that defied the forecast. The original plan was to head […]
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