Sunday 8th January saw the first PECAM social ride of the calendar year. Twelve PECAM members, one with a pillion passenger, met at Haddon Services for a 10am start. The weather had been hit and miss over the previous few days, and so it was a great relief that the […]
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Sunday 8th May saw the first of our regular, twice monthly ride outs, this week’s ride was organised and lead by Craig Mclean, 17 bikes and 2 pillions turned out to enjoy the ride, along with the sunshine. We were also joined by three Members of the Cambridge IAM Group, […]
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Sunday 24th April, saw 16 Bikers and One Pillion set off to a new destination, The Bike Stop in Stevenage, the weather, whilst chilly at the start, looked very favourable. Following on from the obligatory safety briefing at Haddon Services, by Kevin Hudson, Ride Leader and Bob Stewart, TEC (in […]
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On Sunday the 10th April I had the pleasure of leading one of our twice a month group ride outs. I was joined by 11 other bikes at our usual meeting point at Haddon services for our Pre ride briefing. Craig McLean kindly volunteered to be my TEC and donned […]
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Blog by Steve Pearce Sunday February 27th saw eight riders and one pillion braved a slightly chilly start to this weeks’ ride out which took a winding route across parts of Northamptonshire, Leicestershire and Rutland on mostly dry roads. The rolling countryside gave us some lovely views with highlights including […]
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OK, so none of us really like getting cold, but winter riding can be very rewarding on a bright, clear, cool day. Riding in challenging conditions definitely enhances your self-awareness and improves your motorcycling skill set. PECAM is a local road safety charity, and associated to IAM Roadsmart, a national […]
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I don’t know about you but as the Christmas period starts to close I begin to twitch and by the end of boxing day my patience within the family dynamic begins to fail. For this reason my Christmas plans had always factored in a ride-out, mainly to stop my name […]
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Sunday 12th December was the final ride out for 2021, which 13 PECAM members attended Peterborough Haddon Services A1/A605 Junction, to enjoy the predicted unusually glorious weather. After a briefing by ride leader Brian Wingrove on the route and destination, with so many bikes in attendance, the drop off system […]
Read More Our first winter ride out coincided, as it usually does, with remembrance Sunday, This typically means that the ride lead tries to time the ride so that part way through the first half, nearing 11am, we are able to safely stop at an appropriate spot for 2 minutes silence. Sometimes, […]
Read More7 bikes and 8 members (1 pillion) left a grey Haddon services on a new route to a fairly frequented destination of ours – The Cafe Ventoux, Tugby in Leicsterhire. Previous routes to get there have been challenging for some as some of the roads can loosely be called roads! […]
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