Ypres Tour – Day One (Friday 2nd September 2022) A very early, Friday morning saw the first leg of the PECAM Tour to Ypres, Belgium, 12 bikes met at Haddon Services at 6am, after a briefing by Bob Stewart we set off on our adventure to Belgium. We were joined […]
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PECAM Tour to Ypres, Belgium Day 2 & 3
Ypres Tour – Day Two and Day Three Day Two Tyn Cot Cemetery Our third stop of the day was to Tyn Cot Cemetery, located in an area which was known as the Ypres Salient where Commonwealth, French, Belgian and German forces fought almost continuously throughout the First World War. […]
Read MoreInternational Bomber Command Centre, Lincoln
Wow! What at turn out for the second August Sunday Ride out! Sunday August 28th saw Nineteen bikes and one pillion arrived at Haddon Services for Craig McLean’s planned route to the International Bomber Command, Lincoln. An excellent briefing was given by Craig, in which Bob Stewart agreed to TEC […]
Read MoreSocial Evening Summer Ride Out
The final summer evening ride for 2022 saw 8 riders and one pillion brave the elements for a highly enjoyable 55.8 miles from Haddon Services to the ‘Local Fish Bar’ in St Ives, Cambridgeshire. The weather forecast had been for torrential rain and thunder storms, but the timing of the […]
Read MoreSunday 14th August Ride Out – Holly Lodge Cafe
This Sunday’s ride out was Nigel Arkle’s first lead ride following on from his Ride Leader training by Martin Jones. Originally Nigel had planned a ride to Seasons Café at Billing Garden Centre, but due to the expected high temperatures the plan changed, with a shorter route of 50 miles […]
Read MorePECAM Summer BBQ – 7th August 2022
Excellent weather, very well-behaved dogs and children and some well-behaved adults made the BBQ afternoon an excellent addition to the PECAM Social Calendar. PECAM is a motorcycle road safety charity and as such doesn’t gather as a group that often where it is open to the non-motorcycling friends and family […]
Read MoreHottest Ride out of the Year Yet!
Well Sunday 10th July turned out to be a scorcher! 17 bikers and 1 pillion braved the increasing temperatures to ride a route planned by Craig McLean based on the famous Rutland TT a route used by MCN. After the ride briefing, where Lee Howell donned the pink TEC bib […]
Read MoreAdvanced Skills Day – Sunday 3rd July 2022
Sunday July 3rd was the date that PECAM held its annual Advanced Skills Day (ASD) at the old Runway at Alconbury near Huntingdon. The ASD is an integral part of the training delivered by PECAM, which includes monthly Slow Speed and Gymkhana sessions, one-to-one advanced refresher training, and small group […]
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Sunday 26th June Ride Out – Blog by Dave Coombs Six of us left Peterborough for a rideout to Danish Camp in lovely warm and sunny weather. Kev, BobB, BobA, Nigel, Gary and me (I hope that’s right and includes everyone!) and me made our way through all sorts of […]
Read MoreA U-Turn, Bara Brith and an Elastic Band!
(Thursday 23rd June – Saturday 25th June) When we signed up for Ron’s Wales Adventure, we expected fabulous routes, and top notch group riding and we were not left wanting! Eleven bikes (including Ron’s wife Jackie, as pillion) set off from Bourne, on what we thought would be a very […]
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