Sunday August 6th 

The Thames Valley Motorcycle Lodge had one of its Monthly ride-outs on the 6th of August. This was a special occasion for 2 reasons.

 

Firstly we were celebrating 10yrs since the founding of the Lodge, and to mark the occasion we decided to take a few photos of some of our bikes in a “10 formation” It was also interesting to note that many of the bikers in this photo are also in the photo of the bikes gathered for our Consecration.

The second occasion was that this was our annual ride out in memory of Bro David Angus.

 

 

David was a Founder Member and was very active not only in the Lodge but socially as well, joining us on many ride-outs and trips including the trips to Spain. His favorite local ride, which he would normally lead, was to Compton Abbas Airfield. So this naturally is where we headed.

 

 

 

The majority of us, appropriately 14, started of meeting at Sindlesham, where we posed for the “10” photo. We then headed to Hungerford where we stopped for coffee and were joined by a few more from the West. We then took a leisurely ride to Compton Abbas, via Burbage, Tidworth, Salisbury, and Branford Forum. With only a small bit of rainfall, thanks to some excellent diversion routes by the leader (well to be honest I took a wrong turn and the rain followed 😁). It was a lovely sunny day if a little windy, but nice enough for us all to have a nice break watching the light aircraft take off and land in the tricky conditions.

 As usual, the ride was attended not only by members of the lodge but other masons and non-masons, so please feel free to join us next time. We tend to ride at a fairly leisurely pace so as to stick together and normally plan a route that allows riders to leave or join it as their schedule and time allows.

 

The next ride, September 3rd weather permitting, is out to Doms Cafe just outside Leominster.

Report by Marcus