On Two Wheels – Chelmsford & District Advanced Motorcyclists Chelmsford & District Advanced Motorcyclists Registered Charity No. 1111635 Affiliated to
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Chairman’s Ramble Training News Riding Around the Bend Big Brother’s Watching! TDM’s Brave Caledonia
www.cadam.org Events Co Ordinator Kate Stevens
The CaDAM Team Chairman Tony Metcalf chairman@cadam.org
Membership Secretary Graham Smith membership@cadam.org
Committee Member Mick Gowlett
Vice Chairman We Need You! vice.chairman@cadam.org
Chief Observer Dennis Kitteridge chiefobserver@cadam.org
Committee Member Nipper
Treasurer Alistair Stevens treasurer@cadam.org
Training Co-Ordinator Doug Prasser trainingcoord@cadam.org
Committee Member Peter Mathews
Group Secretary Ron Priest groupsec@cadam.org
O2W Editor Mark Anstey editor@cadam.org
Webmaster Sam Fleming webmaster@cadam.org
OUR AIMS Chelmsford and District Advanced Motorcyclists (CaDAM) is one of many groups across the country whose aim is to improve motorcycling road safety by helping people prepare for, and pass, the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) Advanced Motorcycling Test. Our group is affiliated to, but not subservient to, the IAM. However, because we share the same aims, we often seem to speak with one voice. CaDAM is run by volunteers and serves the districts of Essex in and around Chelmsford. As well as helping people to pass the Advanced Test, we run the group as a club, so that once you have passed, you will still want to stay on and take part in our other activities. We provide: Structured instruction to prepare for the IAM Advanced Motorcycling Test.You can choose a course that runs on Saturdays or one that runs on Sundays. These courses are designed to take even relatively inexperienced riders and raise their riding to IAM test standards.
When on a club run, be it an evening or a weekend event, speed limits must be observed. We have no exemption and advanced riding does not need to involve higher speeds. When approaching hazards appropriate care must be taken. On club runs you are running as CaDAM and under the IAM banner.
Machine control days to increase your machine handling skills. These sessions are held off the public road, so we can explore your capabilities and those of your machine in safety. Social runs over challenging routes (no motorways, thanks!) to interesting places. Weekends away to ride some new roads, normally out of Essex. Monthly group meetings, often with a talk from a speaker on an interesting topic to do with motorcycling. On 2 Wheels – This newsletter, keeping you up to date with what’s happening. Want to know more? Call our general enquiries number 07432 560 987 – or just turn up at a meeting and introduce yourself to a committee member! Future Events – listings and directions can be found on the back cover.
Do not bring this into disrepute. Also the Marker system will be used. Anyone not familiar with this system please speak to one of the run organisers who will run through this for you. Thanks and safe riding. Tony Metcalf, Chairman, CaDAM
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Chairman’s Ramble Surprisingly, at the last IAM RoadSmart conference, the IAM Surety insurance broker said that RoadSmart members’ claims history was no better than the general population as a whole. They sited two reasons for that:
to give timely information to the membership in this
1. A member that obtained their Skills for Life
magazine. Our normal method of communication
qualification 20 years ago needs not undergo any
is through the website. Notification of events,
form of check to maintain that standard
cancellations, trips, social rides and other activities are all posted on the website.
2. IAM RoadSmart members tend to travel more miles than the average motorcyclist
For the last 12 months, at least, Graham Smith has posted details of events, etc on Facebook and that has
In order to address point 1, the Observers gave up
boosted our social media presence. If my mother-in-
their time gladly to carry out a check ride on those
law, at 78 years old, can check out Facebook and surf
members that wanted it a couple of weeks ago. Rather
the web I am pretty sure that none of you have much
than being oversubscribed, I felt it was a poor turn out.
of an excuse for not doing that.
Maybe it is because the members didn’t see it? I will deal with that below.
If any of the full members missed the members training day, and would really like a check ride, contact the Chief
I joined the IAM to restore my confidence after coming
Observer, the Training Co-ordination or me and we will
off and to become a better, safer rider. It didn’t stop
see what we can arrange.
when I passed my test. In fact I became a lot better after passing my test. Having been armed with the
One more request please for this entry. Our
knowledge that my training had given me I was able
Membership Secretary Graham Smith is trying his
to self criticise and practice until I improved. However,
best to keep files and membership up-to-date, not
I still like to be checked independently and that will
an easy task as your CaDAM membership relies on
happen every 5 years when the IAM send someone
an active IAM membership, which requires a great
down to check my riding for the continuation of my
deal of time cross referencing. We are hoping to add
National Observer status.
an ‘active/inactive’ column to the training page for easier reference, but please, if your contact details
As a group we have limited resources, and some
change, please remember to let Graham know and if
methods of contacting the membership have a cost
he contacts you regarding this issue and you receive
attached to them e.g. correspondence and texting.
the message, please, please, please respond to him,
Other methods don’t. We have to post this magazine
otherwise he will have no option other than marking
and so the postage is a sunk cost. However, this
you as AWOL and therefore no longer a member.
magazine is sent out every two months, partly due to
Please help us to help you. Thank you.
cost and partly due to lack of available time by the volunteers that produce it. It is not always possible
Ride Safe!
Tony
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Training News with Douglas Prasser There’s not much to report in this latest issue of O2W.The Summer has been pretty good weather-wise and training rides have been well attended by both Associates and Observers, with sessions punctuated with individuals on annual leave. Please remember to sign in on the log-in page if attending training rides and update if the situation changes and you are unable to attend.Thank you. We held our annual slow riding skills day at Dunton once again, in July and as ever, this too was well attended, thank you, it’s always good when people return as it gives us invaluable feedback that you must find the day worthwhile, even if only for the lunch and a spin around the track at the end of the day!
Another well attended Dunton Skills Day
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Recent Passes
Chief Observer Dennis Kitteridge presents a well earned F1rst Pass certificate to Lance Hufton (above), and some time after passing, Paul Curle’s certificate was tracked down and finally presented to him (below)! Very well done to both of you.
Ron Priest is awarded his certificate for qualifying as CaDAM’s first Local Observer. Well done Ron!
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www.cadam.org A changeable-weather day in July saw this year’s annual slow-riding skills day take place once again at Ford’s Dunton Test Track. In typical fashion, the days running up to the day, saw record temperatures and glorious weather for riding, turn to heavy showers with a possibility of thunder storms!
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through their paces in slow figure of eights, swerve
and a few guests braved the changeable conditions
slalom, counter-steering, hazard avoidance, heavy
to put their slow riding and handling skills to the
braking and as usual culminated with a brisk lap-
test. Dennis very ably planned for the day, with the
or-two around the banked Dunton track. As ever,
training team aiding as required. Exercises included
company was great and good humoured, with a little
slow riding, (ending with the usual slow-riding race, a
learning thrown in for good measure. The afternoon
close fought battle of nerve and rear brake to be won
concluded just as the dark clouds drew in, catching
by Nigel Fulton, who reclaimed his fiver for the day’s
most of us with a tsunami of a deluge and filling
events, meaning that a very
shaking thunder storm on the ride home! Thank you
reasonably priced day,
primarily for all those members, both Associates and
including lunch was
Full who attended the day, and to Dennis and his team
even better value!).
for ensuring that fun was had and something learned!
Members were put
Turned out nice again! Just leaning on a lamp post!
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All ahead – SLOW!
Briefing and on with the training. CaDAM riders and guests line up following instructions, to take part in the annual slow-riding race, braking and swerving exercises – Nigel Fulton being this year’s victor in the slow-riding race and recipient of his £5 fee returned!
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Slow-Race Winner
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On your marks, get set, SLOW
Time for a couple of laps of Dunton’s banked track
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Go Carol, go Carol, go Carol!
Slow riding & slalom
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BIG
Brother’s watching Quite a few CADAM members are now picking up the Nextbase Ride dash cam to fit to their bikes.
have any handlebar on show. It can also be used with the increasingly popular RAM mounts to fit clutch/ brake mounts, however the 5/8” ball on the Nextbase Ride is a bit on the small side for the RAM mount
Clearly, it won’t stop an accident but it can be very
which use a 1” ball. Any CADAM members wishing to
helpful in the event of a dispute; more so in these
use a RAM mount, please send me a message and I will
modern times where a growing sector of society are
3D print a small two-piece adapter for you to make
deriving their income stream by ripping off the rest
the ball into a 1” diameter.
of us. Software - The motorcycle camera comes with its own A budget busting RRP of £249.99 drops down to a
playback software and the kindest thing I can say, is it’s
street price of £168 at Halfords or if you are prepared
a bit “Sesame Street”.The car version is so much better
to shop around in the usual online channels, it can be
and works perfectly with the bike camera. It can be
had for as little as £120 - under half the RRP. With a
downloaded for free from the Nextbase site.
permanent wiring kit, you don’t have to worry about any batteries to charge up as with adventure cameras
Quite refreshing in an age of throw away retail items,
such as the GoPro.
spares are freely available. If you damage the bracket as I did the other day, a new one can be had for £19.99
It uses a “U bolt” mount and will work nicely on
delivered. More than one bike? For £39.99 they will
handlebars and even mirror stems if your bike doesn’t
give you another bracket and a wiring kit - simply
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Nextbase RIDE The Nextbase RIDE Motorcycle BikeCam is the first dashcam developed by Nextbase that is designed specifically for motorbike riders. With a fully waterproof IPx6 housing, FULL HD recording, GPS tracking and Wi-Fi this camera is ready to capture everything on the road, no matter what the weather. As well as the standard handlebar mount the Nextbase RIDE BikeCam is compatible with RAM motorbike mount systems so you can easily mount it to any bike.
• Bright and clear 1.5” LED screen making viewing playback and menu functions easy
• RAM
Mount Compatible – fit it to your forks,
handlebars etc using the RAM system. A universal handlebar mount is also included
• 1080p FULL High Definition allowing you to record every unexpected moment on the road
attach the camera on the bike that you are riding at the time. It’s a special order by phone/email, not on their online store. Duncan Munro
• Fully waterproof to the IPx6 rating means you can use the RIDE on your bike, even in the rain
• G-sensor
data protection automatically senses
a crash and saves the video files so they are not overwritten or corrupted
• Inbuilt Wi-Fi allows you to view your footage back on your Wi-Fi enabled smartphone in seconds
• Inbuilt 1hr battery allows the device to be used anywhere. Full motorbike hardwire kit is also included as standard I contacted Nextbase to ask about discount for CaDAM members. They were helpful, sending me images to use here, but regrettably I was told that they don’t sell directly, only for bulk purchases, but it looks as if substantial discounts can already be found by simply shopping around. I tried!
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TDM’s Brave Caledonia Having spent a couple of weeks in June 2016 getting soaked to the skin touring the Eifel and Mosel regions in Germany, Al and I decided we might just as well get wet on home ground and complete a bucket list tour of Scotland. Other than a couple of night’s accommodation and a vague idea of where we were going, I refused
All packed!
Angel Blyth
to let Al (who is usually the king of planning), plan anything at all. We were both up to our ears workwise in the preceding weeks and I wanted a proper adventure, midges and all!
up the tortuous route of the M11 followed by the A1. We had just 140 miles for the first leg of our journey, for an overnighter in Blyth to meet up with newly reacquainted
members
of
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extended Stevens clan. We booked one of our few nights of luxury in the Angel Inn, Blyth and as the
Day 1
weather had already lived up to expectations and it was chucking it
We left Harlow mid-afternoon
down, we were glad we did. Not
on Friday the 9th of June, heading
only did we have a lovely room and
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respect. We stopped briefly at the Route 68 café near
where we could leave all our camping gear and luggage.
Bishop Auckland only to leave them with some rather
They said they could arrange under-cover storage for
large, grimy puddles of water that flowed freely off our
the bikes too, if we let them know we were traveling
gear. It was in that moment that I vowed we would get
on bikes in the future. The old coaching entrance also
Al some decent Gore-tex gear when we returned. I
provided great shelter as we packed in pouring rain
was getting fed up watching him repeatedly struggle
the next morning. My bike had handled like a slippery
in and out of his one piece “boil in the bag” over suit!
pig on the previous day so I took the opportunity to reshuffle the dry bags in an effort to move the weight
My eldest son lives in Edinburgh so that was another
forward a bit. It worked!
good excuse to visit the Scottish capital, not to mention a night of free accommodation in the “Burgh”,
Day 2
overlooking the beautiful Botanic Gardens. Bike thefts in Edinburgh are nearly as a big a problem as in
Day 2 saw us heading for more comfort in Edinburgh,
London so security was a priority. Saltire Motorcycles
suffering a relatively quiet A1(M) before peeling off
will store your bike overnight for a tenner but access
up the roller coaster A68 via Jedburgh.
It’s a lovely
on a Sunday morning would have been a problem.
road but frequent blind summits, numerous side roads
We needn’t have worried as my daughter-in-law
and occasional logging lorries make it worthy of great
arranged private underground parking below her
Dornoch Firth
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Braemar
offices, just a mile from their apartment. We were able
Day 3
to leave all our gear there and Al’s wet dry-suit dripping over the central heating pipes.
We had a walk around the still quiet city streets and Inverleith Park early the next morning after a great
Eldest son drives a two-seater, low lying scary black
night’s sleep, chuffed to bits at the news of another
beast so this meant that one of us had to walk to the
grandchild on the way. A Scottish baby to look forward
flat. Gallant as ever, my good husband volunteered
to in the New Year and number six grandbaby! The
and left us to grab wine and goodies from Aldi before
next leg of the journey took us up the M90 to Perth, it
meeting him at the flat. It was a straight road on the
was starting to feel like proper Scotland and a proper
edge of the city so we had no issues with directions,
holiday and for once, the rain had stopped. Keen
or so we thought. It was only after a good thirty
to avoid as much of the perilous A9 as possible and
minutes that I started to wonder where Al had got to.
determined to revisit one of my favourite roads from
Grabbing the “find friends” app on my phone, I was a
back in the day when I lived in North East Scotland, we
little alarmed to discover that Al had walked straight
took the glorious A93 north from Perth for over one
past the building and was heading briskly towards the
hundred heavenly biking roads through the Cairngorms.
Firth of Forth. With strict instructions to turn around
The route took us between the well-worn rolling
and keep the sun on his right, not to mention much
mountains, wending its way along the route of ancient
abuse and mickey-taking from my son, leaning out of
riverbeds. We stopped in Braemar for fish and chips
the second story window, we were reunited at last!
at the welcoming “Hungry Highlander”; another biker friendly stop off point, complete with visor washing
Issue 51 • May/September 2017 facilities. The road then followed the River Dee, this
spot. The road took us along the edge of the Kyle of
time on lower ground but taking in some lovely twisties
Sutherland and ultimately the River Oykel although we
through woodland by the stony, babbling river, famous
didn’t know it at the time. At one point, I spotted a
for its salmon fishing.
rare “beaten track” up the side of a hill between the trees. Enthusiastically, I manoeuvred the heavily laden
After a glimpse of Balmoral castle through the trees, we
TDM up the hill only to discover the track petered
hung a left at Crathie, up the B976 which saw us once
out into a muddy and deeply rutted nothingness. Now
again climb to higher ground through Cock Bridge, the
those of you who know me will also have observed
Lecht Ski centre and Tomintoul; a road that is usually
that I’m quite vertically challenged. Fortunately, Al had
the first to close in winter when the snow blizzards
the sense to let me recce the lane on my own and was
form unimaginably deep drifts. Whiskey lovers will also
quick to come and rescue me, helping me turn the bike
appreciate the route where names like Glenlivet and
in the quagmire and get it back on the road with no
Glenfiddich abound and the route is dotted with little
harm done and still upright!
hives of industry and great stacks of barrels. If you have time, the visitor centres are well worth popping in to.
Our search took us much further west than we had planned all the way to Oykel Bridge but eventually, as
From Grantown on Spey we took the back roads
dusk closing in along with a light drizzle and clouds of
towards Inverness and the bleak boglands around
midges, we spotted a space between the road and the
Culloden and back down to sea level.
After a quick
river that was just perfect. After donning midge nets
stop in Inverness for fuel and a chat with a local lorry
and pitching the tent, we became aware of giant, whale-
driver, we decided to push on across the Black Isle and
like trout, leaping in the river and a small sign and a little
over the Cromarty Bridge where the fabulous views of
bench that suggested private fishing pitches. “Great!”
the Cromarty Firth are dotted with decommissioned
says I, “What’s the bet we have the gillie breathing
oil rigs that lurk like incongruous sea beasts in the bay.
down our necks before dark?”. No sooner than we’d boiled a kettle of water on the little Primus stove
Having already covered 200 miles, we started looking
than the stereotypically ancient and muddy Landrover,
for a likely spot to park the bikes and erect the tepee
complete with tweed and welly clad occupants and
for our first night of wild camping. That proved a little
spaniels pulled up on the road side. “We’ll be gone at
trickier than we had ever imagined! It’s legal to wild
dawn, promise!” I gave him my sweetest smile… The
camp almost anywhere in Scotland, provided the land
gillie couldn’t have been nicer. He was quite happy for
is not enclosed, and enclosed it was, for the most part.
us to stay provided we lit no fires and left no rubbish.
We dropped off the A9 to take the B836 that runs the length of Dornoch Firth to Ardgay. Our plan was to
Having presumed the Braemar fish and chips would
once again, avoid most of the A9 and the east coast,
suffice, we were both a bit dismayed at our rumbling
and head the next day, true north to Tongue before
bellies and the lack of fishing equipment so we dined on
wending our way down the west coast. I was leading
tongue-burning, under-cooked savoury rice and cereal
at the stage and we agreed to head off down even
bars before a quick excursion down river in the hope
more minor roads in the hope of finding a suitable
of spotting an otter. No such luck. We fell asleep to
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the sound of the river and the Oyster Catchers calling
The journey over high ground to the north coast
above the sound of heavy rain. We were wide awake at
proved bleak, cold and a little unrewarding, apart from
5am, clouds of midges made us glad we had our midge
frequent sightings of red deer through the soggy mist.
nets. Feeling like Mr and Mrs Grylls, we downed our
The cloud broke as we dropped down into Tongue,
freshly made porridge and had everything packed up
just in time for some lovely views along the coast and
and ready to roll by 6 am. We left nothing but a smiley
around the edge of Loch Eriboll. On the east side of
face made of twigs on the bench, by way of a thank you
the loch we spotted an “almost-island� known as Ard
to the kind gillie.
Neakie. A little blob of land in the water with a track from the main road leading to it. We stopped for a few
Day 4
pictures and a wander around a long since abandoned house and Limekilns built in 1840. We were quite
Sticking to our original, if a little woolly plan, we
proud on the sheep poo on our tyres but no so much
returned in an easterly direction to rejoin the B road
when it baked solid on the front of our engines. The
heading north. We were still hungry and overjoyed to
smell was quite unique and took some considerable
find a small petrol station with two lovely ladies who
time and effort to remove!
were happy to cook up a couple of bacon baps and make us hot coffee in spite of the early hour. It tasted
We continued to skirt Loch Eriboll before traveling
like heaven!
along the headland to Smoo Cave, just outside
River Oykel
Issue 51 • May/September 2017 Durness. This is definitely worth a stopover. The cave
onto the centre stand so we took turns in manning the
is magnificent with a waterfall within its great depths.
card machine and filling our bikes up. Glad once again,
On this particular day, due to the recent heavy rains, the
that I was no longer touring alone as I used to!
cave was partially closed but we were still able to make our way along the wooden walkway to the foot of the
After a quick lunch of expensive ham and cheese
great waterfall that fell violently from the ceiling of the
baguettes in Durness, we pressed on down the west
cavern. The spray from the force at which it fell, filled
coast, stopping to refuel again in Scourie and pick
the cavern with a fine mist. The resulting river ran out
up Route 500 stickers - cheating a bit as we had no
to sea, staining the water in the cliff-surrounded bay, a
notion of the following the route! The views by this
dark peaty brown.
time were becoming more dramatic and more rugged, a testament to the very different geology west of the
The TDM’s range is around 240 miles on a good day
Great Glen Fault and the huge, but relatively smooth-
but we decided to the keep the tanks as full as possible
topped mountains of the Cairngorms in the east.
and refueled in Durness, joining a queue of German bikes to fill up at the unmanned petrol pump. The
Our destination was Stoer in Sutherland. I had fond
camber next the pumps meant we couldn’t get our side
childhood memories of Stoer, having traveled there
stands down and there was little hope of me getting my
with my family as a child in the early ‘70’s, only that
machine, which was loaded up like an Afghan donkey,
time coming up from the south with a caravan in tow,
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www.cadam.org and parking up on a beach in the middle of nowhere. We swam in the sea and cooked on a drift wood fire. It was idyllic, apart from the jellyfish stings that left me writhing and moaning all night. My mother and I share a terror of heights. I cannot now imagine her horror as Dad drove his enormous 1967, 5 litre V8 Ford Mercury Cougar (that he flew back from Canada in the belly of an RAF Hercules), complete with 16 foot caravan, up the Applecross Pass. I have no recollection of it; probably as a result of an in-built “safety feature” that made my exciting childhood due to having a wonderful, crazy Dad, a little less traumatic. But my 94 year old mother still cringes and shudders at the mention of it. Part II to follow in the next edition of O2W where I’ll regale stories from the rest of our 1760 mile round trip. Wild camping on the edge of the Atlantic, screaming all the way down the Applecross Pass, Youth Hostels and Harley riders. A shed in Glen Coe, war on midges and crossing the Scottish borders in gale force winds. Getting lost in the Yorkshire Dales (but finding cheese and gin), and peacocks and wine tasting near Peterborough.
Kate Stevens Stoer
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Obituary – Dave McLean
He was a very private man, but came on several of my bike trips over the years. He also attended
Following a prolonged illness from which he
many rideouts and events organised by the club.
seemed to be recovering well, sadly Dave suffered a heart attack and passed away on
Unfortunately, last year he was diagnosed with
7th June 2017.
bowel cancer but, after a number of operations and many set backs, he seemed to be making excellent
He joined CaDAM in 2005, not long after the group
progress, but then suffered from the heart attack
formed and after completing a web design course
which sadly, took his life.
and looking for a means to practice his new found skills, became webmaster for CaDAM, maintaining
As Dave’s wishes were not to have a funeral, his
and updating the group’s website and forum, a role
Cousin Valerie organised a celebration of his life on
he filled for a number of years.
the 30th July 2017, the date which would also have been Dave’s 68th birthday. Myself & Jen, Gary &
Besides the love for his motorbike, he was a
Janet, Kevin & Sandra, Steve Green & his wife and
black belt in Karate and had also been a sky
Mike Lockyer all attended the celebration of his life
diving instructor.
on behalf of CaDAM.
Mick Gowlett
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changes), here is the provisional calendar for some of the notable calendar dates. Please remember to
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FULL MEMBER DAY TBC
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COMMITTEE MEETING
OBSERVER MEETING
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keep an eye on the CaDAM website for changes, additional events and further details. Tu 24
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FULL MEMBER DAY TBC
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1800Hrs EVENING RIDE GS
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1800Hrs EVENING RIDE GS
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1800Hrs EVENING RIDE GS
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OBSERVER MEETING
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Sa 21
OBSERVER MEETING
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TRAINING
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TRAINING
Fr 20
TRAINING
Th 19
TRAINING
We 18
COMMITTEE MEETING
TRAINING
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TRAINING
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DUNTON SLOW RIDING DAY
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TRAINING
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TRAINING
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TRAINING
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TRAINING
Tu 17
CaDAM Spring Meal
1800Hrs EVENING RIDE GS
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1800Hrs EVENING RIDE GS
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Theory DK.
Theory Mark A.
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Theory Phil D.
18 16
Theory Mick G.
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Theory Peter M.
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Theory Tony M
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Theory Darren K
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Theory Ron P.
Ride Chris L.
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Theory Doug P.
Ride Graham S
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Theory
Ride Peter M.
15 20
Theory Mark A.
Ride Chris L
14 19
Mo 16
TRAINING
Theory DK
Ride Doug P.
18 19
COMMITTEE MEETING
Ride Phil D.
17 Su 15
COMMITTEE MEETING
Ride Tony M.
18
Ride to CaDAM BBQ?
17
Ride Mark A.
Sa 14
Ride Mick G.
Fr 13
Ride DK
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How to Find Us Club Nights The Sports Pavilion, Chelmsford Police HQ, St. Margaret’s Road. 19:30 for 20:00 start unless otherwise stated. Please refer to CaDAM events listing for dates. Apologies, but we will need to collect £1.00 from each member present on club nights to cover the cost of hiring the room. Guest speakers and the occasional raffle are being planned for some of the meetings. For more details or suggestions for future events, please contact a member of the committee. Thank you and we look forward to seeing you soon.
Your Club Needs You! If you have any suggestions that you feel may benefit the club and its members, then we would love to hear from you. That might include suggestions (or niggles) about training, club nights, ride-outs or this magazine. We are a team of volunteers and it is important to us that the club operates to benefit all members. If you have any suggestions please don’t hesitate to contact one of the committee at a club night, on a ride out or via the emails listed inside. Better still, why not come along to a Committee Meeting and get involved. With your help we can make riding safer and fun.
Please remember that quality is important, whilst they needn’t be taken on professional camera equipment, they must be of a suitable file size and resolution. They must also be your own images, we will not be permitted to use images that are copyrighted to another individual. If you have any questions send an email to editor@cadam.org or speak to me. Closing date for the calendar competition is November Club Night, 14th November and the committee will
2018 CaDAM Calendar At the last committee meeting, Alistair Stevens,
make the final decision
on
images
to
a man who loves to keep track of his day-to-day
be included.
movements, came up with a great suggestion of a
Good luck!
glossy 2018 CaDAM picture calendar. It was agreed that it sounded like a great plan and this is where you, the great CaDAM Membership come in! If you have a really great photo that you think should be gracing people’s walls send them in to me. They can be photos of your bikes, bikes in stunning scenery, with or without riders and or pillions, as long as it reflects the CaDAM biking ethos, it can be submitted.