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CHELMSFORD & DISTRICT ADVANCED MOTORCYCLISTS NEWSLETTER ISSUE 4 • SEPTEMBER 2006

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Affiliated to Group Number: 7251

• MEET THE TEAM: THE MAN WITH THE MONEY

• THE LARGE BARROW RUN

• CHOPPER BOYS

• TRIO GO TO TY DDEWI

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2 Chelmsford & District Advanced Motorcyclists Newsletter

THE CADAM COMMITTEE

OUR AIMS

Chelmsford and District Advanced Motorcyclists(CADAM) is one of hundreds of groups acrossthe country whose aim is to improvemotorcycling road safety by helping peopleprepare for, and pass, the Institute of AdvancedMotorists (IAM) Advanced Motorcycling Test.

Our group is affiliated to, but not subservient tothe IAM. However, because we share the sameaims, we often seem to speak with one voice.

CADAM is run by volunteers and serves thedistricts of Essex in and around Chelmsford.As well as helping people to pass theAdvanced Test, we try to run the group as aclub, so that once you have passed, you willstill want to stay on and take part in our otheractivities. We provide:

Structured instruction to prepare for the IAMAdvanced Motorcycling Test. You can choose acourse that runs on Saturdays or one that runson Sundays. These courses are designed to takeeven relatively inexperienced riders and raisetheir riding to IAM test standards.

Ad-hoc instruction for those who cannot attendtraining at weekends or for those who wish tohave additional, top-up training prior to their tests.

Machine control days to increase your machinehandling skills. These sessions are held off thepublic road, so we can explore the capabilities ofyour machine and its rider in safety.

Social runs over challenging routes (no motor-ways, thanks!) to interesting places.

Weekends away to ride some new roads,normally out of reach of Essex.

Monthly group meetings, often with a talk froman external speaker on an interesting topic to dowith motorcycling.

On 2 Wheels: This newsletter, keeping you up todate with what’s happening.

Want to know more? Call our general enquiriesnumber 07790 656 687 - or just turn up at ameeting and introduce yourself to a committeemember! Future events listings and directionscan be found on the inside back cover.

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Chairman:Neale McConnellEmail: [email protected]

Treasurer:Stephen FallsEmail: [email protected]

Club Secretary:Jonathan HarmanEmail: [email protected]

Membership Secretary:Paul ReeveEmail: [email protected]

Social Secretary:Stephen FallsEmail: [email protected]

Chief Observer:Ian MaxwellEmail: [email protected]

Associate Representative:John PassfieldEmail: [email protected]

Webmaster:David McLeanEmail: [email protected]

Editor:Mark AnsteyEmail: [email protected]

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 clubs runs you are running as

CADAM and under the IAM banner. 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

Neale McConnell. Chairman CADAM.


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Hi All,

We had some of the hottest days recorded in

July this year. So much for the weatherman’s

prediction that August was going to be full of the

same record breaking temperatures! Despite this

however, it is amazing how many bikers you see,

riding around without gloves, in tee shirts and

shorts! People regularly say to me, “Aren’t you

hot with all that gear on?’ I always wear the full

kit and my answer is always, “Yes, but if the need

arises, I bounce better with all this on!” It doesn’t

bear thinking about coming off without it.

Apologies for the late arrival of this latest issue.

Work has had the habit of getting in the way of

fun over the last few months. I have received a

number of articles from you guys, thanks very

much for those. If yours isn’t here, don’t worry, it

will appear in the near future! The web chat

group has also thrown up some interesting

discussions on things such as bike suitable gps.

I am talking to a company at the moment and

would like to feature a system and if I can swing

it, might even have one to offer as a prize! Keep

your eyes out and keep those articles coming.

Cheers,

Mark

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MEET THE TEAM: THE MAN WITH THE MONEY...


This month we meet Steve Falls, the man

responsible for organising many of the runs

and social gatherings and clutching the money!

I was lucky enough to join CADAM when it first

started and became the social Secretary which

meant I got to tell everyone about all the good

things the club is up to. I also get to lead some

of the social rides something that I had never

done before but for me is the most enjoyable

part being in CADAM.

Recently I took over the treasurers role and yes I

do enjoy receiving all those cheques!

My biking career did not start until the end of ‘97 at

the age 27. I had always liked motorbikes and often

thought about learning to ride but never really got

round to it. At the start of ‘97 I moved from Hampshire

to Aveley to start a new job in Dagenham.

I only had a 6 mile commute to work down the

old A13. Work had just

started on the new

section of A13 and the

traffic was horrendous.

On a Sunday morning it would take 15 minutes.

During the week it could take an hour. I used to

sit in the car and watch all the bikes filter through

all the traffic. That was it I had enough I was

going to learn to ride a bike.

I took my test that November and bought my

first bike in the spring. It was a Yamaha

XJ600. At the time it had plenty of power to

keep me entertained as I gained experience.

Unfortunately I did not gain enough experience

and after 3 years I completely messed up a bend

and parted company with the bike. Luckily I was

perfectly okay unlike the bike. The sensible part

of me decided there and then to give up riding.

On the way home in the recovery truck it took

just two bikes to go past and I changed my

mind. So much for the sensible part of me.

As soon as Yamaha did an insurance deal I

bought a Fazer 600. This bike was a lot more

entertaining. I did my first track day at Thruxton.

The day was organised by Steve Parrish and he

had invited some of his mates

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By the start of the third session I had scrapedboth pegs and made a mess of my rear tyre. Oneof the instructors (Terry Rymer) went past andsignalled me to follow him.

All I had to do was match his pace and follow hislines. He slowly started to increase his pace. Icould tell from his body language on the bike hewas putting hardly any effort into at all. As for memy heart rate was through the roof. I could notbelieve how fast I was going round corners.

The urge to apply the brakes was overwhelmingbut I just trusted what Terry was doing andcommitted myself. The strange thing waseverything felt more stable, I was not leaning thebike over as far and by the end of the that sessionmy rear tyre looked a lot smoother. Mind you myhands were shaking from the adrenaline rush.

I then did a training day at Cadwell where myinstructor was also an IAM observer. All the drillswe did were applicable to the road but being onthe track meant we could go faster withoutworrying about poor road surfaces or car drivers.

It did make me realise that I had a lot to learnabout riding a bike. I decided to join the EastLondon Advanced Group and do my IAM test.My riding improved no end and the social rideswere great.

The Fazer really could do it all. I even did a tenday tour to Bavaria and the Alps. 2000 miles inreliable comfort.

I now felt I was ready for a bigger bike but still feltintimidated by the early R1s and the Fireblades(and Ducati servicing costs). So I bought myselfa Triumph Daytona 955I. At first I hated riding itas it felt so much heavier than the Fazer. Over thenext few months I got used to the handling andthe extra power. That heavy steering nowtranslated into amazing stability on British roads.Mind you with the cost of the accessories itworked out expensive, especially as one of thoseaccessories was a house with a garage inRayleigh (well I did not want to leave it outside ).

Thanks to ELAM I never had a self induced nearmiss on the Fazer unfortunately SMIDSY caught up

with me. Again I was fine but the bike was not. Mindyou every cloud has a silver lining as the Fazer’ssuspension was definitely past it’s best. I went outand bought a Triumph Speed Four. I love the lighthandling and revvy nature of the engine. In truth Iam no faster on the bigger bike than the 600 but thesmaller bike is more rewarding.

Last year I took the Daytona to France for 2 daysand then Wales for 3 days. Although the bikeperformed faultlessly the last 2 hours of theweekend the aches set in. So when Triumphproduced the Sprint ST my mind was made up ,I just had to wait for my wallet to catch up.

I just had to see what the Daytona would be likeon the track. So I booked myself into theCalifornia Super School at Rockingham. All thefour cylinder bikes had to stay in fourth, thetwins and triples in third plus we were told not touse the brakes. This meant the Daytona had anunfair advantage and it put a huge grin on myface. The instruction was excellent and I learnt alot about cornering.

Now though the Daytona has been replaced by amore comfortable Sprint ST. I do miss the surgeof acceleration from the 955 but in truth the lesspowerful Sprint is more than enough for ourroads. It is more comfortable which means I amrelaxed and can concentrate for longer. Whichwas essential this summer as I spent a weektouring the alps including the amazing StelvioPass in Italy. I am already planning next years trip.

Steve Falls

The amazingStelvio Pass

in Italy


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I always thought a barrow was something youtransported your garden vegetables in.

According to Wikipedia Round barrows are oneof the most common types of archeologicalmonuments. although concentrated in Europethey are found in many parts of the worldbecause of their simple construction anduniversal purpose.

At their simplest, round barrows arehemispherical mounds of earth and/or stoneraised over a burial placed in the middle. Beyondthis there are numerous variations which mayemploy surrounding ditches, stone kerbs or flatberms between ditch and mound. Constructionmethods range from a single creation process ofheaped material to a complex depositionalsequence involving alternating layers of stone,soil and turf with timbers or wattle used to helphold the structure together.

The central burial may be placed a stonechamber or cist or in a cut grave. Both intactinhumations and cremations placed in vesselscan be found.

Many round barrows attract surrounding satelliteburials or later ones inserted into the mound itself.In some cases these occur hundreds or eventhousands of years after the original barrow wasbuilt and were placed by entirely different cultures.

In the British Isles, round barrows generally dateto the Bronze Age although Neolithic examplesare also known. Later round barrows were also

sometimes used by Roman, Viking and Saxonsocieties. Examples include Rillaton barrow andRound Loaf.

Then after refining my search I found a LargeRound Barrow at Wayting Hill. Well I may as wellgo see a large one.

The hill rises to 525 feet, providing excellentviews, and is fringed by Clappers Wood. Trailslead through the wood, and wild flowers aboundin summer.

Location: North of Luton, just off the A6

The Dunstable Downs are home to at least sixNeolithic burial mounds. Near Hexton is WaytingHill, a round barrow that is said to be home to asleeping warrior. To be honest it just looked likea long walk to a big hill with a mound on top. Onthe plus side the roads were very good.

When I woke up that morning and looked out thewindow the ground was wet and the sky was filleddark cloud. When you organise ride out you alwayswonder how many people will turn up if any andwhen the weather looks bad it always reduces thenumbers. Which would mean they miss out on agreat day out because I had every faith in theBBC’s weather report and they said the skies weregoing to clear. So I tucked my waterproof trousersinto my jacket and set off to Chelmsford.

Sure enough the clouds put some off but therewas still six others waiting for me so I waspleased. When we first set off country lanesdamp so the pace was nice and gentle.

The LargeRound Barrow Run

Chelmsford & District Advanced Motorcyclists Newsletter

Why such a strange name for a bike run? Well lasttime I did a run we went to a large drain. This time Idecided to find a large mound to visit. So I went ontothe internet and put in large mound. After about fiveminutes barely intensive searching I found a link toRound Barrow.


The first stop was the Tea Hut at High Beach andfollowing the country lanes it took us just over anhour to get there. The sun was starting to comeout and the roads were drying nicely. Howeveryou could not get complacent as the tree linedsections of road were still damp.

It seems the early clouds were keeping a lot ofpeople indoors as there seemed to be more carsthan bikes at High Beach. Good news for usbecause the weather was getting better all thetime and the roads were reasonably clear. Mindyou the roads I like to use are usually prettyclear anyway.

By the time we got to Pegsdon for lunch the sunwas really shining and we made good use of theLive and Let Live pub garden. We had a greatview of the Dunstable Downs whilst enjoyingsome good food. We even saw the occasionalbike go past.

It did take us quite a long time to drag ourselvesout of our seats as sitting in a pub garden insunshine for the first time this year was veryrelaxing. We also had a couple of hours of funfilled country lanes ahead.

We got to Finchingfield at 1730. In fact it was thefirst time I had seen the teashop closed, so wehad to go the pub instead! We took the quickerroute back to Chelmsford but even the quick routebetween Finchingfield and Dunmow is a lot fun.

So if anyone has a topographical feature theywould like to visit why not organise a route andlead the rest of the club there. A big thanks to theBBC for getting the weather forecast right (phew).

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More up-to-datepagan rituals?



The club meeting in June reached new heightswhen a group on members followed Ian on ashort ride out to Boreham Airfield to meet theFly-boys on the Essex Police Air Support Unit.

Formed in July 1990, the Air Support Unit has nowbecome widely accepted within the force as a vitaltool for police officers on the ground. It providescommand and control, containment, searching,pursuit, conveyance and aerial photography.

The ASU, based at Boreham, anairfield originally built and

used by the United States Air Force during WorldWar II.The airfield was home to the 394th BombGroup flying Martin Marauder B26 Bombers. TheAmerican veterans of the 394th Bomb Groupreturned to the airfield in 2001 for a nostalgic visitwith the ASU flew the American flag from thecontrol tower in their honour.

After the war, the airfield became a motor racingtrack - one of Britain's most famous drivers,Stirling Moss, raced here. The airfield was thenpurchased by Ford Motor Company, who usedthe track for testing and for the development ofboth cars and trucks, has also become widelyacknowledged for its expertise and is a NationalAir Observer Training Centre, which trains not onlyEssex officers but also officers from all over thecountry. The original control tower is stillstanding and serves as the unit'saccommodation.Borehamwas chosen as the

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units base because of its centralised locationwithin Essex, which enables speedy responsetimes throughout the county. During the past tenyears, a purpose built hangar, fuel installationand helipad have all been added.

The Air Support Unit is manned by a full timecrew of a sergeant and six constables who are alltrained as specialist air observers. In additionthere are currently a number of reserve airobservers in force who assist in manning thehelicopter. There are three full time pilots,supplemented by relief pilots. The unit comesunder the wing of the Mobile Support Division.

A typical day starts when the two policeobservers and pilot arrive at the airfield. Thecomputers and force radios in the flight office arepowered up and constantly monitored.

The pilot will then undertake a comprehensivetechnical inspection of the helicopter whichinvolves visually inspecting the engines, gearboxand other systems and taking a sample of fuelfrom each of the aircraft's two tanks. Thehelicopter cannot legally fly until this check hasbeen completed and signed off in the log.

Whilst the pilot is completing this check, the airobservers prepare the helipad for operations,placing fire extinguishers strategically around thepad and inspecting the crash equipment. TheLand Rover Discovery has been kitted out withcrash equipment and fire fighting gear and this isdeployed next to the pad.

One of the observers will then carry out qualitycontrol checks on the aviation fuel – a legalrequirement and one of paramount importanceto the safety of the aircraft and crew. At this time,the other observer will be logging onto theinternet and obtaining the latest weather reportsand pertinent flight information, which will beused for briefing. The aircraft videotapes areloaded into the VCR.

Having completed his aircraft checks, the pilotwill begin the weight balance check to establishthat the aircraft will be operating within it’s safeflying parameters with the crew, equipment andfuel on board.The aircraft is then pulled out ontothe helipad ready to be deployed.

The crew assemble for daily briefing, with thepilot briefing on the weather and the aircraftwhilst the observers brief on any police taskssuch as aerial photographic requests, scheduledfor the day and any visitors expected to the unit.

The crew all have responsibilities when not flyingto check and maintain equipment, write reports,contact outside agencies, talk to police officers,liaise with other departments within the force...the list is extensive!

Equipment used by the ASU

Over the years, the Air Support Unit have been atthe cutting edge of technology, employing thevery latest equipment:

An Ultraforce 2000 thermal imaging system ismounted in a stabilised pod beneath the nose ofthe aircraft. This system enables heat to bedetected, particularly body heat, and displaysthis on the aircraft's CRT monitor as a black andwhite picture. This is an invaluable tool,especially at night. Also mounted in the pod is athree chip broadcast quality Television Camerawith zoom facility and 2x converter, enabling thecrew to read a car number plate from 700 feet. AVideo Recorder is linked to the camera systems,so that incidents can be taped, whilst aMicrowave Downlink transmits live television orthermal image pictures from the aircraft directlyto the Force Information Room or to mobilebased receivers. A Bendix King Moving MapSystem enables the crew to navigate the aircraftto a precise location, such as a house or a street,as well as superimposing the aircraft's preciseposition onto one of five different mappingsystems. This operates from a built in globalpositioning system. Also mounted underneaththe aircraft is a 30 million candela SpectrolabNightsun Searchlight. This is capable ofilluminating in wide beam the area the size of afootball pitch, or can be closed down into anarrow beam no more than six feet in diameter.

A 700 Watt 'Skyshout' public address system isinstalled and used to transmit urgent safetywarnings to people on the ground. PhotographicEquipment - the unit undertakes a large amountof photographic assignments and is equipped


with a Nikon D1X digital camera, together with anarray of telephoto lenses. The unit can alsoprovide 'wet film' medium format photographs.Other equipment includes:

• TCAS (an air proximity warning system)• Tracker (a stolen vehicle location system)• Trimble Transpak global positioning system • Fujinon 16x40 gyroscopically stabilised binoculars• Ordinance Survey maps and map books covering

the counties of Essex, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire.

The Helicopter

Essex Police bought a new helicopter in June2003 and after a period of extensive pilot and

observer training, it entered full service in July.Formal approval was given in April,

2003 to purchase a newhelicopter with a grant of £1.2

million from the HomeOffice which the Essex

Police Authority matchfunded with a further £1.2 million.

The Eurocopter EC135 is highly favoured bypolice agencies throughout the UK and isconsidered to offer the best combination ofperformance, safety and cost efficiency.

The EC135 is a purpose built public utilityhelicopter, capable of 150 miles per hour and isbetter suited to police operations than theprevious 'Squirrel' helicopter as it has greaterpayload capacity and requires less maintenance.It is also faster and quieter. It is painted in thenational police standard colours of yellow anddark blue for high visibility.


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ONE FOR THE ALBUM?

To all Full Members and Associates.

When on a club run, be it an evening or aweekend event speed limits must beobserved. We have no exemption andadvanced riding does not need to involvehigher speeds. When approaching hazardsappropriate care must be taken. On clubs runsyou are running as CADAM and under the IAMbanner. Do not bring this into disrepute.

Also the Marker system will be used. Anyonenot familiar with this system please speak toone of the run organisers who will run throughthis for you.

Thanks and Safe Riding

Neale McConnell.Chairman CADAM.

Full Member awards toMike Lockyer and Emily Rayner.

Group ride out to Beachy Head - story next issue.

The group meet the Chopper Boys & proof that thosefluorescent jackets really work!!



It’s just 06:30 Friday morning as I leave home tomeet Paul and Gary Reeve at Birchangerservices on the M11 to start our journey acrossthe country in a shallow arc to reach the mostsouth westerly part of Pembrokeshire, the cityof St. David’s, which has the distinction ofbeing the smallest city in the UK, in fact it ismore of a small market town or large village.

We leave the service area and head west on theA120 to pick up the A10 at Puckeridge and then

at Buntingford wetake the A507 across

to Baldock, quite a niceroad with some sweeping

corners, rising and fallingdown into Baldock. We take a

short hop on the A1 and thenhead across to Bedford and then

Northampton, on the outskirts ofNorthampton a truckers day has gone

belly-up - literally - there is an artic. and itstrailer laying on its side on a roundabout !

We now use the M1 for just a short while beforejoining the M 45 and then A45, checking time anddistance I think it must be time for a fuel stop andfag break, but I stopped smoking years ago, sowhy does this happen? If somebody offered meone now I’m sure I would be happy to smoke it.Anyway the tanks are full and the bladders emptyso we’re ready for the next stint, I want to get tothe other side of Kidderminster before we have astop for lunch, I notice a few spots of rain on thescreen and as these turn into a steady fall we pullinto a service area to put on our waterproofs.

We rejoin the M42 and after a short while leave itfor A roads and head steadily towardsKidderminster, we head west towards Ludlow, inthe small town of Cleobury Mortimer we stop forlunch. We decide on a pub lunch, the landlord ofthe pub we go into either has a dim view ofstrangers or bikers, I felt a strange chill in the air,

Trio go toTy Ddewi(Three go to St. David’s)


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we order a coffee for Gary and it seems asthough somebody has gone to a plantation topick the coffee beans, fortunately the food didn’ttake so long to be served. Outside the pub Paulis making a call on his mobile, letting his callernow where we are, he had mentioned the nameof the town a couple of times when a shrill voiceinformed us that we were in CLEBBURY,CLEBBURY Mortimer, when I looked round shrillvoice could only have been an ex-headmistress,full tweeds, brogues and deerstalker, you wouldnever have got away with whispering in herclass, she must have been a full fifty yards awaywhen we got the ringing in our ears. I think shehad a different sort of ringing in her ears whenPaul and Gary started their bikes with nicesubtle noisy end cans !!

Leaving Cleobury Mortimer behind us we areheading west across Shropshire and stunningviews over the surrounding countryside andtowards the Welsh Marshes, we continuethrough Ludlow and cross the border at Gore onthe A44. I happen to notice some activity in thesky away to the right, I slow down for a betterlook and then realise that we are watching RedKites being fed at a nearby RSPB centre, a signon the road tells us there is a display daily at15:00, how lucky was that for us ? It is now ajourney of about 40 miles over the CambrianMountains to our next stopping point atAberystwyth. We arrive in the town with the needfor fuel for the bikes and something forourselves, a Morrisons supermarket comes intoview and so we head for the car park.



Our final leg of the journey begins as we leave thepetrol station and head southwest along thecoast road towards St Davids. This leg is about70 miles, I realise as we head out of Aberystwyththat it is now what would be the rush hour butthere is no rush hour traffic. We continue alongthe A487 dropping down into the harbour town ofFishguard where a ferry is just setting sail forIreland, a few more miles and some of the landmarks are beginning to look familiar, as we arriveon the outskirts of St Davids we turn righttowards Whitesands Bay. I lead us to ourovernight stay at my Uncle and Aunts’ farm, Pauland Gary could be forgiven for thinking that weare now practicing for the Long Way Round, I amleading them up a half-mile long unmade road,but it’s not really as bad as it looks! We aregreeted by Ray and Chris and Blue the collie, sheis more used to seeing four wheeled motorbikesand isn’t quite sure what to make of us ! We parkthe bikes in one of the sheds and then have awelcome drink.

We had made arrangements to go out for anevening meal, so we leave the bikes and go byfour wheels and five up to the small, picturesqueharbour village of PorthGain, we have a tablebooked in The Sloop Inn and enjoy a superbmeal. After our dinner we decide on a walkaround the harbour and the now disusedbrickworks and slate quarry, we wonder at theamount of hard physical work that must havebeen done to shift thousands upon thousands oftons of slate from the quarry to the harbour andthen loaded onto waiting boats. We climbedsome steps to the top of the cliffs where thePembrokeshire coastal path can be joined,someone suggested walking back to St. David’s,there were no takers ! On the clifftops we had alook at the size of the hole left by the quarryingand some of the ruins from a bygone age.

After coffee back at the farm we decided to call ita day and head for our beds, before going up Itook a look outside, the most surprising thingwas not what I could see, but what I couldn’thear, no noise at all such a change from the builtup areas around Chelmsford.

Saturday morning started fairly brightly, but wecould see the weather coming in from coastlooked cloudy. We had a walk around the farm,stopping to check on the livestock and takingin some of the quite spectacular viewsincluding Ramsey and Skomer islands, aroundwhich seals, dolphins and puffins can be seenat the right time of year. We could also seetankers making their way to the refineries atMilford Haven.

The farm has a holiday cottage, this stonecottage has been superbly converted to provideaccommodation for four, in two bedrooms,kitchen – dining area and separate sitting room,bathroom with shower. If anybody is interested instaying there please ask me for contact details,however it is already booked for all of next yearsschool summer holidays!

We decided on following the A40 for the journeyhome, so having said our farewells, we set off outof St David’s along the A487 to Haverfordwest,we passed through Newgale, a small coastalresort popular with campers and surfers but witha very tightly turning and steeply descendingroad into it, we continued to H.West where westopped for fuel before joining the A40 for themost of our journey.

It was around midday as we turned a corner intoLlandovery, I spotted the West End Café, a verypopular stop for bikers. Paul and Gary sawstraight through my efforts to convince them thatI had planned this stop and knew of its existence! After a plate full of sausage, egg and chips anda look around at some of the bikes, a very niceTriumph Bonneville Thruxton ( original T120 ) tookmy eye, we were ready to continue eastbound,along the edge of the Brecon Beacons and thensoutheast through the Black Mountains toAbergavenny. Our next fuel stop was inGloucester, I learned later on that at this fuel stopGary bought a lottery ticket and won a tenner (!!)although he now has an almost new Yamaha FJR– I wonder if he is holding out on us?

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forgotten to turn the Bluetooth dongle back on(it’s a pain, but when the ignition is turned and theTomTom turns off, the dongle goes off but won’tturn back on by itself) so I had been navigatingusing road signs and local knowledge. Weheaded towards Aylesbury and the A41 toeventually pick up the A1 and A414 at Hatfield,Paul left us at this point and headed home for

Enfield, Gary and I then headed off for Southendand Chelmsford respectively.

We enjoyed two days of good biking roads, somequite spectacular scenery in really good weather.Paul and Gary thanks for your company.

John Passfield – Associate Rep.

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One owner from new, 4,000 miles very low mileage,Full service recently completed. Immaculate.

Pan European STX 1300, Silver, Electric Screen, Full pannierset including: top box, side panniers and top box all withoriginal Honda stow away bags, pillion back rest and arm

rests, Full air deflection kit, on mirrors, front fairing and side panels, Honda originaltouch sensor heated grips, full autocom system, rider to pillion wired with full leads andeasy sockets with extension leads, audio and mobile phone outlets, small accessorytank bag. £7,800 please.

Garry Taylor, 07980 623448 or email [email protected]



Club Nights: The Sports Pavilion,

Chelmsford Police HQ, St. Margaret Road.

8pm start unless stated otherwise.

Please refer to CADAM Events panel for

dates. Apologies, but we will need to collect

£1.00 subs from each member present on

club nights to cover the cost of hiring the

hall. Guest speakers and the occasional

raffle are being planned for some of the

evening meetings. For more details or

suggestions for future events, including

speakers, please contact any of the

committee. Thank you and we look forward

seeing you soon.

Police HQSports Pavilion

HOW TO FIND US

Sept 10th Essex Air Ambulance run from Dunton. Ride out and club stand- all welcome

Sept 12th Club Night.

Oct 1st Copdock Show in Suffolk. See website for more information

Oct 10th Club Night.

Oct 15th ‘Headway’ charity run. CambridgeAdvanced Motorcyclists are organising a ride around the

If you are online and are NOT receiving aCADAM Events reminder email, can you pleaseforward your correct email address [email protected] and we will ensure

that you are added to the list. Many thanks. Tojoin in with the Social rides you must have donean initial assessment ride. If you haven't thesecan be easily arranged with Ian Maxwell:[email protected] so please don't put it off,we look forward to seeing you soon.

county boundaries to raise money forHEADWAY, the brain injury association. Therewill be two routes of about 177 and 250 milesand six check points. Entry fee will be £10 inadvanced or £15 on the day. All will be donatedto HEADWAY. Check www.cambsiam.org.uk orcontact Tony Vernon 01371 830801.

Oct 23rd-25th Bikers retreat in Nth Wales

Nov 14th Club Night.

Dec 12th Club Night.

CADAM EVENTS 2006

Test Passes: Pass Date:

John Stevens August ‘06

John Murkin August ‘06

Christine Gibson August ‘06

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ON 2 WHEELS - CADAM 2 Wheels: This newsletter, ... Please email [email protected] for further details. ... day tour to Bavaria and the Alps. 2000 miles in