The weather forecast was good, so the three bikes and five people set off at 10am as advertised.
We went the easy route, straight up the A6 and apart from Stritchy chasing and failing to catch (surprise surprise) a Cosworth Turbo, the ride was quick and uneventful. As we entered Derbyshire the clouds cleared and we were bathed in warm sunshine - that's more like it!
We got to Matlock just after noon and immediately found somewhere to eat. Our timing was perfect, because in the next hour the road filled with bikes and parking spaces were like gold dust.
All in all a very nice day out.

It was a dark and stormy night............................................ but despite the wet weather, a few brave souls left at 8pm on Gordon's Mystery Tour.
The route took us around the villages of East Northants, via some very gravely and twisty roads. Happily it didn't rain whilst we were out and it was a very pleasant ride. About an hour and 40 miles later, we arrived back at Henry's for a drink and chat. It turns out that this was the first time that Trevor had ridden his CBR in the dark, on wet roads! Nice one Trev, you don't need to worry, you rode well mate.
A good ride Gordon, even though it was obvious that you were making the route up as we went along  ;o)

To make a change, we were riding with a purpose this week. We went to visit the Bedfordshire Branch.
It was nice to see a new face on the ride, welcome to Deputy Dawg (so called coz he insists on wearing doggy ears on his lid!) otherwise known as Scott. Although a little apprehensive about riding with us, he only passed his test a few weeks ago, he managed the 'drop off' system well and had no problems keeping up.
The ride itself took us along the very slippery back roads (it had poured down with rain earlier in the day) through the villages of Northants and Bedfordshire some 50 miles to the Lynmore in Sharpenhoe. We were made very welcome by our fellow HOC members, cheers guys.

Another ride with a purpose this week, this time visiting the Cambridge Branch at the White Swan, Connington.
Brian led the ride from Henrys and Roger took over (coz we didn't know where the White Swan is) when we met him in Kimbolton. Before reaching Roger however, we passed a gaggle of gayly painted Pans complete with radar hairdryer on the A648! Happily they were looking the other way as we bimbled past - but we could warn a few bikers going the other way.
We were made very welcome by our fellow HOC members, although my attempt at 'log-rolling' didn't go too well!

A gorgeous evening for a ride, led by the 'famous' Radar.
He lead 17 us on a 50 mile jaunt through villages along superb twisty roads. The drop-off system worked perfectly - which is just as well with such a large group - and nobody got lost and we didn't get too strung out. Apart from a great 'spirited' ride, the highlight was a mad woman walking her dogs, they had the good sense to move out of the way, but she seemed to take exception to people using her road and insisted on swerving in front of us - obviously the official Village Idiot!
We ended up at a lovely pub in Barwell, near Oundle. Well done Radar.

I got to Henry's just in time to join the back of the group. Paul Everson was seconded in at the last minute as run leader - so I knew the run would be a goodun.
We had a little detour in Olney when another group went past and some-of-us followed the wrong taillight! Never mind, we were all reunited at the Warrington roundabout and headed down to Bedford. The plan was to go up the B660 to Kimbolton <so the group went past my flat, thinks, I needn't have rushed!>, which is a lovely sweeping road.
We went through Kimbolton and then, via numerous little country roads, back to Henry's. The ride was just over 60 miles and very good it was too. My only gripe was that I now had to retrace much of the same route again to get home. Oh well, it was a nice evening for a ride!

On a warm morning, the group gathered at Henry's for a 320 mile bimble to Somerset. There was a lunch stop in Marlborough before reaching Cheddar. The group had a delicious pub lunch at the Gorge.
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What started out as a normal Wednesday Everyotherrun soon went horribly wrong!
As we were going around Northampton on Great Billing Way, we saw a bike on its side and a biker chasing a car. The car was accelerating away, with the biker trying to open the door, so I swerved across the road to block his escape (in retrospect, a completely mad idea!) and everyone else followed suit. This didn't put off Escortman, he just mounted the pavement and got around us!
Brian and I stopped the traffic, to allow the CBR600 to be picked up. Some witnesses phoned the police and we all waited for the imminent arrival of plod.................................... and waited................................... and waited!
Over an hour and 20 minutes later we gave up and left! So much for the Northants police! We were not impressed! You can bet had anyone been wheelying down the road they'd have had the chopper and ARVs there in minutes <that's enough of my rant!>
Instead of a good long run, we ended up at the Red Lion in Brafield for a beer and discussion of the evening's events.

We had a good ride through the north Bedfordshire villages to the half Moon in Kempston. The ride was about 40 miles and took in some lovely twisty roads, although as twilight fell some of the participants were nearly caught out by the tight bends.

On a lovely evening, we headed out with George in the lead. He took us on a roundabout trip, through some lovely countryside (well, we presume it was lovely - it looked nice in the half-light) and single-track roads to England's Rose in Middleton Pinkney. The run was about 33 miles long.

As is traditional for the last Everyotherrun of the year we headed for the Stibbington Diner on the A1, just south of Peterborough. Unfortunately, they've changed the slip road lay-out for the Diner and most of us overshot the first entry <oops>. There was the usual mad rush for the queue to order a Mega Breakfast and we settled in for the evening. Roger & Nina and Roy joined us at the diner and much tea was drunk, bollocks talked and good times had by all.