24th March 2024 - Route 11 Cafe - Dave Cusdin

Nine bikes pitched up on an overcast but dry Sunday morning for a ride out to the Route 11 Café close to Attleborough. I thought it was a bit Wim Hof but Dave R thought it was positively balmy. We split into 2 groups with an additional rider being collected at Swaffham making a grand total of ten participants. From Swaffham we took the South Pickenham road to Watton then straight across the lights to pick up the B1077 to Attleborough.

The Café, as its name suggests is located on the East bound carriageway of the A11. It used to have a showroom selling both motorcycles and accessories but now it just feeds and waters errant motorcyclists five days a week (closed Tues and wed). The Vintage motorcycle club were present today so there were some interesting bikes in the carpark, many from the formative years of the majority of our members. The ride back via Wymondham, Dereham and Gressenhall was uneventful, we enjoyed dry roads which were reasonably free of the usual winter induced detritus and not too congested. The real bonus was not needing to wash the bike on return.

Thanks to Ian C for leading a group.

The next ride out is to Langham Dome on the 14th April, well worth a visit if you have an interest in the second world war

Until the next time, take care

Cheers Dave C