Dagworth and District Gentlemen’s Cycling Society
Calendar
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| May | June | July | August |
| September | October | November | December |
April
Monday 27th
V-CC Flat Section monthly meeting—Plan B.
May
Sunday 3rd
Gatecrash the 54th Ipswich to Felixstowe
Historic Vehicle Road Run.
Meet in Christchurch Park by 10:30am so we can set off
ahead of the run, which starts at 11:00am.
Monday 4th
Ride to the Middy’s Bank Holiday Steam Railway Days and hope that they didn’t sell all the beer on the Sunday.
Wednesday 13th & Thursday 14th
V-CC Flat Section The Saffron
Scramble
The final spec is shrouded in secrecy but a leak
suggests a two-day ride based at Saffron Walden to investigate Little
Walden airfield and then spend a day at The Imperial War Museum at
Duxford. Details and briefing to follow.
Thursday 14th to Saturday 16th
SPBW Woodfest Ⅵ at The Musical Museum, 399 High Street, Brentford.
Thursday 21st
Monthly meeting at Rattlesden Five Bells, starting at about one o’clock.
Sunday 24th
Ride to the Middy in the 1940s.
Monday 25th
V-CC Flat Section monthly meeting—Plan A.
Thursday 28th
A trip to the Colchester Beer &
Cider Festival (which runs from Wednesday 27th to Saturday
30th).
Our plan is to catch the half-past-ten-ish train from
Stowmarket which will give us time to trek up North Hill and form an
orderly queue at the door before it opens.
Sunday 31st
How about a ride to the
Middy where there will be Model Railways on show?
This is one of our ‘turn up if you feel like it’ Steam
Sundays where you take a chance on how many of us (if any) will be
there.
June
Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th
Classic Cycles and Motor Cycles event at Ipswich Transport Museum.
11am-4pm. The museum will welcome visiting
vintage motor cycles and bicycles for a weekend celebrating everything on
two wheels. Also includes a special display of Ipswich Witches
speedway memorabilia as the team celebrates 75 years.
Sunday 7th
Another chance to ride to the
Middy where, this week, there’s nothing special scheduled apart from
beer and steam trains.
This is another one of our ‘come along if you feel like
it’ Steam Sundays where you take a chance on how
many of us (if any) will turn up. ‘Wot, no steam?’ During June,
the Middy will be will be using the East Anglian Railway Museum’s 1958
Waggon- und Maschinenbau railbus—something
different to watch from the bar.
Wednesday 10th to Thursday 11th
V-CC Flat Section Marcus’s famous North Norfolk
Ride
An adventure both on bicycle and by steam, with room to
camp or board or just attend one day if desired. Hosted by Marcus
Flint, held in Norfolk towards the coastline. Details from
.
Sunday 14th
Yet another chance to ride to the
Middy
This is another one of our ‘turn up if you feel like
it’ Railbus Sundays where you take a chance on how many of us (if any)
you″ll find there.
Thursday 18th
Monthly meeting at Rattlesden Five Bells, starting at about one o’clock.
Sunday 21st
Yet another chance to ride to the
Middy
This is another one of our ‘turn up if you feel like
it’ Railbus Sundays where you take a chance on how many of us (if any)
you″ll meet there.
Weekend 27th & 28th
Pedal
Suffolk Festival at Trinity Park, Ipswich.
On the Saturday, it’s Pedal
Retro and, if you only want to go on ‘retro’ day, you’ll be free
on….
…Sunday 28th
Vintage Bus Day at the Middy
Cycle over to the railway where you can ride on a
vintage bus, or on the railbus, provided you can drag yourself away from
the bar.
Monday 29th
V-CC Flat Section monthly meeting—Plan B.
July
Thursday 2rd to Sunday 5th
Visit to the Stowmarket Beer Festival at The Food Museum—we usually go on the Thursday as soon as it opens. Remember to bring your own glass.
Sunday 5th
How about a ride to the
Middy where East Anglian Practical Classics will be visiting?
This is one of our ‘turn up if you feel like it’ Steam
(yes, it should be back to steam now) Sundays where you take a chance on
how many of us (if any) will be there.
Sunday 12th
‘Way to Go’ cycling event at the Food Museum
All the usual cycle show stuff including a jumble and a
sportive—allegedly.
Thursday 16th
Monthly meeting at Rattlesden Five Bells, starting at about one o’clock.
Monday 27th
V-CC Flat Section monthly meeting—Plan A.
Friday 31st
First day of the Ipswich Transport Museum beer festival.
August
Saturday 1st & Sunday 2nd
Days 2 & 3 of the Ipswich Transport Museum beer festival.
Wednesday 5th
TA East Morning Gathering at the Osier Café in Stowmarket (TM049586) at around 11am,
Thursday 20th
Monthly meeting at Rattlesden Five Bells, starting at about one o’clock.
Sunday 30th
Spoke and Steam: the annual event when we all
converge on the Middy.
We start from Stowmarket, V-CC Flat Section members
start from Walpole or Diss, and the Chickering Cycling Circle starts from
Horham (& not the car park at the Middy).
Our ‘spoke’ leaves Unity Road at 10:00, calls at Stowmarket Railway station
at 10:10, and Reeds Way in Stowupland a bit later depending on how long it
takes to struggle up the hill. The V-CC contingent from Walpole is
planning to get to the Middy at 11:00; we'll probably be a bit later but
can't go any earlier if we're going to collect anyone coming by train from
Bury.
Monday 31st
V-CC Flat Section monthly meeting—Plan B.
Last Modified, 17 April 2026