Club trip

Dagworth and District Gentlemen’s Cycling Society


2026

March

Wednesday 11th

V-CC Flat Section’s Flatter Subsection Northfolk Natter: ride and evening meal, details from

Thursday 19th

Monthly meeting at Rattlesden Five Bells, starting at about one o’clock.

Friday 20th

Beer Festival at the Walnut Tree in Stowmarket [TM045588].
We’ll be going at lunchtime.  The festival continues until Sunday, so we might go back on another day.

Monday 30th

V-CC Flat Section monthly meeting—Plan A.

April

Thursday 2nd to Monday 6th

Beer Festival at Combs Ford Gladstone Arms.
We’ll go on Thursday, and we might fit another visit in on the Friday.

Saturday 4th

Let’s go to Great Yarmouth where the Tombstone just happens to have a Beer Festival.

Easter Sunday 5th

Ride to the Middy’s Easter Steam Up.

Thursday 16th

Monthly meeting at Rattlesden Five Bells, starting at about one o’clock.

Thursday 16th

V-CC Flat Section’s Flatter Subsection Northfolk Natter: ride and evening meal, details from

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.

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 21th

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.

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 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.

 

Last Modified, 5 March 2026