Moulton Bicycle Club meeting 8th- 10th September 2023

The Hall/ Moulton Bicycle Company, Holt Road, Bradford on Avon, BA15 1AH

The Hall

The Courtyard where the Saturday afternoon Talk will be held

All adults through the gate need to pay either £10 for the Saturday meet or £25 for weekend camping. For those aged 17 and under it's all free (when accompanied by an adult Club member). Despite our increasing costs, we have held the event cost to you at the same level for the past two years!

As ever it’s members & immediate family only, if you are not a member then you can join the club for £22.50 (UK membership) on line beforehand or at the gate to maintain our status with HMRC. Toilets & showers are available to all.

Provisional schedule for the weekend

Friday– from 4pm campers/motorhomes can arrive to set up their units. Ample parking on site but maybe not in your first choice of location. We then usually head down to the Swan Hotel in the centre of Bradford on Avon to meet up and have something to eat. As an alternative there is the The Dandy Lion across the road from the Swan and numerous other pubs and restaurants in Bradford on Avon for good food & drink.

The Bridge across the Avon in the Town Centre

Saturday

8am gates open, campers awake……..

9amto11am Table Top Sale of all things Moulton, everything from a rideable bike to a set of frame transfers, those special replacement parts for F frame refurbishments from Moulton Preservation, interesting components & spares from the Moulton factory. NO fees for selling your stuff whether thats a van full of Moultons or a few tyres, its all free.

Table Top Sale of all things Moulton

11am – 12 noon Open forum, for you to share your thoughts with the committee and the committee to ask for your help, guidance & ideas.

1pm – 3pm Courtyard talk, this year from F-frame to Space-frame as it’s the 40th anniversary of the launch of the Space-frame bicycle. Presented by Dan Farrell and Tony Hadland with numerous bicycle examples. The raffle draw.

Court Yard Talk

3pm – 5pm A short ride (1.2 miles each way) to the Kettlesmith Brewing Company to sample some of their fine ales.

7pm – 11pm The club meal at St Margarets Hall. Main’s (see booking form) served with mixed rice, new potatoes, mixed salad, coleslaw. Desserts (see booking form) served with pouring cream. Tea or coffee after the meal & a bar is available.

OR

The BBQ will be a bring your own food & drink, there will be separate “meat” and “vegetarian” BBQ grills. (Provided by the Moulton Bicycle Company)

OR

If you want to go into BoA for a meal I suggest you plan ahead.

Sunday– All rides set off from the upper car park by the entrance gate.

There will be 3 rides:

Long ride about 35 miles, Middle ride around 25 miles, Short 10mile family ride.

Usually the first ride leaves at about 9am and the last ride sets off at about 10am, but the actual departure times will be displayed during the event & on Facebook.

Every thing may change due to the weather or events outside our control.

Clear up all debris, your tents packed away etc. and we all leave before 5pm on Sunday.

As per previous years, we will have security on the gate fron Friday through to Sunday morning.

Please keep checking our web page and Facebook for the latest event news and updates.

I hope you can join us at BoA, it will be good to see you in September, catch up with old friends, make new friends AND ride in a group of Moultons.

Mark Taylor