Bikes
Andy’s Triumph Sprint ST 1050
Andy purchased his Triumph Sprint ST at the end of 2010 from a local Triumph dealer after selling his Kawasaki ZX-10 as he wanted something more suitable to doing more miles.
2011
Skenfrith Castle, Wales
We started the day (and also the year) by meeting up at Jo’s Cafe Nr Ross-on-Wye (one of a favorite cafes) for a good old fashioned Full English breakfast before setting our Sat Nav’s to stun (or more accurately Skenfrith) to Read more
2010
Barry Island
Another day and another trip to the seaside but, truth be told Bonzo is such a fan of Gavin and Stacey (a UK sitcom that’s based in Barry Island) we decided that we would take a ride down to Barry Island Read more
2010
Aberystwyth
“I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside” is all we could hear down the phone when I was talking to Bonzo this morning, so we took this as a hint that the big lad from Wales wanted an ice Read more
2010
Scottish Battlefields, part 2
In June Bob and Bonzo spent a long weekend in Scotland exploring the area and taking their evidence photos for this years Grim Riders Battlefields Ride, unfortunately Rig and Chinny were unable to tag along at the time but they Read more
2010
Fowlers Motorcycles
This Saturday we decided to take a break from the usual routine of heading somewhere for breakfast and then maybe moving onto some other place interesting that was until we all met up at Bobs and decided to screw that Read more
2010
Aberystwyth
It’s June so it must be time to go and play in the sand at the seaside, if you’re a long suffering reader of this website you may have noticed that Aberystwyth in Wales is probably the most common place that we Read more
2010
Scottish Battlefields
Bob and Bonzo both had a free weekend so they decided to explore Scotland and bag the 6 Grim Riders Battlefields Ride locations at the same time. After a very early start on a Friday morning they headed up the Read more
2010
South East Battlefields
This year’s Grim Riders charity motorcycle ride theme is based around 15 British battlefields, 3 of which were located near London and the south east, so we decided to make a weekend of it visiting these battlefields and enjoying the Read more
England
Yorkshire Loop
This fantastic 100 miles loop starts in Ripon but once you’re out into the Yorkshire countryside the views and the roads are some of the best in the UK, I always like to stop in Hawes for an ice cream. Read more
2010
Battle of the Boyne, Ireland
Well where shall I start? Bonzo came up from Cardiff on Friday afternoon and we parked the bikes on the drive ready for an early start, after a nice meal and a few beers of to bed around 12ish! We Read more
2010
Bike MOT and Breakfast
Bob and Chinny had to get MOTs done on their Honda Blackbird’s and in typical RigsVille tradition decided to celebrate with a little breakfast from the Touchdown cafe in Wellesbourne. (yum yum yum)
2010
Battle of Bryn Glas
Another Saturday and another bike ride, we had arranged to meet Bonzo over at Crossgates cafe so after leaving the M5 at junction 7 and then followed the A44 from Worcester through Bromyard, Leominster & Kington until we arrived cold, Read more
2010
Cornish Pasty?
Fancy a Cornish Pasty? asked Bob on the phone on Friday night, Err why? what are you planning? I asked in return and so began the ‘planning’ of a 600 round trip down to Bude in Cornwall via Bridgwater in Somerset in Read more
2010
George White Motorcycles
Bonzo’s tummy was rumbling so he demanded that we all meet up at the cafe at George White Motorcycles (now known as Blade Honda) in Swindon so who are we to argue? especially as the ride down to Swindon would be Read more
2010
1st Battlefields Ride
Last year the Grim Riders MCC challenge sent us chasing horizons across the UK, ticking off as many of the fifteen National Parks as we could in twelve months. It became a year of sweeping roads, changing landscapes and the Read more
2010
1st ride of 2010
To be honest this really wasn’t our 1st ride of 2010, we have spent many days, hours and miles over the extended winter it’s just that we have not really gone or done anything interesting (and this is??) but this Read more
2009
Fowlers Motorcycles
Another Saturday morning and another excuse to get together for a ride out and a breakfast, unfortunately I was unable to meet up with Bob, Chinny and Bonzo at Fromes Hill cafe where they started the day with a Big Read more
2009
Chinnys British National Parks Ride
As Chinny was unable to make this trip in April he and Bob decided to brave the wind and rain and have a short 400 mile ride so that Chinny could add the Lake District National Park and the Yorkshire Read more
2009
Scotland’s National Parks, part 2
Bob and Bonzo had already had a ride up to Scotland to bag the 2 Scottish national parks in July but unfortunately Rig couldn’t make it due to work commitments, but now it was August and with a weekend off and Read more
2009
Pembrokeshire National Park
Bob, Bonzo and Chinny had already managed to bag Pembrokeshire National Park (photo’s below) but due to work commitments I was unable to go along with them at the time, fortunately this weekend I happened to have a rare Saturday Read more
2009
Scotland’s National Parks
Where shall I start?, well there were supposed to be four of us to go on this trip up to Scotland as a finale to completing the British National Parks Challenge but unfortunately Chinny dropped out because he couldn’t get Read more
2009
Breakfast at Wellesbourne
Saturday morning and after a few cups of tea at Bob’s house we decided to head out for a breakfast at one of our favourite places, the Touchdown Cafe at Wellesbourne Airfield. Once we had fuelled up our bikes, Myself, Read more
2009
Snowdonia National Park
Snowdonia National Park is located in North Wales and was the first national park in Wales, the national park covers over 800 square miles it’s also home to the highest mountain in England and Wales (Snowdon) and the largest natural lake Read more
Biker Friendly Cafes
Salt Box Cafe, Hatton
– We no longer recommend the Salt Box cafe, over the last 12 months we have had very poor service, quality of food and noticed hygiene issues.
2009
South West National Parks
Today’s ride out was going to involve a lot of motorway miles, we were planning on getting down to the South West and unfortunately there’s only really one way of getting there quickly and that’s the M5. We left Bob’s Read more
2009
Northern England National Parks
Early Saturday morning and it’s another great weekend away on our bikes and this time we had a cunning plan, we aimed to visit the North of England and visit as many of the national parks as we could as Read more
2009
Aberystwyth
Once again Bonzo’s craving for ice cream, sand castles and dirty seagulls took over and whilst we were busy tucking into our full English breakfasts at Crossgates Cafe he persuaded (pleaded more like) for us to head over to Aberystwyth for him to Read more
2009
South East England National Parks
Websites: Grim Riders Web Site Grim Riders British National Parks Ride 2009 Google Map
2009
Brecon Beacons National Park
As most of us had now signed up to the British National Parks Ride we decided that we had better get started and went looking for our 1st point of the challenge. We decided to meet up with Bonzo (Ray Read more