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Inaugural meeting of the Blue Drippy Nose section of South Dorset VMCC

Sunday 28th December 2025

On a cold, post Christmas, Sunday morning a few stalwart (foolish?) members met for an impromptu ride ( NOT AN OFFICIAL VMCC RIDEOUT) in Dorchester. After a brief discussion it was decided we should ride to Shillingstone Station; it proved to be an inspired choice for the inaugural ride of the Blue Drippy (thank you Colin for the additional adjective) Nose section of the South Dorset VMCC.

We set off and were soon on the Old Sherborne Road at a brisk pace with Steve Eddington at the helm. The tail end of the ride became stretched for a number of different reasons, but, like all good elastic the tail caught up with the head of the ride and we arrived together at Shillingstone Station – a heritage steam railway site for the North Dorset Railway (https://www.northdorsetrailway.co.uk/).

Some of us huddled round a table in the cafe next to a wood burning stove – ahh, the warming of cold finger, toes and blue drippy noses! The reason for declaring this destination as inspired. Hot beverages, tasty pasties and cake were consumed in this wonderful company of fools (stalwarts). Rod & Carol offered a second place of refuge at their humble abode which was accepted by some. Others departed to return to their families. A great day out.

Mike Davis

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South Dorset VMCC Xmas Meal 2025

The Giant Inn, Cerne Abbas

The fortitude and resilience of those who attended the Xmas meal on
Thursday 18th December is to be applauded. The South Dorset VMCC
biker’s determination to get through to Cerne Abbas in torrential rain, and,
numerous flooded roads was awe inspiring. I even took the opportunity to
take Mark back to his working days on boats by getting his feet wet as flood
water rose above the door seal of my car.
Car? I thought this was a biker’s Xmas Meal meeting? Fortunately sense
prevailed and we drove there in our cars – mind you an amphibious vehicle
may well have been better suited to the weather conditions!
We received a warm welcome; Colin even gave us £5 (from club funds
donation towards our meal) for attending.
We have to compliment Colin on his organisation of the event, especially the
name cards with a list of food we had ordered (and forgotten about) months
ago. Thank you.
Conversation flowed too and forth covering a mixture of topics. Some of the
high lights were Paul’s Xmas jumper, Colin’s ‘Christmas Tree shirt, Dusty’s tie
and a hatless Steve. I think the inclement weather may have been mentioned
once or twice too. Good humour and jollity flowed in abundance….. along
with the groans when cracker ‘jokes’ were read.
It was a very relaxed afternoon supplemented with delicious food.
We went home via Piddle Lane. An appropriate name for a road – it rained all
the way home.
The next event is on 1st January – a meeting kindly hosted by Carol and
Rodd Hann. Martin has sent e-mails to members with details.
Mike Davis

November 15th Breakfast Meet

Saturday morning was misty and frankly cold. Mark & I set off for Charminster through varying density of fog, the worse as we went over the Dorset ridgeway. the descent into Martinstown saw the fog thinning. Arrival at the Three Compasses was timely. We were a little early but had a pleasant chat as other bikers trickled into the car park. It wasn’t long before Tina opened the door
to allow us to warm ourselves inside. Conversation over steaming mugs of coffee was animated; the idiosyncrasies of the various marques we ride were discussed. Then the conversation turned to Dusty’s admonition of all of us at the Thursday night meeting some seven weeks before; “An engineer measures length with a rule NOT a ruler!”
The mist cleared while we were eating a hearty breakfast; we would not know it as the windows had steamed up – to much hot air expelled by each of us!.

Mike Davis

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