Wiltshire Honda Owners Club

About the club

VFR800 Welcome to the Wiltshire branch of the Honda Owners Club (GB).

Note our current meeting place: We meet at 8pm on the second Tuesday of every month at the Suffolk Arms, Brinkworth, SN15 5DT (see map).

We organise ride-outs once a month. Membership is open to anyone who owns or has owned a Honda powered motorcycle. You can find details of all our meetings and events on the calendar.

If you have a question about the club, please email secretary@wiltshire.hoc.org.uk. If you have comments about the web site or information you would like to add, please email webmaster@wiltshire.hoc.org.uk. You can also contact any member of the committee.

The last Annual General Meeting of the branch was held on 14th July 2009. Download the minutes here [42kb MS Word]. Older minutes are in the archive.

News and Upcoming Events

Calendar updated (2nd Feb 2010)

Please click on the Calendar 2010 link on the left menu to see the upcoming events for this year.

Afghan Heroes Ride-out to RAF Lyneham on 14th March

For our March ride-out we will be joining the Afghan Heroes Mothers Day Bikers Event. Please be sure to register by clicking on this link in plenty of time to ensure you get your pass to enter RAF Lyneham.

Message from Don and Cyn regarding the Spring Trip to France

Hi All - and a Happy New Year to you. Hope you're all not suffering too much because of the snow and ice!!!! Global warming eh???

Following on from Ian's e:mail - thought I'd let you have some details of the Spring Trip to France:

The plan is to go on Thursday 8th April, catching the ferry from Portsmouth to Caen at 08.15 (arriving France 14.24pm). The return ferry will the fast ferry on Monday 12th April from Cherbourg leaving at 17.00 and arriving Portsmouth 19.00. We've found a biker friendly B&B in Brittany - Chez Tranquille. I've e:mailed the owner and there are rooms available for the 4 nights. They also provide evening meals - 2 courses, including wine, at 20 euros per person, 3 course, including wine, 24 euros person.

The cost : (the euro conversion is based on today's exchange rate)

Travelling and B&B based: 1 bike 2 adults

Return ferry	£133.00
B&B 28 euros per person per night - 224 euros	£201.00
Total	£334.00

Travelling and B&B based:
1 bike 1 adult

Return ferry	£93.00
B&B - 112.00 euros	£100.00
Total	£193.00

There is a 10% discount if we can get 10 people+ to go.

Final payment is to be made to the owner at the end of the stay, preferable in Euros.

Hopefully, quite a few of you will be interested - as you can see from the web page, there is accommodation for up to 16 people. I have already sent a deposit cheque as Don & I and Brian & Lillian are definitely going.

If you have any further queries, just let us know or we will discuss everything further at the next meeting.

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Christmas Dinner 2009

This year's Christmas Dinner will again be held at the Red Lion, Avebury, on Saturday 12th December (not Friday 11th as previously advertised). Please take a look at the Christmas Dinner menu [192kb jpeg], and send your orders to Ian Hammond (secretary@wiltshire.hoc.org.uk).