The Five Counties Ride

Name: The Five Counties Ride
Start: 2025-09-13T09:30:00+01:00
Location: New Lodge Farm

Schedule

Sat, 13 Sep, 2025 at 09:30 am

UTC+01:00

Location

New Lodge Farm | Corby, EN

More than a Roam ‘Round Rutland this time!
Not one county but FIVE, yes FIVE counties!
Come and join the Awfully Pleasant Scooter Association for 70 glorious miles on your classic geared scooter around the country lanes of Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Rutland and Leicestershire.
It’s a procession, not a race so shafters and 8” wheels are more than welcome – respectfully no autos or P ranges – as we adhere to a pre-1971 timeline.
We have a fantastic new start and finish point at New Lodge Farm in Bulwick, Northants NN17 3DU, where we have the use of the events field for camping (see details below) and plenty of room for parking.
Meeting from 9.30am there will be bacon and sausage baps (or rolls, barms, cobs or batchs, depending on which of the 5 counties you come from) on arrival. These will be priced at £4.50 with self-service tea or coffee FOC. If you’d prefer a full breakfast, these will be available in the farm café from 9am.
There will be a ride briefing at 10.45am with the ride starting at 11am. There will be a pub lunch stop at approximately 35 miles and also a fuel stop. I am also planning a ‘culture stop’ at Fotheringay Castle (which is more of a mound these days) as this is the place where Mary Queen of Scots was beheaded and Richard III (the fella found under a Leicester car park) was born.
We will then return to New Lodge Farm mid-afternoon where they will be serving draft beer and firing up the woodstove pizza oven from 4pm.
A full route will follow along with commemorative APSA legshield banners and stickers to mark the event.
Spread the word to your classic scooter riding friends.
Regards, Mike.
Camping Details
• Those that require fully serviced pitches or are staying more than one night will need to stay on the campsite, using the booking portal on the website with the pricing as provided.
• Those that are staying just the one night and require no electric or water to pitch will be allowed to camp on the events field on Friday evening but will need to have packed away prior to the event commencing on Saturday. The charge will be £15 for the night. A maximum of two people per registered living unit.
• Those wishing to stay for Friday night on the events field will have to register through the campsite team. Email will need to be sent to [email protected]
• Information required for registration, on the email, will need to include, Name and Address, Contact phone number, Vehicle and/or Bike registration. We will then phone back for payment.

Any questions please either drop in the comments below or message Mike Shattock directly.