Saturday 5 May marks a special day in SAM history as it was the first official Ladies ride, and guys, we don't mind if you want have your own ride.   Seven ladies arrived in Wickham Square to be lead by Hayley Miller. There were 3 green badge holders, 4 associates and for 3 of them, it was their first ever SAM ride.  

Now who said ladies ride boring bikes?  Hayley was leading the group on her R1, followed by a Honda Hornet, a Sprint ST, a Suzuki Intruder 1400, Kawasaki 500, there was even a Burgham 400 Scooter and Lilian was back marker on her SV650 Sport.  

We headed off at a nice pace and made our way along the A272. It was a lovely day, ideal for biking and Hayley did a fantastic job keeping the group together. We had an uneventful ride to our lunchtime spot apart from the black pick-up truck driver (the new white van man) who seemed convinced that he could overtake 7 motorbikes and a van towing a large caravan in about 100 yds.  

Unfortunately our lunch stop in the village of Findon didn't go as planned when the restaurant announced no food because they were doing a wedding. So we stopped for a quick coffee and then a very quick visit to the Cissbury leather shop next door, and no we didn't buy the shop! However one of the staff recommended the Black Horse pub around the corner. Not cheap, but the portions are huge, so one meal can easily be shared between two people. 

Hayley then lead us off to Goodwood for the conclusion of our ride, where we took tea on the outdoor patio watching the cars racing around and the planes and helicopters taking off. It was a lovely end to the day and we even managed to find another biker to take a photograph of all our bikes.     

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