Devon Masonic Motorcycle Group

Inaugural Run - 02/08/09

Devonshire Masonic Motorcycle Group (DMMG)

When the subject of motorcycles has been discussed at Festive Boards, I’ve been amazed at how many of our Brethren own one - or more! - and have expressed the wish to join up with other Masons and go for a ride together.

I have already enjoyed many days riding the roads of our beautiful Province and beyond with fellow bikers who are also Masons. We discussed the idea of meeting up with other Brethren from all areas of our Province. So, I contacted those who I knew may be interested to form a group, and we enjoyed our first rideout on Sunday 2nd August when we travelled 100 miles across Devon. If there are any members of your Lodge who are interested in joining fellow motorcycling enthusiasts, please ask them to initially contact me - John Sevieri.

View of one of the riders....

Despite days of seemingly constant rain the sun shone on the inaugural run of the Devon Masonic Motorcycle Group held on Sunday 2^nd August.

Six of us enthusiastic motorcyclists (7 would have made it perfect!!) from Lodges across Devon met at Sourton Services near Okehampton at 10:00 a.m.  Over a cup of coffee we finalised the route we would take and led by John ‘The Knightrider’ Seviere we headed off towards Holsworthy at a pace set by John which was fast enough to keep us awake but slow enough for us to enjoy the scenery.

Despite his earlier instance that we abide by all speed limits and laws of the land,  John led us through red traffic lights at a road works where the lights had failed and a local resident was directing the traffic

.  At Holsworthy we turned towards Launceston and from there back to Tavistock by way of a very narrow diversion to bypass a closed main road which took us through several rural villages.  The look on the face of the locals as six born again Masonic Bikers roared  by them was a sight to behold.

From Tavistock we headed towards Princetown avoiding numerous sheep and ponies with all due care and finally stopped for a beer and sandwich at the Warren Inn on the top of Dartmoor.

After a leisurely lunch in the sunshine outside the Warren Inn we all agreed that the inaugural run had been great fun and we determined to do it again soon, thus we parted with many thanks to John, without whom the run would not have taken place.

The first photo below shows those who attended the run, from right to left -
Alan Cockman, Roger Ripley, David Purdie, John Sevieri, Richard Gathercole and Barry Sowden

The next ride-out will be Sunday 16th August, meeting at Bridge Motorcycles at Exeter at 10 a.m.