I cannot recommend this course enough. I ride through Pirbright bends everyday, and manage the corners competently with only the occasional “OMG” moment. I rode through them again today, putting my new knowledge into practice, and had a great ride – not just quicker, but I felt much more confident and more importantly, had the knowledge that if something did go wrong, I would know what to do. I had a great day yesterday, and I can’t thank you and the other volunteers enough, especially as there are so many of you willing to help us. It was a well run course, and you were all very generous in imparting your knowledge and experience with newer riders. I feel that all the feedback and tips will improve my riding, and it was really great to learn this in a safe environment. I hope to do the course again, to really cement these techniques into my everyday riding to make me a safer rider. Hopefully, next time, I can do it in bad weather – after all, this is England. All in all, the course was an absolute bargain when I think about what I gained in terms of knowledge and confidence, and I would have no hesitation in recommending the course to any rider.

I loved every second of it. I hadn’t done a track day before and was a little apprehensive as to what to expect and how to observe protocol/safety issues, etc. But gotta say, hats off to the Darley Moor folk – they kept the action rolling, and I was amazed at just how much track time we all got. Loved it. And learnt so much too! Looking forward to Silverstone.

Had a great day and learned heaps. All the volunteers where very positive and friendly. This made it so more relaxing. A big thank you to all the staff who gave up there Sunday morning to help us be a better rider. Marvellous !!!!  

I would recommend it to anyone. Every corner is a Look, Lean, Roll corner since I finished the course.

Thanks to you and all of the team for organising and presenting the day – it’s obvious that a mass of work has gone into the preparation. Overall, a very worthwhile event that kept me engaged for the whole day. All club members can benefit from this – associates, full members & observers. The interactive style and discussion generated was great. I found Howie’s stuff on visual perception really interesting & a useful insight into possible reasons for other road user’s behaviour. I also enjoyed the discussions around videos and photos of riding situations. The stuff on bike mechanics was very good and thought provoking too – I’ve now looked up my wheelbase & trail dimensions! I think it’s quite right for this course to concentrate on what all this means to us as riders, rather than dwelling too much on the maths.

Thank you Jackie, and to everyone else for the day. I actually chose to go to work today in the rain with my new found “cornering in the wet” confidence, and I made it home! (the sight of diesel still scares me though.

What an absolutely fabulous day and despite my fishtail moment, I loved every second! Thank you for all the hard work in organising and arranging a great day…. if you can just sort out the weather next time….

Just wanted to say a big Thank You to all involved today. You may have noticed what a great time I was having. Last time you gave me the skills and I went away and tried to put it all into practice. What difference a year makes. Fan-bloody-tastic!!!

What a fabulous weekend! Amazing weather, fabulous rides and lovely people in Gods own country. Huge thanks to Lou and Steve for the organisation, Steve and Ian for such brilliant runs and Dawn and Candice for being the best room-mates. :-*

I just want to add my thanks for all the organisation that must have gone into this. I have had an amazing weekend. I have learned a lot and feel my riding has improved, which has also boosted my confidence as well.

The explanation of the physics of a bike cornering was the best explanation I have encountered of a surprisingly difficult subject.

Brilliant course all round Jackie and for me invaluable and I will probably do it again just for fun! (feel free to feed that back to TVAM!). Thank you so much for all of your communications and your support on the day (as you know I was hideously nervous!). I know this will make a massive improvement to my riding skills so looking forward to putting it into place.

What a fabulous weekend! Amazing weather, fabulous rides and lovely people in Gods own country. Huge thanks to Lou and Steve for the organisation, Steve and Ian for such brilliant runs and Dawn and Candice for being the best room-mates. :-*

I am new to IAM, but not to biking. I found this an excellent introduction to the whole advanced riding topic and I am glad I did it at the beginning of my Advanced Riding course.

Thank you Jackie, and to everyone else for the day. I actually chose to go to work today in the rain with my new found “cornering in the wet” confidence, and I made it home! (the sight of diesel still scares me though.

I would recommend it to anyone. Every corner is a Look, Lean, Roll corner since I finished the course.

I thoroughly enjoyed the course. The document you sent was a very nice touch – too often people attend courses and do not get the re-enforcement necessary to memorise things.  The explanation in your document is very clear, many thanks for having provided that.

Just wanted to say a big Thank You to all involved today. You may have noticed what a great time I was having. Last time you gave me the skills and I went away and tried to put it all into practice. What difference a year makes. Fan-bloody-tastic!!!

What an absolutely fabulous day and despite my fishtail moment, I loved every second! Thank you for all the hard work in organising and arranging a great day…. if you can just sort out the weather next time….

Had a great day and learned heaps. All the volunteers where very positive and friendly. This made it so more relaxing. A big thank you to all the staff who gave up there Sunday morning to help us be a better rider. Marvellous !!!!  

All in all a fantastic way to get to know the bike, and to receive some excellent feedback and encouragement.  The counter-steering ‘workshop’ was very useful, and definitely a good starting point.  I was also very impressed with the way the course was laid out for the practice bends.  A nice mix of tight and sweeping bends, and at no point did I feel over-crowded on the track, despite the fact that it must be tempting to accept a larger number of people as you must get a lot of people who want to attend. If there is one negative point I could volunteer, it’s that half a day is not enough – just as I was beginning to grasp the concept of counter steering and applying it to the course, it was all over!  I can , however, appreciate that the volunteers probably would like some free hours in their weekend, so it’s just a minor point! Thanks again!

Thanks for organising the Castle Combe day – I had a great time and have now used all the tread width on my rear tyre – even at 68 there is a first time for some things. Also please pass on my thanks to the track guides who did a great job leading sessions and giving one to one advice.  Although I was apprehensive as this was my first track day, all that disappeared once I had been led around on the first lap and after that it was all smiles as you predicted.  I have now pushed my new CBF much harder  after 1100 miles than I ever did the old one in 56,000 miles and understand a bit more of her capabilities. John

just wanted to thank you and the team for the course yesterday, it was enjoyable and picked the always useful information – specially as we are not old bikers,  older yes, but not old to biking.….. It’s just keeping it all there. Lol. We both felt the course was very good, I was probably more interested in the cornering and overtaking, but having said that it does also help to know what happens to the bike when you do certain things, so it was all extra information that I didn’t know.  Bill felt the same really, so sorry can’t give you any constructive criticism. Thank you all very much – a very nice day.

What a fabulous weekend! Amazing weather, fabulous rides and lovely people in Gods own country. Huge thanks to Lou and Steve for the organisation, Steve and Ian for such brilliant runs and Dawn and Candice for being the best room-mates. :-*

Great weekend and even better than I was told it would be. Think I have also mastered LLR at last with thanks to some advice from Andy! Thanks to all involved,especially Louise and Steve, for making it the best ever biking experience.

Thank you Jackie, and to everyone else for the day. I actually chose to go to work today in the rain with my new found “cornering in the wet” confidence, and I made it home! (the sight of diesel still scares me though.

Very valuable course – I’m already navigating roundabouts with greater confidence and (hopefully) ability and not afraid of having my pegs hit the tarmac on the odd occasion.    

Louise / Steve Just to say that I had the most fantastic time over the weekend. I’m just so pleased I was able to come, my new bike is now fully run in and my confidence on it has been improved so much from a great three days riding. Amazing organisation, Amazing Roads, Amazing Weather. Thanks for absolutely everything, I have already block booked all the weekends in the family calendar for the end of Sept/Oct for the next one!

Thanks to you and all of the team for organising and presenting the day – it’s obvious that a mass of work has gone into the preparation. Overall, a very worthwhile event that kept me engaged for the whole day. All club members can benefit from this – associates, full members & observers. The interactive style and discussion generated was great. I found Howie’s stuff on visual perception really interesting & a useful insight into possible reasons for other road user’s behaviour. I also enjoyed the discussions around videos and photos of riding situations. The stuff on bike mechanics was very good and thought provoking too – I’ve now looked up my wheelbase & trail dimensions! I think it’s quite right for this course to concentrate on what all this means to us as riders, rather than dwelling too much on the maths.