Bunch of us met up last Sunday at Devil's Bridge and what a chummy sociable meet it was too   The delightful scenery, the prospect of bm bonhomie & chuckles, perving at the bikes....all added to the attraction of the day .   But the ultimate lure was the prospect of scoffing the offering of 2 bm bakers. Yes, not one but two bm-ers (shawy & daftun) had been baking on saturday night and how fab their cake was too (well, tea loaves if we're going to be precise!)   As we're all huddled round the objects of desire (cos cakes (and pies) have that effect...bikers' cake antennae is very well-developed, as we all know   Discussing greaseproof paper, loaf tin liners and other baking paraphernalia...we got to discussing the number of very accomplished & generous bakers there are in bm.. . and there are quite a number these days. Certainly when I come to think of it there have been some bloomin brilliant cake memory moments over the years   So here's an idea....how about a Great British BM Bake off...all light hearted and for fun of course. But we could have regional heats with carefully selected judges.   There are a fair few contenders in the north west   Just a suggestion....any thoughts??                                                                                                                                                                             

Thats a great Idea maybe hold it at a weekend camp sometime next year could be squires and see if we could blag the back room for the Saturday Chuck in a few prizes. Judges ? P/S can I be a judge please lol                                                                                                                                                                              

Phew, i thought you meant bake a biker then.                                                                                                                                                                             

NO NO NO NO!!!! YOU CANNOT HAVE A BLOODY BM BAKE-OFF!!!!   unless I can be a judge.                                                                                                                                                                             

Minnie i think you should charge folk for tasting them and give it to charity lol                                                                                                                                                                              

@ Minnie  -that's a darn good idea  !!!!!!!

@ BJ - pay to taste! - that's me skint then

Ps, brilliant fund raiser thought tho
                                                                                                                                                                             

Bring it ON                                                                                                                                                                               

In the red corner weighing flour Karen (daftun) in the blue corner weighing sultanas ANG (HRC) and in the yellow corner counting hundreds & thousands  Karen (blackberry) This is too gooood to miss...     Better jump in before bbz sorry Dave ...can i be a judge plz plz...                                                                                                                                                                             

So far we have 3 judge's old red  bkr  and myself looking good so far                                                                                                                                                                              

I might enter myself just to prove all of us blokes aren't usless in the kitchen  lol

                                                                                                                                                                             

And now in the Green corner weighing ....up the opposition (Ian)t1966                                                                                                                                                                              

I'd give that a try                                                                                                                                                                              

Hey great response guys, especially from those volunteering to judge entries! Do you know, I never cease to be amazed at the selfless dedication to assisting others demonstrated among bm members   I shall put my thinking hat on and have a conflab with turtle20 who has produced some stupendous cakes for her biker breakfasts over the summer   Keep the ideas coming in                                                                                                                                                                               

Definitely put me down as a baker. One of my favourite past times! Brilliant idea x                                                                                                                                                                             

Min....why not contact Hairy Bikers!!! (Tho they might have met their match with jp :>>)                                                                                                                                                                             

Ohhh Hairy Bikers ...Si in particular   can sample my buns anytime 

I'm up for a good old bake off, and as some people are better at other things than others, maybe not just cakes but pies, tarts, buns.....                                                                                                                                                                             

I like a nice tart...                                                                                                                                                                             

Been chatting to my mate Sara (Turtle20). She's a standard member so can't post herself   She's definitely up for this too and being more of a tarty sort of a lass, if we aim for next spring sometime this gives her time to perfect her soggy bottom and get her buns nice and spongy                                                                                                                                                                             

Alice thats a cracking Idea about the Hairy Bikers, got to be worth an E-Mail to them. Would need to be a BM event and  could be big add for Matt and Matt but may need some money going to whatever location is used                                                                                                                                                                              

We could have a picnic and bun fight on Piel Island, just off Barrow-in-Furness. One of the Hairy Bikers lives opposite the island.