Riding in Suffolk or Cambridge?

[Mark Calver]

Can anyone help me find somewhere to ride that's close to Cambridge / Newmarket / Bury St Edmunds area of East Anglia. I currently live in Singapore where I can board daily, I might be coming home next summer so need to find a way to keep this addictive hobby going.

I might also consider buying a boat if I can find a waterway to use it on and folks to ride with - appreciate any help given.markcalver@pacific.net.sg

[stack]

I come from just outside Cambridge and I lived in Suffolk last year. I rode at Waveney waterski club deep in the sticks of Norfolk, which is cheap and has a really nice lake. However boat isnt loaded etc.
When I went home I rode at Southlake in St.Neots which is pretty damn cool. Gosfield is also not too far from Bury but never ridden there.

If your getting a boat you've got Felixstowe which is an estury or if the boat limit isn't full Saltwater Cowboys club which has a good crowd.
Also private lake in St.Neots call Broughton Lodge (or something similar) and i think there might be one in Ely somewhere but not sure.

Anyways just about all of it is on the british waterski website. Hope thats some help.

[dogpoo]

Wakeboard boats are NOT allowed at the lodge because of worries about bank erosion. So I'd drop that from your list.

Neots is good for beginners. If you want a vdrive and coaching then there's grendon, tallington and ditchford all not far from Cambs.

[saltwater_cowboy]

We may well have some boat owning spaces for next year in Brightlingsea, Essex. Its a bit of a trek for you but its good water and cheap.

No restrictions on wakeboard boats and memberships are offered on a first come first served basis.

Failing that if you just want a tow when your over here just give be a shout.

[stack]

Grendon is awsome and reasonably priced compared to other places of its standard. Plus being an internet techy type guy I dig the online booking. If your talking about living in newmarket its a bit of a trek if you wanna ride like 2 to 3 times a week.

[Gwildor]

Gosfield IS ok but in the summer you will have to pay £350 ish membership fee then on top of that £12.50 a tow. Its more of a mono ski place than for boarding and you only get two laps of the lake on a board which takes about 5 mins. If you mono you get 3 how does that work?

This may have changed but doubt it.

In the Winter as a non member your looking at £18.50 a tow. And depending on the driver you can be looking at between 5 or 15 mins on the water.

The advantage is the water is GLASS