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Sat Sep 12th 2026
| 3* Isle of Wight Special | 3* |
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Leader:Katherine Boyce |
Start Time:8:00 am |
Start Location:Lymington Ferry Port |
Description:IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON COMING ON THIS RIDE PLEASE MAKE SURE THE RIDE LEADER HAS YOUR CONTACT DETAILS AS THE WEATHER FORECAST IS CURRENTLY AMBIGUOUS AND IT MAY NEED TO BE POSTPONEDWe are going to rerun the excellent route Sharon gave us last year. We’ll catch the 08.00 ferry from Lymington which gets us to Yarmouth by 08.40. Please be there by 7.25am at the latest. Parking is £11.50 and is done by phone or app. Please book your own return ticket - £28.20 or £22.90 if you are over 60. Wightlink.co.uk website insists you also book a return time - so please opt for 18.05. As with last year we are going to deviate from the official "round the island route" to cut out the north east corner (which over recent years has become a bit of a rat run) and the chain ferry (which can be a bit of a bother). Instead we will take some dedicated cycle paths to cut across the centre of the island. Last year we had no problems as they are mostly tarmac and fine for road bikes. The new route adds c10k in distance but is c150m less climbing so should equal out. Due to the availability of cafes we will have a relatively early coffee stop at Koffie in Niton (30k) . Lunch will be at the Pedallers Cafe (where we lunched in 2024 and 2025) at 72k. If we are making good time there is the option of ice cream in Cowes (90k). This is a full days riding with plenty of hills. Perfect for the end of the summer season, please let me know if you are planning to come as numbers are limited. |
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Report:6 of us gathered to ride the same route round the Island that Sharon had created last year. It was great to be able to show Mick around on his first trip to the IoW. Route was as fab as last year; weather was neither too hot or too cold and the hills were not as bad as I remembered The new cafe in Niton was not as good as the website suggested but worked for timings etc and no one complained! The off-road tracks were dry and mostly not bumpy and the lunch stop at Pedallers was as fab as ever. My puncture after Cowes didn’t prevent us getting the 5pm ferry, at which point I was forgiven for not doing an ice cream stop at Cowes  | ||
Distance:112.63 km (69.99 mi) | Ride Details:https://www.strava.com/activities/20146014786 | |
| Proposed Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/56865988" | ||
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