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Sat May 11th 2024
| 3* New Forest Weekend | 3* |
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Leader:Jo Little |
Start Time:9:00 am |
Start Location:Lyndhurst |
Description:Please pre-book for this ride by contacting the ride leader. Riding pace of 12-14mph. There will be hills.This is day 1 of a two day visit to the New Forest. We are making it a weekend away and are staying in Lyndhurst from Friday to Sunday. We usually all meet up Friday evening for a meal at La Pergola, which is close to the ride starting point. It would be possible, however, to travel down early on Saturday and just treat it as a day ride. The ride starts in Lyndhurst and visits Lepe and Beaulieau then skirts past Brockenhurst and along the ornamental drives then loops back round past Cadnum to Lyndhurst. The ride covers a good variety of the beautiful New Forest countryside. Please note the New Forest is not flat! Although there are no really steep hills, there will be continuous climbing throughout the day. We will have a cafe stop in Beaulieu at The Old Bakehouse Tea Rooms and then a lunch stop at The Royal Oak in Fritham. We can then all meet up for an evening meal in Lyndhurst at La Pergola, an Italian restaurant near the starting place, which we will book beforehand. The starting place for both days is the Bolton's Bench car park on the B3056 Lyndhurst to Beaulieu road. When approaching from Lyndhurst village (on the A35 Southampton Road) the B3056 is on the right hand side, opposite the fire station. The car park is immediately on the left. La Pergola is on the A35 just a bit further on, on the left hand side. It has a large car park. Lyndhurst has several small hotels, including the Ormonde House Hotel and The Penny Farthing. There are also some B&B's. We have booked The Ormonde House Hotel for when we stay in May, and can highly recommend it as they are very friendly and helpful, but the area is popular so it would be best to book quickly. I am limiting both days to 12 riders, as any more is too much on these roads and will split into 2 groups for ease of riding. Please contact me if you would like to put your name down. I have set up a Whatsapp group to help co-ordinate everything . I have contact details for nearly everyone but please could you ensure you have downloaded Whatsapp onto your phone. |
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Riders:Barry StantonChris Gray Eddie Little Jan McCabe Jo Little John Tranter Joy Arthur Peter Brodie Sharon Bedford Yvonne Bird Riders = 10 Weather: Report:We were lucky enough to have amazing weather - warm, sunny and only a light breeze to help cool us down. The forest was as beautiful as ever - with bluebells, rhododendrons and gorse all in flower.The first part of the day, down to Lepe, wasn't too busy and its always lovely to see the sea. We then had a welcome cafe stop in Beaulieu. Ed left us there as he didn't want to push himself too hard with another ride tomorrow. We enjoyed the Rhinefield ornamental drive and coped with the Bolderwood climb before a welcome lunch break at Fritham. It was then only a few miles back to Lyndhurst, where our good luck deserted us as there was no ice cream van. Thanks to John for leading a second group when it was needed and to Yvonne for taking the headwind for me on a section when I began to flag. Finally, congratulations to Chris for not only doing his first 3* ride since his accident but also his longest one for quite a while. Great to meet Sarah as well. Glad you both enjoyed the weekend. | ||
Distance:100.58 km (62.50 mi) | ||
| Proposed Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/38322517"" | ||
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