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Sat Apr 26th 2025

3* New Forest Weekend	3*

Leader: Jo Little	Start Time: 9:00 am	Start Location: Lyndhurst
Description: 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. This year's New Forest ride has a new route, heading us into unfamilar territory to the north and west of the forest. As always we're keeping to quieter roads where possible and should see a good range of scenery, including both forest and heathland. We head to the north of Lyndhurst before dropping down near Fordingbridge. Here we do a quick extra loop to get to the first cafe stop at The Potting Shed at Hyde (27 miles) before rejoining the main route. We then skirt the edge of Ringwood before heading to The Old Farmhouse at Burley (50 miles), after which we take a familiar route back to Lyndhurst, including the ascent of Bolderwood Drive. 62 miles (100km) and just under 1000m of climbing. There is more climbing than in previous years, but is spread out throughout the day. 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. 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, 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 we 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. The ride is already fully booked. If anyone wants to be on a waiting list then please let me know.
Riders: Andy Pixton Clare Hazell Eddie Little James Bosley Jan McCabe Jo Little John Tranter Joy Arthur Katherine Boyce Nicole Pethybridge Peter Brodie Richard Pethybridge Sharon Bedford Riders = 13 Weather: Report: We had a dry day, that gradually warmed up with some sunshine in the afternoon. The new route was very popular with all the riders, providing us with quiet roads, fantastic scenery and two good cafe stops. The first was The Pantry Barn cafe at Breamore House which provided some good lunch choices and a lovely courtyard to sit in. The second was a regular choice of the Farmhouse Bakery at Burley. Later on we all met up at La Pergola in Lyndhurst for dinner. Thank you to Ed for leading the second group and to everyone for being so fantastic to ride with.
Distance: 96.56 km (60.00 mi)
Proposed Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/46838484"
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Start Locations: WMP
Wantage Market Place; OMH
Old Mill Hall, Grove

Categories: 1* - Suitable for irregular, social, beginner or family riders, pace will match the slower riders. Not hilly or long. Expect rides up to 3 hours. Gentle exercise.; 2* - Suitable for regular riders who prefer to cover some distance but at a more relaxed pace. Likely to be half-day rides. Solid exercise.; 3* - Suitable for experienced riders, may be hilly, long, quick, or any combination! Likely to be half or full-day rides. Challenging exercise.; 4* - Suitable for athletic riders who can ride safely above the 3* standard. Quick rides for the fit.; More Information