Hi All,
Just wondering if anyone has some suggestions for camping locations around The Woods "Rat Run" route that are more along the 'field next to/attached to a pub' end of things rather than just sleeping in a ditch. Or regular campsites with some facilities are fine too, as long they're near a suitably good pub!
There are just the three of us, in two small tents but we're preferring to pack light and eat at cafes/pubs so would prefer somewhere close-ish to civilisation and looking to split the route into 3 fairly even days from a Lyndhurst start (not too worried about moving the stops a few miles one way or another though if it means a nice stopover).
We're loosely thinking somewhere near Corfe Castle/Wareham on the first night and between Blandford Forum and Salisbury (maybe Berwick St John area?) on the second night. Also open to some quiet non-campsite options if we can stop somewhere en route for a nice dinner and then make our way there!
Cheers,
James
Can't really help with pukka campsites along the way as we wild camped when we (me + adult son and daughter) did it last year. We did however stay in this Forestry England campsite at Ashurst the night before we started.
It was great, ponies wandering over the pitches, good showers etc. close to a couple of pubs and a short ride to the start at Woods Cyclery in Lyndhurst.
Added bonus, we parked our cars in the nearby train station car park for the duration of the trip for free. Not the overflow car park, which was expensive from memory, but the one behind the pub.
It's a great route, we had a ball.
Did it at the start of June last year so here just to say, it's a great route...even nettle alley wasn't as bad as i was expecting and rode through it.Â
Fwiw, did it over 2 days starting in Salisbury which landed me nicely in Bournemouth at end of day 1 for cheap premier inn accommodationÂ
