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Sorted, the CTC cafe list has been added to my Favourites. 🙂
@cg we enjoyed our visit to Imber and have our Honey
got out on the gravel bike this week - first time in a while. rode the castleman trailway ringwood to poole; well recommended. 😀
Tom how ling did that take ? Train back ?
Ringwood to Poole was ~1:45.
I started at deerleap CP. linking up the bits of the Trainline which are rideable before ringwood. And took almost exactly the same route back. Ride time around 6.5 hours.
It would be great if they cleared/ surfaced the burley to ringwood section- it's all there and over grown! Can be seen on google earth/ can see it from pound lane.
https://www.strava.com/activities/947818052
@cg we enjoyed our visit to Imber and have our Honey
Excellent jambalaya and hope you're finding the honey delicious, it's great on porridge!
Schralping the gnarmacz to teh MAX at Farleigh Wallop.
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The wonderfully named Bedlam Bottom.
The air was heavy with the the scent of bluebells and wild garlic. Glorious.
*Likes* and I know where that is. 🙂
Not long back from a ride that went near Durley, lovely back lanes. 🙂
Now I see the attraction of a route planner that tells you which way to go, made a couple of minor mistakes at junctions after relying on my poor memory of looking at Google maps before I set off. 😉
ride with gps will let you print an audax type turn by turn sheet.
you got any routes for round here? - an area i don't know well but the map looks bountiful for farm tracks.Farleigh Wallop.
thomthumb - scroll down to Off Road Cycle Routes, Ellisfield. This goes through FW.
http://localviewmaps.hants.gov.uk/LocalViewmaps/Sites/ROWOnline/#
Would you like some gpx's of that area?
i know that track cfh, its on my favourite cliddesden circuit
Spent a good 2 hours this afternoon getting reacquainted with forest of Bere (100 acres). I walk the dog there every other day so I refuse to ride it in winter as it's a bog, but it was in great condition. Nice and dry!
my favourite cliddesden circuit
Well, get building then! 🙂 Some lovely country round that way.
Has anyone done the Whitchurch Primary Pedal? Pondering doing this next weekend.
its built, but between a full order book (and growing TF!) and looking after the kids and shooting, ive had zero time. it will get better once mrsvader has done moon walk and i can get out
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Good news regarding the orders, mind you!
yup... actually quite busy! having to put in some full 8hr days atm!
anyone have any suggestions for some 'hants bianche'? looking for some gentle offroad to ride on a 'proper' road bike as opposed to gravel bike.
I have some ideas around SDW/ meaon valley but wouldn't mind a bit more.
Ideally i'd like a 100 mile route with 10 or more [i]secteurs [/i] so small sections are fine.
Hi all
Just discovered this thread and have skimmed my way through all 46 pages! I am a Hampshire rider (MTB) based in Fair Oak near Eastleigh. My regular quick out and back is bridleways (Red lane, featherbed lane, warren lane etc) north to cheesefoot head and back home. About 15 miles, 9 of them off road and usually takes me about 1.30 - 1.40 depending on mud. It's rideable most of the year round except for very wet periods.
Unfortunately I am nursing a broken pelvis ( see Swinley Crash thread for gory details) and probably won't be riding for a few months yet. Longer term plan is to trade in current bike (2012 Camber) for a new 2018 model - probably some kind of full suss 29er, next year.
Just thought I'd introduce myself and perhaps see some of you out there before too long. On my return I'm planning to stick to the XC routes I've been doing for 22 years (SDW, QECP, KV etc) and avoid Swinley etc for a while. Need to build confidence!
In the meantime feel free to fling bike suggestions at me so that at least I can dream.....
Today's wet weather made me think of heading to Old Winchester Hill from Bitterne on the mudguarded Wazoo, for a change...
Looked on Google and came across the Meon Valley Trail between Wickham and West Meon.
Any experiences?
2.35" G-Ones, 4.0" Jumbo Jims, or does it really need tyres with decent off-road tread?
Meon Valley trail will be fine on either. Ride it in Feb on 40mm G One.
Will be muddy in places but the resurfacing has bedded in a bit now so not quite as bone shaking as it was.
Thats the bit that's basically been turned into a gravel road I think
Cool, thank for the info, both of you. Hopefully give it a go tomorrow or Friday.
Was running the meon valley railway line today with the little one in her buggy. Its fine.
'twas rather lovely around Barton Stacey over the weekend.
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And, on the subject of Barton Stacey, does anyone know about these mounting blocks?
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That's a Google image grab, looking North along The Street, towards the bridge over the A303. What appears to be two, reasonably new mounting blocks (for getting on to horses), but no idea why! Nearest bridleway runs E/W about a third of a mile to the south of them.
Shame the cafe in BS is no longer there. 🙁
How very odd re those mounting blocks!
Shame the cafe in BS is no longer there.
There's a cafe yurt* in Bransbury, which looked rather pleasant. Where the road out of BS meets the BW that runs SW towards Newton Stacey.
*obviously.
Oh God does it sell artisan produce? Would mtb'ers be banned? The cafe at BS never blinked an eyelid at the state of me when I just popped my head in to order, always sat outside though even in Winter.
Didn't go in!
The old garage in Stockers is doing great coffee/cake these days, in a very bike friendly environment. The courtyard outside is a delight on a sunny day! See also the garden at the back of T&T over the road.
lol
Good to hear that bikes are welcome in Stockers. 🙂 Was discussing with a roadie friend about cycle-friendly establishments whilst we were visiting a new garden centre in Weyhill. It isn't cycle-friendly at all. Another garden centre in the Vale of Pewsey was cycle-friendly but then changed hands with bikes now not being welcomed.
These are both popular areas with roadies so rather surprised.
I think those mounting blocks are related to the right of way that drops down and over to garage on the 303.
I was told, by someone who should know, that gaps in road barriers (like the one on the right of your pic Cap'n) are indicative of a right of way.
CG, the Bransbury Yurt is fine! Odd opening hours but very friendly!
No ROW by those barriers. On OS 1:50, the blocks are about in line with the word "motel".
Yup, there's nothing in the map but the blue sign that's just visible in your bottom pic Cap'n, I think that's a footpath sign (of sorts) dropping down to the 303.
Also, I think there are remnants of an old ROW though the area. The byway that ends a couple of hundred metres shy of the 303 to the NW. Follow the line of it and it hits the junction.
CG .- Rosewood or RoseBourne garden center?
UnderThe Wood - thanks! That's reassuring about The Yurt and may well investigate.
The footpath is signed to the Services, unfortunately I couldn't make out whether horses had used the strip alongside the barriers although it does look worn.
singletrackmind - Rosebourne GC and very nice it is too, it's rather upmarket so guessing they don't want cyclists. Has a food hall with butchery plus wines and local beers.
Talking of which - have you tried any gluten-free beer and, if so, is there any that's, er, palatable?
Why mounting blocks if it's near a [u]footpath[/u], as opposed to a [u]bridleway[/u]? (Again, nothing on the map, will need to ride past again and look properly.)
These are fairly new installations. Under ten years, I'd say looking at the wood.
It's odd.
Aha, I think I've got it!
I think they're for dismounting and crossing the bridge over the 303 safely. A horse could probably get spooked by all that fast noisy traffic underneath, and if you're on horseback, then that's a very low safety barrier and a long way to fall...
Having said that, I've no memory of blocks on the far side of the bridge. Will have to check.
That would make sense.
anyone got recomendations for farmshop/ cafe near shaftsbury? I thought we'd had a recomendation for donhead st mary / st andrew but i can't find it.
I think they're for dismounting and crossing the bridge over the 303 safely.
i'm going to agree - they also have them over the Mway bridge into lordswood; which i thought was very odd. makes a lot of sense now.
anyone got recomendations for farmshop/ cafe near shaftsbury?
Yep, there's one attached to Stourhead, the National Trust place. Owners lease the land from the NT. Was happy with their produce.
http://www.stourhead.com/shop/farmshop.html
Meant to have tried this one:
http://www.theudderfarmshop.co.uk/
As some of you will know, I have recently been co-opted as the off-road cycling rep for the Hampshire Countryside Access Forum.
I'll be putting up anything useful I get from the forum in this thread:
http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/hampshire-countryside-access-forum?replies=2#post-8627311
I've written a little more about what the forum does in that thread so, if you've got any questions, requests or queries post in that thread.
Cheers,
Andy
[b]Hampshire Open Studios 19th-28th August 2017[/b]
An annual art trail where you can meet artists in their studios and galleries. The work of over 500 artists includes painting, ceramics and sculpture.
www.hampshireopenstudios.org.uk
Anyone closer to Winchester than I am able to help a fellow rider out?
Not quite Hampshire, but I've just completed a catalogue of Saxon Churches in West Sussex.. on me CXer.. last two today, next stop.. East Sussex.
Not quite Hampshire, but I've just completed a catalogue of Saxon Churches in West Sussex.. on me CXer.. last two today, next stop.. East Sussex.
very interested in this - never quite find the routes into sussex. Any more locations/ strava?