1200 kilometers, 90 hours, 6000 riders, alot of flapjack and not much sleep!

Monday 6 June 2011

Summer Training Camp #1

not Lanzarotte, Majorca or the Alps but The New Forest ....and really 5 nights of family camping during half-term week with some early morning cycling to offset some of the campfire excesses from the evening before!  Over the last few years I've done alot of audaxing through the the forest ....most of ther Denmead rides pass through at some point during the day or night and so I've  become pretty familiar with what I consider the best bits.  We camped at Emery Down, jsut south of the A31 which gave easy access for spins out to Beauliue , Buckler's Hard, Lymington and Christchurch .....it's a great place to cycle so long as you avoid the A35!  Particular higlights are the lanes from Buckler's Hard to Lymington, the Rhinefield Ornamental Drive and a back-lanes ride down to Mudeford to catch the ferry across the harbour and spin out on the cliffs towards Bournemouth.


Isle of Wight from Southbourne
The Needles from Mudeford

The Jurassic Coast

Lobster Pots at Mudeford
New Forest Lanes
early morning in the Forest

Sunrise from the campsite


Nedw Forest Ponies

New Forest Sequoias

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