At last a dry Saturday so expect a return from the NFCC hydophobes! Usual meet at 0850 for a 0900 depart from the main car park in Brookley Road, Brockenhurst where we will split the group into smaller pelotons as appropriate. This is a must when we head west from Coombe Biussett so we may split the group further there as usual. As it’s a Bank Holiday and likely to be very busy in the forest we’ll take the route north and head up to the Chalke Valley.

Route at

https://www.plotaroute.com/route/2207801?units=km

Total distance 116Km

Coffee stop planned at halfway at the ever popular community café in Broad Chalke which will precede a chain breaking climb up to Sixpenny Handley followed by a descent where this time we hope that Smithy doesn’t end up in the hedge again!

Back to the forest and the option to add another loop for those that think a century ride is the order of the day.

Barry