levad
Veteran
I don't do leisure rides very often but at the moment we are staying in Wimborne Minster for a long weekend. I have brought my bike with me and today, whilst the otherswere off to the beach, I went for a pleasent ride.
I took the Castleman Trailway from Wimborne to Ringwood, then a B road down to Mudeford, across on the ferry to Hengitsbury head and the followed the Promenade from Christchurch, through Boscome and Bournemouth to Poole. I stopped for a while on the beach near Sandbanks and played cricket with Lady and the boy levad before rejoining the Castleman Trailway back to Wimborne. 42 miles on my Surly Crosscheck with Marathon Plus tyres, I was very pleased with their performance on the off road stuff.
Now the question ... I have seen that tomorrow is the Great Dorset Bike Ride from Dorchester, is anyone from here doing this and what is the best route to take from Wimborne to Dorchester? I do not know the back roads!
I took the Castleman Trailway from Wimborne to Ringwood, then a B road down to Mudeford, across on the ferry to Hengitsbury head and the followed the Promenade from Christchurch, through Boscome and Bournemouth to Poole. I stopped for a while on the beach near Sandbanks and played cricket with Lady and the boy levad before rejoining the Castleman Trailway back to Wimborne. 42 miles on my Surly Crosscheck with Marathon Plus tyres, I was very pleased with their performance on the off road stuff.
Now the question ... I have seen that tomorrow is the Great Dorset Bike Ride from Dorchester, is anyone from here doing this and what is the best route to take from Wimborne to Dorchester? I do not know the back roads!