Today's Ride

Great weather for a ride today. Just over 30 miles of cross country. Couple of bridleway closed without diversions for the construction of the A428/black cat improvement was annoying to say the least. Ended up blagging it and riding across the in progress construction, worked well the first time, got escorted off the second!

Got dropped on a short section of road by I suspect a dentist on their lunch break - £10k Canyon road bike, check, matching outfit to bike colour, check, touring car style lighting on the back, check, no hello, check.

Anyway…

Little hoarse so stopped for a drink…
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Most of our tracks were like this and across fields, some of my favourite sort of riding.
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I have just got back from a four day ride along the Basingstoke canal and down the Wey navigation to Godalming where I camped in a friend's garden, they were away so no inside lodging that day. I then rode to Ashurst in the New Forest via Winchester camping in there for a couple of nights and exploring the local area before heading down to Christchurch and along the south coast to Wareham where I caught the train home.

King John's castle Greywell.

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The end of the canal and almost the start of the navigation.

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Friend's house which is almost a castle itself.

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And an unexpected ruin in Christchurch.

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