Terrain - Sandy and stony tracks. Can get very muddy and boggy if wet. Map – OL 15 Purbeck and South Dorset Start – There are a few car parks along Sugar Hill. Gore Heath also has its own car park. There are also a number of pull-ins scattered around the forest. Refreshments –The Silent … Continue reading Wareham Forest bike ride
Terrain - Track and road. Map - OS Explorer 117 Cerne Abbas and Bere Regis Start – Two official car parks and a few large laybys surround the forest. Refreshments – National Trust Café at Thomas Hardy’s Cottage Puddletown Forest sits in between the country town of Dorchester and the small village of Puddletown. Originally … Continue reading Puddletown Forest Bike ride
The North Dorset Trailway follows the route of the former Somerset & Dorset railway through the Blackmore Vale, linking Sturminster Newton with Blandford (and on to Spetisbury). Today, the railway has gone, but the route remains as an easy way to explore the countryside, villages and historic landscapes of North Dorset. The North Dorset Trailway … Continue reading The North Dorset Trailway
Starting the Wessex Ridgeway in Dorset at Ashmore, the highest village in the county, make your way through woodland and down into the Tarrant Valley. Pass an ancient hidden deer park and use historic smuggling routes that linked the coast to town via Cranborne Chase. Climb the mighty Iron Age hillfort of Hambledon Hill, to … Continue reading Bike ride. The Wessex Ridgeway, part one. Ashmore to Okeford Hill.
Distance - 14 miles Duration - 2 hours. Exertion - Medium Terrain - Road. Map - OS Explorer 129 Yeovil and Sherborne Start - The Trooper in Stourton Caundle (Postcode: DT10 2JP, Grid reference: ST714149, what Three Words: disarmed.stun.chuck) Refreshments - The Trooper Walk/Ride Starting in the village of Stourton Caundle, outside the Trooper Inn, … Continue reading Folke Bike ride
