I think the ride to the New Forest was a bit optimistic. We cycled for 30 miles (50kms) and couldnt even find the New Forest and got kinda lost. after about 20 miles we were both in extreme agony. Sore bums, legs etc. I thought I might’ve been a bit fitter, having been riding regularly for the last few months, but only on short trips of about 1 hours duration.

The ride started out well, with some nice harbour scenery:

Then a gentle forest trail:

We stopped and laughed at all the people in the traffic jam on their way into Poole:

This is an old train line we are riding on. Its been covered up and turned into a cycle track. Isn’t Mikes bum cute?

An old train station. Pity we cant catch the train from here, my bum is so sore.

After another 3 hours riding we found working train station and took the easy way home: