Sherborne Peter and Rosemary were away from their usual haunts to attend the Sherborne Abbey festival over the May 1st weekend. They joined up with Peter and Jill Dahlhoff who were also keen to do some cycling.. Saturday after a magnificent breakfast at the Old Vicarage at Milbourne Port we set off for Cerne Abbas to see the Giant The route viaMelbourne Sampfordwas winding and hilly but extremely pretty. Bluebell and wild garlic in the woodlands and a bank of...

An early start from one of Kent's prettiest villages - Chilham. Its 8.45a.m. and John waits for the rest of the group, in bright sunshine on a bench at the top of the square. Its the school run and the square is soon congested with cars, land rovers, trucks and vans. Mums (including some 'yummy mummies') and Dads, park, and walk their little ones to the primary school down the hill. Chilham could almost have been made in Hollywood as an archetypal English village...

Woodchurch to Egerton and Return The splendid greenat Woodchurch was a fitting start for an excellent ride. Along Redbrook Street, continuing through a corner of High Halden, crossing the A28 to go down the aptly named Green Lane, John and Peter were racing along - until they found the puddles and mud! Extricating themselves from the slough, they sped through Smarden, turning left along Lewd Lane and then took the Egerton road, finally reaching this well-kept ...

Woodchurch to Egerton and Return The splendid greenat Woodchurch was a fitting start for an excellent ride. Along Redbrook Street, continuing through a corner of High Halden, crossing the A28 to go down the aptly named Green Lane, John and Peter were racing along - until they found the puddles and mud! Extricating themselves from the slough, they sped through Smarden, turning left along Lewd Lane and then took the Egerton road, finally reaching this well-kept ...

Today's ride is based on the historic and charming Cinque Port of Sandwich.From the Harbour, we set off on the cycle path with the River Stour to our left, then south east towards the sea.As we reach Deal, via the single track Toll Road through theNature Reserve and Golf Club,the showers give way to blue skies. Westward now, and inland throughthe picturesque Kentish villages of Great Mongeham and Northbourne.The terrain here becomes more challenging after the ...