Route: From Newport west, via the Apple Farm, Afton Park, for coffee, to the Needles (and the National Trust Old Battery) and then to Yarmouth for lunch. Taking the ferry to Lymington and then cycling through the New Forest and past the Red Shoot, Linwood, to reach Ringwood.
Conditions: A dull start followed by a heavy shower and then drizzle followed by a grey but dry afternoon.
Pubs: The Wheatsheaf, Yarmouth, for Goddards Fuggle Dee Dum and then the Red Shoot, Linwood, for their own Red, White and Brew, Muddy Boot and New Forest Gold.
