Route: From Ringwood along winding roads to Blandford Forum for coffee and then Piddletrenthide for lunch. Then over three steep but short hills passing Cerne Abbas (and the Giant’s viewpoint) to Maiden Newton for tea (delicious fruitcake in a teashop in the back of the newsagent) and then a single steep climb up Eggardon Hill and long descent to West Bay for a quick beer, stroll onto Chesil Beach and then back to Bridport.
Conditions: A sunny morning becoming cloudier as the day proceeded.
Pubs: The Piddle Inn, Piddletrenthide, for Dorset Piddle Piddle and the Bridport Hotel, West Bay, for Palmers IPA and Golden Best before staying at the (GBG) Tiger Inn, Bridport.
