A 73km cycle ride via Sustrans cycle tunnels on Day 3 of the South by Southwest to the Sea holiday with Steve and Ian.
Route: leaving Bath near the station and via the Holloway and Bear Flat to find the start to a pair of Sustrans cycle tunnels and continue along an ex-railway line cycle track through Midford and Lower Twinhoe. Joining minor roads at Wellow and continuing on ex-railway line near Radstock to reach Midsomer Norton for coffee at a Costa. On past Stoke St Michael and quarries to cross the A361 to Cranmore and then descending on the edge of a valley to Batcombe and lunch at the Three Horseshoes. Then a hellishly steep climb and descent to Bruton and to the Hauser & Wirth art gallery on the B3081. Then further to have tea at the Otter garden centre short of Wincanton. Then on through that town to take flatter roads to Horsington before a steady though gentle climb to Stowell and parallel to the railway to the Half Moon, Sherborne.Conditions: another hot still day.
Pubs: Lunch at The Three Horseshoes, Batcombe for Butcombe Bitter and Blindman’s Brewery Golden Spring. In the evening, The Digby Tap, Sherborne for Cerne Abbas Ale
