NFCC Sunday Club Ride- 1st March 2020

Meet as usual at main car park in Brookley Rd, Brockenhurst 8.50 a.m for a 9.00 a.m start.
After Storms Ciara, Dennis and Edna we should finally be able to go back outside this Sunday unless of course Storm Freddy arrives to spoil the fun.
This week the plan is to ride out of Brockenhurst along Rhinefield drive to the A35. From here we cross over to summit Mt Bolderwood, take a left past the Canadian war memorial and up to the old airfield on Ocknell Plain. From here we drop through Linwood before arriving at Moyles court.
Next we follow the narrow Highwood lane being particularly careful to avoid J-Turning Pontiac Firebirds, a cycling manoeuvre known as ‘The Rockford Single-Files’ (One for the kids there).
Onwards through Poulner, briefly on Southampton Rd before crossing the bridge, turning right and then left onto Hightown Rd and left onto Crow Lane.
After a couple of miles we take the left turn up Braggers Lane.
Braggers Lane lays claim to being the only road of that name in the U.K and probably the world, also to being the best road with the best hill and the best houses with the best hedges. The fields are great and they have perfect grass, the best there is. The average house here sells for £875,000 which the Braggers lane residents like to point out is well above average. How Braggers Lane got its name however is shrouded in mystery.
As we reach Burley Rd we take a left down the ramp towards the fleshpots of Burley.
We enter Station rd, go up Wilverley rise and down back into Brockenhurst to complete the 50K route.
Forecast is O.K at present so hope to see a good turnout..

Course is downloadable here.

https://www.strava.com/routes/14884866

Phil H