The South Downs Way is a 100 mile off road route that runs from Winchester to Eastbourne and is a regular feature on the MTB challenge calendar. I visited the area a few months back and rode from Arundel to Shoreham by-Sea and back. It was a great ride and I promised myself I’d go back and ride more. This time I rode West from Arundel on a 30 mile circular loop.
My start and finish point was the Hilton Avisford Hotel. One of the reasons I can get away so often to ride, is that I promise my wife a nice relaxing weekend away, staying in a nice hotel. She used to ask why I was packing the ebike, but now she just smiles and tells me ‘It will cost you a bottle of wine’. A small price to pay for wedded bliss and a day’s mountain biking.
The route starts off easily through Binstead and Rewell Woods. It was a sunny day, but everything was still very wet from the recent storms. The bridleway was covered in...
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