King Alfred's Way: New Offroad/Bikepacking Route

Thank you for the link, just need to kit a bike out for longer trips.
 
Did KAW starting last Thursday, finishing yesterday afternoon. To say the weather was inappropriate was a slight understatement. I will forever have fond memories of pushing the bike up Butser Hill in horizontal driving rain and a 25mph headwind, however the real killer were the chalk tracks which turned to treacle and clogged up everything in literally seconds. Had to carry the bike for a couple of miles at one point when the wheels stopped turning. Luckily found a kind soul in a village who jet washed both me and the bike to get me going again.

Yesterday saved the trip though when the sun finally came out…

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The other godsend was the Rose and Crown pub in Ashbury. Stayed there on the last night. What a pub!
 

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