LawrenceHardyRideXcountry

About trip

Refreshments at Top o' Town 8am to 5pm this Sunday. Registration from 9am for 10am start for Long ride, 10am for 11am for Short Ride. Be back by 5pm, or ring number on card by 5pm. All rides go down Cornwall Road straight on down South Court Avenue, to National Cycleroute 2 (red markers)via West Stafford to Moreton. At Moreton, pass the tea rooms and turn immediately left to ford, walk over bridge, follow track straight on. Turn right at first road to Clouds Hill. Total all day distance 24 miles. OR use road route (27 miles all day distance) via Route 2 to Wool Station – then left to Bovington and join the Tank Museum cycleway over old Wool Bridge. Clouds Hill is straight on past Tank Museum,(where the cycleway ends). THEN turn right out of Clouds Hill front gate and immediately left. Then take the first right and first left. Keep straignt on at all junctions for 8 miles, via Tolpuddle, Puddletown and Troytown. FIRST ROAD RIGHT AFTER THE TRACTOR DEPOT, over the bridge and RIGHT to Hardy's Cottage at Higher Bockhampton. For all rides go south after Hardy's Cottage, go STRAIGHT SOUTH ON AT THE NEXT JUNCTION then go to Max Gate on Route 2. After Max Gate follow Route 2 cycleway, then go straight on along South Court Avenue, Cornwall Road and Albert Road. For Brunch or more see what's baking at Moreton in the Old School or the Dovecote Café in the walled gardens (first right past Lawrence's grave) or, if on the road route, at the Tank Museum cantine (free entry to cantine). Register at the new information facility for free entry into the cottage at the Café by Hardy's Cottage, which has a wide range of lunches, teas, etc. Short Ride under 5 miles to Hardy’s Cottage, back same way. After Max Gate take the first left turning (after crossing the railway bridge). Visit Max Gate on the way out or back! likewise, the National Trust site is at http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/clouds-hill/features/discover-te-lawrence-at-clouds-hill-in-2016