In warm sunshine, the riders set off over a route laid out by the Southampton & District MCC, who also supplied the road marshals and markers, at 1.15pm.
The 46.9-mile route gave an easy ride through the New Forest, heading towards Brockenhurst and Lepe and then down to Calshot, with excellent views across to the Isle of Wight during the Cowes sailing week, before returning via Hythe and Holbury.
Read more in September’s issue of OBM
