- Starts: Wednesday 1 October 2025 9:30 am
- Ride leader/Event organiser: Tricia Farnham
- Supported by: Peter Haskell
- Category: Wednesday rides
- Terrain: B - Very hilly
- Duration: d - All day
- Estimated moving average speed: 10-11mph (16-18kph Easy+)
- Ascent: 1,600ft / 490m
Start and stops
| Ride start/event venue | The Spring Centre, Havant East Street Havant P09 1BS More details and map |
| Coffee stop | The Village Shop and Tea Room Compton More details and map |
| Lunch/dinner stop | Hare and Hounds, Stoughton Stoughton PO18 9JQ More details and map |
All rides return to the start unless stated otherwise. Use the 'Map' link below to see a map of all locations
Contact us about this event
Send an email to leader: Tricia Farnham.
Send an email to supporter: Peter Haskell.
Send an email to both Tricia Farnham and Peter Haskell.
Map
Alphabet rides are up to M. On this ride the challenge is to visit all FOUR Mardens the same day: West, North, Up and East.
We'll leave The Spring at 9.30am and ride north, turning right just after Idsworth church. Morning coffee will be at Darcy's tea room, Compton village stores.
Next we go south to WEST Marden, pausing for a photo at the village sign. After Walderton we take a sharp left , signpost Up Marden. This is a tiring road, with two and a half miles of unrelenting climb. I may have to walk a bit. Eventually (!) group photo beside blue sign saying St. Michael (church), UP Marden.
We'll continue north to the NORTH Marden sign for our penultimate photo. Then we can head south, downhill with care, as road is rough here, to EAST Marden, our final Marden village.
Phew!
Next we ride past Wildhams Wood to Stoughton, stopping at the Hare and Hounds for lunch. Then back to Havant via Walderton and Westbourne.
Bookings for this ride/event
Booking is required for this ride. Please let the ride leader know if you want to join. Please do not turn up for the ride unless you've had your booking confirmed or your name appears below.
There are 8 spaces available for the leader and riders. Of these, 2 are left.
Bookings recorded for this ride (Log in to see rider names):
- A PCTC member
- A PCTC member
- A PCTC member
- A PCTC member
- A PCTC member
To ask to join this ride, please use the 'Contact us about this ride' link above to send an email to the ride leader.
About Wednesday rides
Wednesday rides usually start from Havant with stops for elevenses, lunch and sometimes tea. If you're unable to keep up or have a mechanical problem, someone will be available to help you - although we obviously cannot guarantee to solve all problems.
Wednesday rides usually provide a range of options to riders as we'll try to arrange multiple rides with different paces, distance and degree of hilliness.
On Wednesdays it is likely that there will be several riders coming back to the Havant area after an elevenses stop - although they might not include a PCTC ride leader. If that is what you'd like to do, please consult the ride organiser before the day of the ride to ensure someone knows and is able to bring you back.
This article describes what you should consider bringing with you on one of these rides.