- Starts: Wednesday 17 September 2025 9:15 am
- Ride leader/Event organiser: Phil Beed
- Category: Faster rides
- Terrain: C - Hilly
- Duration: d - All day
- Estimated moving average speed: 12-13mph (19-21kph Medium+)
- Ascent: 1,580ft / 483m
Start, stops and finish
| Ride start/event venue | The Fox and Hounds, Denmead School Lane Denmead, Waterlooville PO7 6NA More details and map |
| Lunch/dinner stop | Gosport Gosport More details and map |
| Finish | Gosport Gosport 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 ride leader/event organiser: Phil Beed.
Map
A ride to the west for a change, and a chance to try out two new cafes 🙂
Starting at the Fox & Hounds Denmead 09:15
We'll head on a circular route to Botley (26Km) and visit Deveroast Coffee shop at Botley Mills for elevenses. Run by Peter Devereux, one half of 90's pop duo Artful Dodger, the cafe roast and blend their own coffee & have great reviews on Tripadvisor.
After coffee we'll head through Manor Farm Country park, down to Warsash and make a mandatory trip to the harbour front, before making our way along to Posbrook Lane, Hillhead, Lee on Solent and Stokes Bay Gosport.
Lunch will be at another new cafe; The Coffee Quarters in Royal Haslar.
The cafe is newly opened and proving very popular. I might even "swing the lamp" and tell you some tales of my time living and working in Haslar during the 1980's 🙁
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, just one space is 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
- 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 faster rides
Our other rides go at the pace of the slowest rider or we will split the ride to accommodate a slower rider. 'Faster rides' go faster than other rides and people joining are expected to keep up.
We're not talking about professional or even 'club' riding speeds, but trying to ride at any speed faster than you can manage is an unpleasant experience.
If you want to join a faster ride, but uncertain whether you can keep up:
- Consider trying one or two of our other rides classed as A (Demanding) or B (Hilly) first. If you're able to keep up without difficulty that's a good indication you're ready for a faster ride. The chances are you'll be riding with other members familiar with faster rides that can help you with your assessment.
- In any case, contact the ride leader and discuss your experience to date with them. Bear in mind, however, that subjective assessments of average speed and cruising speed are notoriously unreliable even for those that routinely use cycle computers.
Before you join a faster ride, please review the route and prepare to make your own way back if you're struggling to keep up - and we all have bad days. We will not, however, intentionally drop slower riders; nor will we leave riders without first checking they are confident with getting back.