Wild orchid ride

  • Starts: Saturday 22 May 2021 11:45 am
  • Ride leader/Event organiser: Tricia Farnham
  • Supported by: Bill Farnham
  • Category:
  • Route grade: E - Short, flat route
Start and stops
Ride start/event venueFerry Boat Inn
Ferry Road
Hayling Island
PO11 0DG
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Lunch/dinner stopNorthney Farm Tea Rooms
St Peters Road
Hayling Island
PO11 0RX
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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: Bill Farnham.
Send an email to both Tricia Farnham and Bill Farnham.

Map

RIDE POSTPONED ONE DAY

This will be a short, easy ride for those who would like to see a few Early Purple Orchids. They may have disappeared by the time of my next Wild Flower ride on 9th June.
We can meet INSIDE the Ferry Boat Inn, Hayling Island, on Saturday, 22nd May, at 11.15am. The ferry leaves from the Eastney side at 10.55am. Ferry costs £2.75 for a single fare. (Contactless payment preferred.) After enjoying a coffee/tea we will need to walk for about 20 - 30 minutes along the sea front to the site where orchids can be seen. You are advised to bring some shoes suitable for walking on shingle, ie NOT your best, cleated cycle shoes! My husband, Bill, has kindly offered to stay at the Ferry Boat Inn guarding all our bikes while we are walking.
Early Purple Orchid is a "top spot" in our i-spy booklet, 25 points!
After seeing the orchids we will return to the Ferry Boat Inn. From there I could lead anyone who'd like to ride to Northney, where we could have lunch at Northney farm tea room. Following lunch, I could lead to The Eastern Road cycle way and back to Eastney.

Bookings for this ride/event

Pop-up rides are invitation-only. We are operating under Government guidelines which dictate we must control the size of our rides. Do not attend a ride unless your name appears below or you have received an invite from the ride leader. You cannot assume that you are eligible to join a ride just because you asked to be added.

This ride cannot exceed 10 riders (including the ride leader).

There are 10 spaces available for the leader and riders. Of these, 5 are left.

Bookings recorded for this ride (Log in to see rider names):

  • A PCTC member
  • A PCTC member
  • A PCTC member
  • A non-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 Saturday rides

Saturday rides tend to be small ones. Typically we offer fewer options for rides than Wednesdays, but more flexibility for routes and destinations.

Most rides are morning only, riding out to a stop for elevenses and back again.

Some will be full day with stops for elevenses, lunch and, possibly, tea. If you want to join a full day ride but only to elevenses and need someone to help you with the route back, please let us know in advance of the ride in case someone else that knows the route wants to do the same.

This article describes what you should consider bringing with you on one of these rides.