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Glorious Bike Rides
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Really impressed with book and cycle rides. It is possible to download routes to my Garmin 200 cycle computer as I am new to these kinds of things. Thanks
Hi Nigel,
download the GPX, then upload this into the website ridewithgps and export it from there.
Bit fiddly I know but works great!
Oh and don’t call it with the Lost Lanes name or people won’t but the fantastic book!
At km 20, directions should read: “If visiting Petworth Park, carry straight on (Upperton), otherwise, turn right (Pitshill).”
Nice route. Watch out for deer crossing the road.
What a terrific route! I got the train to Liphook on Saturday morning and rolled out of the station at 12.15, thoroughly enjoyed the ride on a gorgeous summer day and got back to Liphook Station at 4.30. I stopped at the Village Shop in Lodsworth for close to 30 minutes and for reference I was turnign the cranks at a pretty leisurely pace.
A couple of FYIs ..
1) while there are some reasonable climbs along the way the only real challenging climb is at about the 55KM mark and it’s a cracker.
2) the directions at the 20KM definitely should read as Chris suggests “If visiting Petworth Park, carry straight on (Upperton), otherwise, turn right (Pitshill).”
Hi Brien
Glad you enjoyed the ride. I have fixed the mistake in the directions for Petworth House. Thanks for spotting that, and to Chris too.
Jack
Terrific countryside on this route. I started and finished the loop from Haslemere as the trains to Liphook from the London direction were once an hour but two per hour from Haslemere. The route from Haslemere to Lynchmere can have busy traffic on it. The shop and cafe at Graffham, just off the route, was well stocked. The Three Moles pub at Selham was closed at lunchtime on a Friday. Seems it opens at 4pm Mon-Fri and noon on the weekend.
You came a few months before we took over it seems – open from 3pm Mon/Tue, closed on Wednesdays, Open from midday Thur-Sun now.
Just completed this as the 5th ride from the book and much enjoyed the scenery, best yet.
Whilst approaching Lurgashall I stopped to chat with a cyclist at a junction and what book should he be consulting but Lost Lanes! This is the first time I have come across someone else inspired to ride the routes (Hello Roly if you are reading this!).
Popping into see my friends at Southdowns Bikes, Storrington, I took the opportunity to show off the book and they were very inpressed with its layout and content – had you considered selling through cycle shops near the routes? I live in Brighton and have been driving out to them so its not just Londoners out there.
Thanks again for a great book.
Mike
There is a problem with downloading the OS map from here. When I click on it, a map of route 5 comes up.
Now fixed – thanks for spotting it!
Hi Jack, I think it’s the hyperlink under the OS map needs updating (not sure if i should put the code here due to webcrawlers but the /####/####.gpx at the end is wrong) – if you change to the correct code for route 9 it works.
You’re right Alex – now fixed – thanks for identifying the cause of the problem
Cycled this route yesterday. Enjoyed the scenery would do it again. Only serious climb was after Milland (25%). At Lugershall there was no signpost for village shop before right turn. At Lodsworth if you follow the road instead of following down Church Lane turn right at pub/restaurant I didn’t see sign for Graffham. In Selham no signpost for Midhurst. On entering village first right (follow church sign instead).
Roughly how long should this ride take at about 10miles per hour?
Glorious ride on Friday 5th August – loved it
One of my favourite Lost Lanes yet – an absolute beauty. Wonderful roads and constantly spectacular scenery. A real early summer treat.
The “green lane” after the church at Lodsworth looks a bit gnarly as it starts in a grassy field, but this soon gives way to a stone track and I found it quite passable on 28mm road tyres. Some of the lanes in other sections are quite broken-up and gravelly, so I wouldn’t have wanted anything narrower.
Stopped about halfway round for a quick but very decent pub lunch at, appropriately enough, the Halfway Bridge Inn. Trains to/from Liphook are only hourly on weekends, and not much was open in Liphook itself on a Sunday apart from a bottle shop, so a stop at the last pub on the route – The Links Tavern – may be advised!
Did this ride today and it’s a lovely fantastic amble through definitely long lost lanes, some decent climbs although there are some major roads you have to use they’re not long and soon leave them. I agree with James Tiplady – you definitely need at least 28mm tyres. I wouldn’t want to do those climbs on a heavy bike though!
Great route and beautiful countryside. Only bad thing for me was that the final road back into Liphook (the B2070) was busy with fast and aggressive drivers on the day we rode it, which was at odds with the lovely lanes on the rest of the ride. If I did it again I would probably turn right off Milland Rd just before the B2070 and take the track through the forest. Not sure if it’s possible to get all the way to Midhurst Rd that was but for me it would be nicer than the main road.
I did this ride yesterday and took this alternative route. It’s a Restricted Byway (no motor vehicles) and does run all the way to the Midhurst Rd, with no gates or barriers. It’s a forestry comission style track over sandy soil but with plenty of forest mud in the dips.
On a fine day after a couple of days of heavy showers it was passable on a road bike with 32mm tyres, but there were a couple of slippy moments where I had to unclip. I think in winter it could get too muddy to pass comfortably, but in summer it’d be a great alternative.
The B2131 is a really stupid road, lots of people using it instead of the A3 between Liphook and Haslemere. I’d avoid riding it at school run time (and watch out for the right turn to Linchmere, don’t miss it like I did…) the good news is that if you’re starting at Liphook, all the lanes from then on are relatively quiet and pleasant.
I did this route on 6.4.26 and because I only live a few miles south of the route I started at Cocking. Parking can be tricky. I didn’t fancy parking at the top on the South Downs Way even if it does have the brilliant cadence cafe there!
Absolutely love the route and picked a sunny day. I got a puncture 2/3 of the way round, pinched 2 new inner tubes (my bad!) broke my hand pump, snapped a tyre lever and was on my last co2 cartridge and I finally won the battle after 45 minutes!
I did come to a halt on the sort but sharp hill at Milland House!
There are a few shop and plenty of pubs along the way.
Looking forward to doing this route again very soon, hopefully without a puncture.