Most likely ill be in Southampton in August for about a week (Hythe specifically) on the bike, and im looking for suggestions on must see places to visit, picture oppurtunities, roads to ride, roads to avoid etc.
All suggestions appreciated.
Hi Chris. Well I live in Hythe and from here you can travel easily all around the New Forest and it is a fairly short ride to get up to Salisbury Plain, there are plenty of tracks/roads to ride around, just need to steer clear of the MOD flagged areas and avoid the big Tanks?
From Hythe you can pop down the road to Calshot (Activity Centre) and beach and you look up/down and across the Solent to the Isle of Wight, Beaulieu is down the road with its Motor Museum (They have the James Bond Exhibition on this year). Lymington is also very close and is a nice picturesque town. You can pop down to Portsmouth with HMS Victory and Old Portsmouth to look around along with Gun Wharf and the Spinnaker Tower. The list could go on!
August is Grockle season, so there will be plenty of traffic about, but being on the bike will make that not too much to worry about!
There are Pubs all over the Forest and most are good for food etc
If I am about I would be happy to meet up for a drink?
Any questions just give me a shout?
Cheers
Malcolm