Got on our bikes again today as the sun was out for a while. We decided to head east towards Hengisbury Head as the wind will be behind us to start off.

We headed for Bournemouth prom to have a nice easy flat ride to start, unfortunately there was sand all over the road. This would not normally have bothered us too much, but we have just had our bikes seviced and they are running so smoothly we just don’t want to risk damaging them before we start in earnest.

So we cycle up the zigzag path to the cliff top. We are soon zipping along with the traffic when I look at the sign on the lamp post. We have managed to find the NR2 cycle way,. this route follows the South Coast all the way to Dover. However not  having any clothes packed we decide that Hengisbuy Head had better be the turn round point and we’re not going to try to get to Dover today.

A quick stop for refreshments at the Head and its back home. This is not quite so easy with the wind blowing straight into us, but it still hasn’t put us off starting our trip asap.

So it will be pack, weigh,  re-pack, re-weigh untill we have reduced the contents of our 6 panniers to a weight we may be able to carry. Then it will be off along NR2 untill we get fed up.

Route of our trial run