Sue Barrett Cycling

I’d been looking at the map of Cranborne Chase and searching out the byways and I set out this April morning to cycle some ones I’ve travelled along before but I wanted to add in some new ones. And I wasn’t disappointed…

There’s a restricted byway that leads up from Tollard Royal towards Ashmore where tree branches had arched over towards the hedgerow on the other side creating a ‘magical doorway’. It gives me much joy spotting these natural portals to cycle through.

These old green ways on the Wiltshire/Dorset border up on Cranborne Chase were full of celandines and violets. With several brimstone butterflies flitting around.

I’ve found a byways map of the UK. It could be my next mission to cycle as many as I can….as slowly as I can.

If you’ve got a favourite byway route ( restricted byway or open to all traffic) then let me know!

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