New Forest Pubs

[sandwichsaint]

A group of nine of us are attending a 'beginners taster session' at the Calshot Velodrome on Sunday morning. We are planning to follow up with a fairly leisurely ride through the New Forest around lunchtime early-afternoon. Any pub recommendations in the Calshot / Lymington / Lyndhurst triangle? It doesn't need to be super posh; more of a real ale, decent bite of pub food, garden type of thing.

 

(anybody been to the velodrome, it looks super-scarey!)

[mdearlove]

Not sure of pubs down that way as I usually end up in the northern part of the Forest but went to Calshot a few times as a kid. Many a school kid has lost a chunk of skin to that velodrome!

[Tokyo-Saint]

The drift inn can be really good. Food there is great, few good real Ales.

 

Might be a little off your route though.

 

http://www.driftinn.co.uk/

[Minty]

Drift Inn is good.

 

Other I would suggest are

 

The Oak at Lyndhurst - http://www.oakinnlyndhurst.co.uk

 

New Forest Inn, also Lyndhurst - http://www.thenewforestinn.co.uk

 

Possibly The Foresters in Brockenhurst, although not been there for awhile.

 

Lots of pubs in Lymington but not that familiar with them to be honest.

[Marsdinho]

Waterloo Arms in Lyndhurst

 

The Oak Inn in Bank

 

The Swan Inn in Lyndhurst

 

The Jolly Sailor in Ashlett.

 

all good, all sell real ales

[Big Bad Bob]

The Swan Inn just outside of Lyndhurst was quite pleasant last time I went there.

 

Also The New Forest Hotel but that might be too far out of your way.

[buctootim]

The Master Builders at Bucklers Hard, especially on a nice day. Best book if its sunny.

http://www.themasterbuilders.co.uk/bar-restaurant

Edited 16 May, 2014 by buctootim

[Smirking_Saint]

Highcorner inn ? Its in the middle of nowhere but v nice

 

http://www.highcornerinn.co.uk/home

Edited 16 May, 2014 by Smirking_Saint

[Twiggy]

I've done the velodrome there, it's a lot of fun. Ambitious to plan a bike ride after though, have a back up plan in place and I was knackered after it and I was very active at the time of doing the velodrome.

 

Fun though, just don't fall off

[sandwichsaint]

I've done the velodrome there, it's a lot of fun. Ambitious to plan a bike ride after though, have a back up plan in place and I was knackered after it and I was very active at the time of doing the velodrome.

 

Fun though, just don't fall off

 

Cheers for the heads up - it's only a partners/mixed Sunday-afternoon-to-the-pub type of ride but we may have to fall back on plan B, get in the car and drive to the pub. Let you know how we get on at the V.

 

Thanks all for the pub nominations, some further research needed to complement my original plan A and my new plan B.

[fanimal]

Filly Inn Setley; Boldre has a couple; Pilley as well, in between lyndhurst and lymington.

[Whitey Grandad]

I haven't been to the a Royal Oak at Fritham for years. Do they still serve beer out of the casks?

http://whatpub.com/pubs/HAS/00177/royal-oak-fritham

[Goatboy]

Highcorner inn ? Its in the middle of nowhere but v nice

 

http://www.highcornerinn.co.uk/home

 

Nice pub but a bit off route. They do have rooms though;)

NB That wasn't an invite!!

Edited 16 May, 2014 by Goatboy
Sounded a bit ghey!

[benjii]

I can also endorse The Oak Inn at Bank near Lyndhurst. Proper forest feel and some great food. Not cheap but then few good things are.

[Saint-scooby]

Closer to Calshot is the Jolly sailor at Fawley, The Oak at Hill top, Turfcutters, East End Arms, Wagon and Horses, That lot will lead you towards Lymington

[Horley CTFC Saint]

A group of nine of us are attending a 'beginners taster session' at the Calshot Velodrome on Sunday morning. We are planning to follow up with a fairly leisurely ride through the New Forest around lunchtime early-afternoon. Any pub recommendations in the Calshot / Lymington / Lyndhurst triangle? It doesn't need to be super posh; more of a real ale, decent bite of pub food, garden type of thing.

 

(anybody been to the velodrome, it looks super-scarey!)

The wall of death

[so22saint]

A group of nine of us are attending a 'beginners taster session' at the Calshot Velodrome on Sunday morning. We are planning to follow up with a fairly leisurely ride through the New Forest around lunchtime early-afternoon. Any pub recommendations in the Calshot / Lymington / Lyndhurst triangle? It doesn't need to be super posh; more of a real ale, decent bite of pub food, garden type of thing.

 

(anybody been to the velodrome, it looks super-scarey!)

 

Can't really help on New Forest pubs - to be honest most of them seem to lack character compared to pubs around Winch and Southampton - and I did grow up there before anybody has a go.

 

Velodrome wise - did the taster in January and it was bloody superb and I'd do it again like a shot. Riding up the wall becomes great fun but is ultimately pointless when doing the timed km which is all about sticking to the blue line.

 

Enjoy!

[Huffton]

The velodrome is a great laugh. Don't know if you've ridden a track bike before but they are fixed wheel and brakeless. I did the taster years ago, its quite gentle. They start you off going round the bottom then gradually higher and higher as your confidence builds. Its surprising how slow you can actually go and still stick to the wall, just don't look left! The real challenge is trying to keep it low when you are giving it some, trying to stick on the pursuiters line you really need to commit to the corner otherwise you end up just flying up the banking and losing a load of momentum. Good luck and enjoy it!

[sandwichsaint]

Absolutely brilliant day out, we had a real blast, still grinning now! 6 old roadies, but all of us newbies to the track. (Surprisingly) no crashes and we all seemed to get on really well. Actually it's not anywhere near as scarey as it looks once you're on the track, there's no time to be scared, it all happens pretty quickly on that little track once you start turning the speed up! The session unwound pretty much as you said: we worked in 2's and 3's, inner circle, bottom line, red and black, then up to the blue line, and some drills on a whistle where you rode up to the blue or down to the red accordingly. Got paired up with our strongest rider for the final drill and we pretty much nailed it, instructor gave us 6 - 8 laps at full gas on the blue line - absolutely ****ged after that, much much harder than it looks, tiny light bikes but a relatively big gear to peddle when you are up high on the boards. We then had 3 laps of singles each to finish with a timed 'flying lap', our winner clocked 11.5 secs which is around 48kmh, second was at 46kmh and me third at 44kmh.

 

The ladies bike ride afterwards was excellent too, we went to Bucklers Hard garden bbq for lunch which was great, East End arms, something in Lymington, back through Brode, and then last stop off at the Turfcutter's Arms. First time cycling in the New Forest for any of us and v impressed, a little bit trafficky in places but some lovely back roads if you seek them out.

 

All in all a really good day out, thanks for all the pub recommendations, will definitely be back to try a few more one day and can thoroughly recommend the veledrome for anyone who likes their sport and wants a bit of high action fun.

[Saint137]

Sounds fun, even if I do have the build of Chris Hoy's Dad rather than the man himself.

 

Can highly recommend New Forest north of A31 for cycling. Base yourself in Fordingbridge and either loop out west to Cranborne/Shaftesbury, south east to Boldrewood & Burley, or east/north east up through Bramshaw/NoMansLand. Decent rolling terrain all around plus if you insist the brief hell of Blissford Hill's 1 in 4. All on relatively quiet roads.

[TopGun]

I like the Lamb in Nomans Land.