It was raining steadily when we left so it was 'cape on' for me. Bertie came cycling with us while Sally and Charlotte arranged to meet us for lunch.
The rain had stopped before Studland and it was a bright fresh day by the time we disembarked from the chain-link ferry at Sandbanks.
We were following the NCN2 along the sea front but it turns out his is seasonal, it's closed during July and August. It was a struggle picking our way through Westbourne, Bournmouth and we stopped for lunch at Boscombe.
The cycle lanes ran out completely around Highcliffe so we just used the A337 to Lymington for the ferry to Yarmouth and the Isle of Wight.
We shopped in Yarmouth and used an NCN route to Freshwater where there's a large co-op. We cycled along the south cliff top road for a while then turned inland to Brighstone and another YHA hostel.
Mileage 44