Day One - Dorchester to Beer - 70km Putting my foot in it - Overshoes needed this time! Cycling the National Cycle Route, NCN 2, from Dorchester to Beer in May is becoming a bit like an annual migration. This year the weather was diabolical, low cloud and rain! TW dropped me off in Dorchester during a rainstorm, "are you sure you want to do this"? 2011 ride 2010 Ride Lovely weather for cows I could not even see Hardy's monument as I cycled past in the fog. It's quite a stiff climb up to his chimney and not seeing the top was probably an advantage. I was up there and on my way down through beautiful Dorset countryside before you could say Kiss Me Hardy! Visibility is down to nil and its getting worse!! You get used to the rain dripping off the helmet after a while and with lights on I pressed on through the gloom past Bridport and then dropped down to Charmouth and the coastal road through Lyme Regis. Grabbed a pastie in Lyme Regis and
