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From the street side (High Street) it's called "No. 60 Coffee and Winebar," but if you walk down the adjacent street (Bank Street), you'll enter through a small door at the back where it's called "The Blind Pig, the hidden taproom." A great spot for lunch with an owner who, with a bit of luck, still remembers how to say "Goedmorgen" (Good Morning) in Dutch 🙃.

Beautiful chalk stream! The pub nearby (The Shoe) allows good access to cool down warm feet.

This is a beautiful little church that has one of the best kept graveyards out there, almost manicured in nature. If you're walking the South Downs Way, it makes for a nice photo stop.

There are two hills with the name Beacon Hill on the South Downs Way. This one is 201m, trig pointed, and closer to Winchester. It has a cool old style beacon on the top.

Some of the ruins are fenced off but still able to walk around most of it

Droxford is a thriving, beautiful historic village located in the Meon valley. Droxford is first recorded in history when the Manor of Drocenesforda (Droxford) was granted to the Prior and monks of St. Swithun, Winchester, by King Egbert in 826. It has good access to the Meon Valley Trail. Its St Mary's and all Saints church dates back to Norman times. In June 1944 Droxford railway station was used by Winston Churchill as his base during preparations for the Normandy Landings and imminent D-Day invasion. Based in an armoured train carriage parked in the sidings at Droxford, Churchill met with numerous ministers, military commanders and leaders of allied nations. https://www.droxfordweb.co.uk/community/droxford-village-community-7711/home/

Refreshing to dip you feet in after a long ride.

The Meon Valley Trail passes the spot at Droxford Station where a secret meeting took place in a carriage on a hidden siding on June 2nd 1944. It was between Winston Churchill and General Eisenhower, General Charles de Gaulle, the Canadian leader, President McKenzie King and the South African leader Jan Smuts to discuss the final preparations for D-Day. The station is no longer there and the building has been converted into a private residency but the dense woodland shows how secluded the spot must once have been. There's a small wooden bench here, making it an ideal rest or picnic spot.