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I stopped off for coffee and a toastie, good option for resupply.

Found inside the lovely church of St Mary’s near Silchester. Nil desperandum - my new motto for hills

Our local NT place we go here often. Morgaston woodland walks out of the back gate where you will also find a hide overlooking wetlands. Secure bike parking limited. Suggestion attach to wooden fence by reception and we will keep an eye on it but can’t be responsible. Highlight for us in this house is the chapel. Lovely lake but rebuilding work to a bridge in progress at the moment

Unfortunately closed when I passed. Used to eat here several years ago BK (before kids).

Unfortunately, closed when I passed here. It was a really good restropub when I used to eat here (it was the Shoulder of Mutton then).

Nice place to have a break if you are passing the Roman Silchester

Not so visible from The Street, which runs through the middle of Bramley, but definitely at the centre of many a local ride, whether down Cufaude Lane back to nearby Chineham, or Vyne Road, leading to the Vyne, a nearby National Trust property. Alternatively you can go to the Village Bakery, next to the railway station or a few miles further to the Coffee Shop at Sherfield on Loddon.

St Mary the Virgin at Silchester sits at the top of Church Lane, a quiet single track road. This can get a little messy when the weather has been wet, with mud & debris running into the road and in parts forming two 'tracks' through the mud. Just be aware. Likewise, if you do have the misfortune to meet a car (or tractor) there is little room for both. In the summer months, walkers are often encountered walking in the middle of the road seemingly oblivious to anything else. The roman wall around Calleva Atrebatum is very popular, especially as you can walk on it all the way round. That said, I find Church Lane, Wall Lane and Clappers Farm Road, all of which pretty much come together at the church, to be lovely quiet roads to ride on. I do enjoy the undulating nature of most of the lanes around here.