100-mile hop
How much variation can you pack into a 100-mile circular ride? Depends where you are of course, but in Britain it’s usually enough to take in a decent variety of roads, scenery and riding. North and east Dorset promised a combination of chalk downs, pretty villages, heathlands and long, winding valleys... plus a ferry ride. My Zero DS has about 100 miles of range before it needs recharging, so we’d be fine – as long as I’d calculated the mileage correctly.
We start in Sherborne, which has more public schools per square mile than anywhere else (probably). More to the point, the 11th century Abbey is
