‘Like cycling through history’: 220-mile King Alfred’s Way launched | The Guardian
Loop starts in Winchester and takes in tree-lined lanes, open plains and plenty of pubs
Steven MorrisFri 28 Aug 2020
You pass great cathedrals and prehistoric barrows, castles, medieval farms and the remnants of second world war defences. You cycle across sandy heathland, through sunken tree-lined lanes, along chalky paths and on grassy open plains