Zig Zag Tour

Well today we finally managed to get down to Shaftesbury to drive the famous Zig Zag Hill - the bendiest road in the Uk. We enjoyed it so much, we drove it three times. Some lovely views and climbs.

Stopped at the Rising Sun near to Ludwell Hill for a coffee and the hosts explained the road recently re-tarmac ed and it was smooth - Previously not kind.

We took in Stonehenge, after starting at Thruxton. Next James May pub at Swallowcliffe (Royal Oak) then ZigZag and back along A30 to Winchester. Then cut over to Alton up to Odiham and ending at the Phoenix Inn at Hartley Wintney home of the Vintage and Sports Card club since 1934. Great pub good food and beer.

Next time will do in reverse and stop over at Royal Oak for lunch!

Total trip length door to door 210 miles.

I’ll post up route map for sharing later.

Update 8 June 2021 - We redid this run yesterday (in reverse starting at Phoenix at Hartley Wintney) taking in lunch at James May’s pub at Swallowcliffe. We found it excellent and thoroughly recommended. On our drive to Zig Zag we noticed a TR4 group (at least 10 cars) taking lunch at the Rising Sun where we stopped for a coffee back in April.