Hi
tenmilesplus,
We walked it in 2010 staying at pubs & B&B's.
We walked it from Southampton to InkPen.
Nice walk, signage is good, but best take maps or GPS stuff.
There are some very steep hills towards InkPen Beacon.
Explorer maps at 1:25,000 scale
158 (Newbury & Hungerford),
131 (Romsey, Andover & Test Valley),
OL22 (New Forest).
In the latter stages of planning we decided to extend the walk by going down the Wayfarer's from Inkpen Beacon to Portsdown Hill where the path goes pass my back garden
Jon.