First Long Trek

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 38.04 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 12h 45 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 660 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 663 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 248 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 13 m
  • ⚐
    District: Exeter 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 50.743691° / W 3.520704°
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Description

Start the plot by indicating the starting point. If you know the exact car parking situation, please explain how to park.
If we can access the starting point with public transports, please explain the lines to use and share any useful informations.

(S) From here, describe the instructions to follow from the starting point.

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The plot has to end by the location where the walk finishes. If it is a loop please write (S/E) at the end of the description. If it is a one way route write (E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 100 m - Continue onto Linnet Close
  2. 2 : km 0 - alt. 100 m - Turn left
  3. 3 : km 0.25 - alt. 111 m - Continue onto Mayflower Avenue
  4. 4 : km 0.3 - alt. 115 m - Turn right
  5. 5 : km 0.4 - alt. 127 m - Turn right onto Pennsylvania Road
  6. 6 : km 0.42 - alt. 127 m - Turn left onto Doriam Close
  7. 7 : km 0.43 - alt. 127 m - Turn slight right onto Argyll Road
  8. 8 : km 1 - alt. 90 m - Continue
  9. 9 : km 1.8 - alt. 48 m - Continue onto Lower Argyll Road
  10. 10 : km 2.12 - alt. 14 m - Turn right onto Cowley Bridge Road, A377
  11. 11 : km 3.01 - alt. 20 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto A377
  12. 12 : km 3.04 - alt. 16 m - Continue onto Cowley Hill, A377
  13. 13 : km 3.81 - alt. 21 m - Turn right onto Upton Pyne Hill
  14. 14 : km 3.89 - alt. 14 m - Continue onto Pynes Bridge
  15. 15 : km 3.92 - alt. 15 m - Continue onto Upton Pyne Hill
  16. 16 : km 7.15 - alt. 34 m - Continue
  17. 17 : km 13.75 - alt. 191 m - Turn sharp right onto Scratchface Lane
  18. 18 : km 16.31 - alt. 222 m - Turn right onto A3072
  19. 19 : km 16.52 - alt. 214 m - Turn left onto Whitemoor Lane
  20. 20 : km 17.01 - alt. 196 m - Turn sharp right onto Uppincott Lane
  21. 21 : km 18.37 - alt. 105 m - Turn right onto Pitt Lane
  22. 22 : km 19.94 - alt. 187 m - Turn right onto A3072
  23. 23 : km 19.95 - alt. 186 m - Turn left
  24. 24 : km 20.46 - alt. 182 m - Turn right onto Coombe Lane
  25. 25 : km 22.09 - alt. 94 m - Turn slight right
  26. 26 : km 23.14 - alt. 104 m - Turn right onto Thatchers Lane
  27. 27 : km 24.55 - alt. 60 m - Continue
  28. 28 : km 24.56 - alt. 58 m - Turn sharp left onto Ford Plain
  29. 29 : km 24.58 - alt. 58 m - Turn slight left
  30. 30 : km 24.72 - alt. 48 m - Continue onto Dinneford Street
  31. 31 : km 24.94 - alt. 47 m - Continue onto The Bury
  32. 32 : km 25.04 - alt. 45 m - Turn left onto Silver Street
  33. 33 : km 25.42 - alt. 41 m - Continue
  34. 34 : km 26.22 - alt. 28 m - Continue onto Thorverton Bridge
  35. 35 : km 26.26 - alt. 28 m - Continue
  36. 36 : km 30.71 - alt. 21 m - Turn right onto Old Tiverton Branch Line
  37. 37 : km 31 - alt. 20 m - Continue
  38. 38 : km 31.02 - alt. 20 m - Continue onto Old Tiverton Branch Line
  39. 39 : km 31.33 - alt. 21 m - Turn slight left
  40. 40 : km 31.64 - alt. 21 m - Turn right onto Chestnut Crescent
  41. 41 : km 32.17 - alt. 19 m - Turn right onto A396
  42. 42 : km 32.46 - alt. 21 m - Turn slight right onto Stoke Road, A396
  43. 43 : km 33.38 - alt. 25 m - Turn left onto Pennsylvania Road
  44. 44 : km 35.76 - alt. 142 m - Turn sharp left
  45. 45 : km 37.09 - alt. 75 m - Turn left onto Collins Road
  46. 46 : km 37.09 - alt. 75 m - Turn right onto Rollestone Crescent
  47. 47 : km 37.51 - alt. 95 m - Turn right onto Collins Road
  48. 48 : km 37.61 - alt. 86 m - Turn left onto Stoke Valley Road
  49. 49 : km 37.7 - alt. 82 m - Turn left
  50. 50 : km 38.03 - alt. 100 m - Turn right onto Linnet Close
  51. S/E : km 38.04 - alt. 100 m

Useful Information

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NOTE: this description has been amended to correct a route error.

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