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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 14.93 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 4h 30 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 87 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 90 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 50 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 7 m
  • ⚐
    District: Renfrewshire 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 55.872141° / W 4.549976°
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Description

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(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. 47 m - Start on Barochan Road, B789
  2. 2 : km 0.01 - alt. 47 m - Turn left onto Barochan Road, B789
  3. 3 : km 0.3 - alt. 36 m - Turn right
  4. 4 : km 0.31 - alt. 36 m - Turn right onto Main Street, B789
  5. 5 : km 0.41 - alt. 37 m - Turn right onto South Street
  6. 6 : km 0.44 - alt. 37 m - Turn right onto Main Street, B789
  7. 7 : km 0.72 - alt. 43 m - Enter roundabout
  8. 8 : km 1.41 - alt. 50 m - Turn left onto Houston Road, B790
  9. 9 : km 1.44 - alt. 50 m - Turn right
  10. 10 : km 1.93 - alt. 35 m - Turn slight left
  11. 11 : km 2.22 - alt. 27 m - Turn right onto Mill Lade Path
  12. 12 : km 3.18 - alt. 33 m - Turn left
  13. 13 : km 3.35 - alt. 31 m - Turn left
  14. 14 : km 3.51 - alt. 45 m - Turn left onto Main Street, A761
  15. 15 : km 3.54 - alt. 44 m - Turn right
  16. 16 : km 3.58 - alt. 47 m - Turn slight right
  17. 17 : km 3.63 - alt. 50 m - Turn sharp right
  18. 18 : km 3.93 - alt. 50 m - Turn right
  19. 19 : km 4.08 - alt. 50 m - Turn sharp right
  20. 20 : km 6.38 - alt. 38 m - Keep right
  21. 21 : km 7.38 - alt. 25 m - Keep right
  22. 22 : km 8.58 - alt. 10 m - Keep left
  23. 23 : km 8.62 - alt. 9 m - Turn right onto Kintyre Avenue
  24. 24 : km 9.02 - alt. 7 m - Turn left onto Clippens Road
  25. 25 : km 9.11 - alt. 8 m - Turn right
  26. 26 : km 9.13 - alt. 8 m - Turn left onto A761
  27. 27 : km 9.14 - alt. 8 m - Keep right onto A761
  28. 28 : km 9.17 - alt. 8 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Clippens Road
  29. 29 : km 9.79 - alt. 16 m - Turn right onto Loanhead Road
  30. 30 : km 9.8 - alt. 16 m - Turn right onto Clippens Road
  31. 31 : km 10.13 - alt. 16 m - Turn right onto Craig Road
  32. 32 : km 11.26 - alt. 13 m - Turn left onto Craigends Road
  33. 33 : km 11.71 - alt. 27 m - Turn sharp right onto Fulton Drive
  34. 34 : km 12.23 - alt. 11 m - Turn right onto Locher Crescent
  35. 35 : km 12.25 - alt. 11 m - Turn right onto Fulton Drive
  36. 36 : km 12.51 - alt. 10 m - Turn left onto Gryfebank Avenue
  37. 37 : km 12.54 - alt. 10 m - Turn left
  38. 38 : km 13.01 - alt. 12 m - Turn left
  39. 39 : km 13.02 - alt. 12 m - Turn left
  40. 40 : km 13.06 - alt. 11 m - Turn right
  41. 41 : km 13.06 - alt. 11 m - Turn slight right
  42. 42 : km 13.73 - alt. 24 m - Turn left onto Houston Road, B790
  43. 43 : km 13.73 - alt. 24 m - Turn left
  44. 44 : km 13.78 - alt. 24 m - Turn left
  45. 45 : km 14.1 - alt. 31 m - Turn right onto Houston Road
  46. 46 : km 14.11 - alt. 30 m - Turn left onto Kirk Road
  47. 47 : km 14.44 - alt. 31 m - Turn left onto Kirk Road
  48. 48 : km 14.61 - alt. 36 m - Keep right onto Kilmacolm Road
  49. 49 : km 14.92 - alt. 47 m - Turn left onto Barochan Road, B789
  50. S/E : km 14.93 - alt. 47 m

Useful Information

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