Not Scary At All

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 9.84 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 2h 55 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 51 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 51 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 85 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 34 m
  • ⚐
    District: Edinburgh 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 55.938902° / W 3.173603°
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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. 85 m - Start on
  2. 2 : km 0.05 - alt. 85 m - Turn right onto Holyrood Park Road
  3. 3 : km 0.23 - alt. 82 m - Turn right
  4. 4 : km 0.36 - alt. 83 m - Keep right
  5. 5 : km 0.52 - alt. 81 m - Keep left
  6. 6 : km 0.68 - alt. 75 m - Turn right
  7. 7 : km 0.71 - alt. 74 m - Turn slight right
  8. 8 : km 0.74 - alt. 74 m - Turn slight right
  9. 9 : km 0.75 - alt. 74 m - Turn right
  10. 10 : km 0.89 - alt. 71 m - Turn left onto Marchhall Road
  11. 11 : km 0.99 - alt. 70 m - Turn right onto Priestfield Road North
  12. 12 : km 1.1 - alt. 68 m - Turn left onto Priestfield Road
  13. 13 : km 1.93 - alt. 44 m - Keep left
  14. 14 : km 2 - alt. 44 m - Turn right onto King's Meadow
  15. 15 : km 2.01 - alt. 44 m - Turn left onto Prestonfield Avenue
  16. 16 : km 2.04 - alt. 44 m - Turn left onto Peffermill Road
  17. 17 : km 2.43 - alt. 43 m - Turn left onto Kings Haugh
  18. 18 : km 2.89 - alt. 41 m - Turn left
  19. 19 : km 3.08 - alt. 41 m - Turn right onto Forkenford
  20. 20 : km 3.09 - alt. 41 m - Turn right onto Duddingston Road West
  21. 21 : km 3.31 - alt. 43 m - Turn left onto Peffer Place
  22. 22 : km 4.09 - alt. 40 m - Turn right onto Rackstraw Place
  23. 23 : km 4.32 - alt. 44 m - Turn left onto Niddrie Mains Road
  24. 24 : km 4.59 - alt. 40 m - Turn left onto Niddrie Mains Drive
  25. 25 : km 4.6 - alt. 40 m - Turn right
  26. 26 : km 4.63 - alt. 40 m - Turn right onto Cakemuir Gardens
  27. 27 : km 4.64 - alt. 40 m - Turn left onto Cakemuir Grove
  28. 28 : km 4.76 - alt. 39 m - Turn left
  29. 29 : km 4.8 - alt. 39 m - Turn left onto Hay Avenue
  30. 30 : km 4.9 - alt. 38 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Hay Avenue
  31. 31 : km 5.04 - alt. 37 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Hay Avenue
  32. 32 : km 5.11 - alt. 36 m - Turn right
  33. 33 : km 5.17 - alt. 36 m - Keep right onto Innocent Cycle Path
  34. 34 : km 5.51 - alt. 34 m - Keep left onto Innocent Cycle Path
  35. 35 : km 5.53 - alt. 34 m - Turn left
  36. 36 : km 5.56 - alt. 34 m - Turn right
  37. 37 : km 5.7 - alt. 36 m - Turn left onto Bingham Crescent
  38. 38 : km 5.77 - alt. 38 m - Turn left onto Bingham Broadway
  39. 39 : km 6.15 - alt. 36 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Bingham Broadway
  40. 40 : km 6.24 - alt. 36 m - Turn right onto Innocent Cycle Path
  41. 41 : km 9.42 - alt. 75 m - Turn left
  42. 42 : km 9.44 - alt. 75 m - Turn sharp left onto East Parkside
  43. 43 : km 9.54 - alt. 76 m - Turn right onto Holyrood Park Road
  44. 44 : km 9.73 - alt. 85 m - Turn left
  45. S/E : km 9.83 - alt. 85 m

Useful Information

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