26k Of Fun
Technical sheet
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Activity: Walking
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Distance: 26.63 km
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Average duration: 7h 40
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Difficulty: Not specified
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Return to departure point: No
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Vertical gain: + 17 m
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Vertical drop: - 16 m
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Highest point: 40 m
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Lowest point: 20 m
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Country: United Kingdom
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District: Manchester
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Start: N 53.466824° / W 2.238645°
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End: N 53.45891° / W 2.229894°
Waypoints
- S : km 0 - alt. 36 m - Start on Higher Cambridge Street
- 2 : km 0.79 - alt. 35 m - Turn right onto Denmark Road
- 3 : km 0.96 - alt. 36 m - Turn right
- 4 : km 1.23 - alt. 37 m - Turn left
- 5 : km 1.26 - alt. 37 m - Turn slight right
- 6 : km 1.27 - alt. 37 m - Turn left
- 7 : km 1.29 - alt. 37 m - Turn left
- 8 : km 1.32 - alt. 37 m - Turn left
- 9 : km 1.47 - alt. 36 m - Turn right onto Moss Lane East, B5219
- 10 : km 1.74 - alt. 35 m - Turn left onto Upper Lloyd Street
- 11 : km 3.41 - alt. 33 m - Turn right onto Wilbraham Road, A6010
- 12 : km 3.74 - alt. 31 m - Turn left onto Princess Road, A5103
- 13 : km 4.1 - alt. 34 m - Turn right onto Mauldeth Road West
- 14 : km 4.11 - alt. 34 m - Turn left onto Princess Road, A5103
- 15 : km 5.91 - alt. 32 m - Keep right onto Barlow Moor Road, A5145
- 16 : km 6.42 - alt. 31 m - Turn left onto Maitland Avenue
- 17 : km 6.98 - alt. 30 m - Turn left
- 18 : km 7.09 - alt. 25 m - Turn left
- 19 : km 7.39 - alt. 25 m - Keep left
- 20 : km 7.83 - alt. 24 m - Keep right
- 21 : km 7.86 - alt. 24 m - Turn sharp left
- 22 : km 7.91 - alt. 25 m - Turn right
- 23 : km 9.05 - alt. 23 m - Keep left
- 24 : km 9.07 - alt. 24 m - Keep left
- 25 : km 9.33 - alt. 24 m - Turn slight left
- 26 : km 10.49 - alt. 23 m - Turn sharp left
- 27 : km 10.52 - alt. 23 m - Turn left
- 28 : km 11.28 - alt. 22 m - Turn right onto Metrolink path
- 29 : km 11.84 - alt. 21 m - Turn slight left
- 30 : km 12.99 - alt. 24 m - Turn sharp left
- 31 : km 13 - alt. 24 m - Keep right
- 32 : km 13.08 - alt. 25 m - Turn slight right
- 33 : km 13.38 - alt. 23 m - Turn left
- 34 : km 13.38 - alt. 23 m - Turn right
- 35 : km 13.39 - alt. 23 m - Keep right
- 36 : km 13.4 - alt. 23 m - Turn sharp right
- 37 : km 13.47 - alt. 22 m - Keep right
- 38 : km 13.58 - alt. 24 m - Turn slight left
- 39 : km 13.65 - alt. 25 m - Turn sharp right onto Sandy Lane
- 40 : km 14.35 - alt. 25 m - Turn left onto Chester Road, A56
- 41 : km 16.72 - alt. 30 m - Keep left onto Chester Road, A56
- 42 : km 17.31 - alt. 33 m - Turn right onto A56
- 43 : km 17.38 - alt. 27 m - Keep right onto Trafford Road, A5063
- 44 : km 17.56 - alt. 24 m - Turn sharp left onto Wharf End
- 45 : km 17.72 - alt. 26 m - Turn right onto Trafford Wharf Road
- 46 : km 17.83 - alt. 24 m - Turn right
- 47 : km 17.87 - alt. 23 m - Turn right
- 48 : km 18.62 - alt. 23 m - Turn right
- 49 : km 18.73 - alt. 23 m - Turn right
- 50 : km 18.74 - alt. 22 m - Turn left
- 51 : km 18.76 - alt. 22 m - Turn left onto Central Wharf
- 52 : km 19.21 - alt. 22 m - Turn left
- 53 : km 19.23 - alt. 22 m - Turn right
- 54 : km 19.25 - alt. 22 m - Turn right
- 55 : km 19.27 - alt. 23 m - Turn right
- 56 : km 19.51 - alt. 23 m - Turn right
- 57 : km 19.74 - alt. 23 m - Turn left
- 58 : km 19.74 - alt. 23 m - Turn right
- 59 : km 19.77 - alt. 24 m - Keep right
- 60 : km 19.77 - alt. 24 m - Turn left onto Merchants Quay
- 61 : km 19.79 - alt. 23 m - Turn right onto Quayside
- 62 : km 19.88 - alt. 23 m - Turn left
- 63 : km 20.05 - alt. 23 m - Turn left
- 64 : km 20.12 - alt. 24 m - Turn right onto Clippers Quay
- 65 : km 20.15 - alt. 24 m - Turn left
- 66 : km 20.19 - alt. 23 m - Turn left
- 67 : km 20.2 - alt. 23 m - Turn right onto Irwell River Park
- 68 : km 20.35 - alt. 24 m - Turn left
- 69 : km 20.38 - alt. 26 m - Turn right onto Trafford Road, A5063
- 70 : km 20.51 - alt. 29 m - Turn left
- 71 : km 20.55 - alt. 30 m - Turn right onto Trafford Road
- 72 : km 20.56 - alt. 29 m - Turn left onto Pomona Strand
- 73 : km 20.58 - alt. 28 m - Turn right
- 74 : km 20.6 - alt. 30 m - Turn left onto Pomona Strand
- 75 : km 20.67 - alt. 27 m - Turn right
- 76 : km 21.8 - alt. 26 m - Keep left
- 77 : km 22.87 - alt. 26 m - Turn right
- 78 : km 22.88 - alt. 26 m - Turn right onto Merchant's Bridge
- 79 : km 22.96 - alt. 27 m - Turn right
- 80 : km 22.99 - alt. 28 m - Turn right onto Castle Street
- 81 : km 23.01 - alt. 28 m - Turn left
- 82 : km 23.96 - alt. 35 m - Keep left
- 83 : km 24.15 - alt. 37 m - Turn right onto Atwood Street
- 84 : km 24.2 - alt. 36 m - Turn left onto Whitworth Street West, B6469
- 85 : km 24.27 - alt. 36 m - Turn left onto Princess Street, A34
- 86 : km 24.65 - alt. 34 m - Keep left onto Brook Street, A34
- 87 : km 25.79 - alt. 40 m - Turn right onto Grafton Street
- 88 : km 25.9 - alt. 40 m - Turn left onto Nelson Street
- 89 : km 26.17 - alt. 38 m - Turn left onto Oxford Road, B5117
- 90 : km 26.33 - alt. 38 m - Turn right onto Denmark Road
- 91 : km 26.35 - alt. 38 m - Turn left
- 92 : km 26.47 - alt. 37 m - Turn right
- 93 : km 26.62 - alt. 37 m - Turn right
- E : km 26.63 - alt. 37 m
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