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Balerno To Flotterstone
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Activity: Walking -
Distance: 13.76 km -
Calculated time: 5h 50 -
Difficulty: Not specified -
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Return to departure point: No -
Vertical gain: + 667 m -
Vertical drop: - 685 m -
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Highest point: 576 m -
Lowest point: 180 m
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Country:
United Kingdom
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District:
Edinburgh -
Start: N 55.876687° / W 3.337542° -
End: N 55.854954° / W 3.223777° -
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Description
Waypoints
- S : km 0 - alt. 201 m - Start on Cockburn Crescent
- 2 : km 0.01 - alt. 201 m - Turn right onto Balerno Terminus
- 3 : km 0.05 - alt. 201 m - Turn right onto Mansfield Road
- 4 : km 1.95 - alt. 264 m - Turn slight right
- 5 : km 2.17 - alt. 259 m - Keep left
- 6 : km 3 - alt. 301 m - Turn right
- 7 : km 3.09 - alt. 301 m - Turn left onto Red Road
- 8 : km 3.31 - alt. 314 m - Keep right onto Red Road
- 9 : km 6.24 - alt. 458 m - Keep left
- 10 : km 7.55 - alt. 476 m - Keep left
- 11 : km 9.44 - alt. 498 m - Keep left
- 12 : km 10.47 - alt. 426 m - Keep right
- 13 : km 12.33 - alt. 263 m - Turn right
- 14 : km 12.96 - alt. 189 m - Keep left
- 15 : km 13.14 - alt. 186 m - Turn right
- 16 : km 13.2 - alt. 185 m - Keep right
- 17 : km 13.58 - alt. 181 m - Turn slight right
- 18 : km 13.68 - alt. 181 m - Turn left
- 19 : km 13.73 - alt. 181 m - Keep right
- 20 : km 13.75 - alt. 180 m - Turn right onto A702
- E : km 13.76 - alt. 180 m
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