Blue Ball Run
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                 Activity: Walking Activity: Walking
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                Distance: 7.71 km
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                Average duration: 2h 35
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                Difficulty: Not specified
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                Return to departure point: No
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                Vertical gain: + 136 m
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                Vertical drop: - 139 m
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                Highest point: 179 m
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                Lowest point: 136 m
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                    Country: United Kingdom 
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                    Area: Chiltern Hills
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                    District: Chartridge 
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                    Start: N 51.733671° / W 0.640336°
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                    End: N 51.733206° / W 0.643734°
Waypoints
- S : km 0 - alt. 168 m - Start on
- 1 : km 0.02 - alt. 167 m - Keep left
- 2 : km 0.23 - alt. 150 m - Turn right
- 3 : km 0.41 - alt. 141 m - Turn sharp right
- 4 : km 0.52 - alt. 158 m - Turn slight right onto 48
- 5 : km 0.63 - alt. 166 m - Turn right
- 6 : km 0.75 - alt. 167 m - Turn sharp right
- 7 : km 0.94 - alt. 150 m - Turn left onto 48
- 8 : km 1 - alt. 149 m - Turn sharp right
- 9 : km 1.01 - alt. 147 m - Turn left
- 10 : km 1.32 - alt. 160 m - Turn left
- 11 : km 1.47 - alt. 139 m - Turn sharp left
- 12 : km 1.6 - alt. 141 m - Turn left
- 13 : km 1.71 - alt. 158 m - Turn slight right onto 48
- 14 : km 1.82 - alt. 166 m - Turn right
- 15 : km 1.95 - alt. 167 m - Turn left
- 16 : km 2.23 - alt. 170 m - Turn left
- 17 : km 2.36 - alt. 170 m - Turn sharp left onto Braziers End
- 18 : km 2.5 - alt. 169 m - Turn right
- 19 : km 3.63 - alt. 174 m - Turn right onto Chartridge Lane
- 20 : km 4.58 - alt. 179 m - Turn right onto Ashotts Lane
- 21 : km 5.52 - alt. 175 m - Turn right
- 22 : km 5.84 - alt. 177 m - Turn slight right
- 23 : km 5.86 - alt. 177 m - Turn right onto Braziers End
- 24 : km 6.19 - alt. 170 m - Turn right onto Bank Green
- 25 : km 6.34 - alt. 174 m - Turn right onto 47
- 26 : km 7.22 - alt. 161 m - Turn left onto Two Gates Lane
- E : km 7.71 - alt. 170 m
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