Chris 1.6m
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Activity: Walking -
Distance: 2.57 km -
Average duration: 0h 50 -
Difficulty: Not specified -
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Return to departure point: Yes -
Vertical gain: + 31 m -
Vertical drop: - 31 m -
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Highest point: 136 m -
Lowest point: 104 m
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Country:
United Kingdom
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District:
North Lanarkshire -
Start/End: N 55.866504° / W 3.989462° -
Hour-by-hour weather
Waypoints
- S/E : km 0 - alt. 135 m - Start on Aitchison Street, A8010
- 2 : km 0.44 - alt. 113 m - Keep right onto Aitchison Street, A8010
- 3 : km 0.52 - alt. 108 m - Turn sharp right onto Monkscourt Avenue
- 4 : km 0.69 - alt. 104 m - Turn left onto Monklands Court Avenue
- 5 : km 0.71 - alt. 105 m - Turn left onto Manor Drive
- 6 : km 0.95 - alt. 105 m - Turn right onto Mavisbank Street
- 7 : km 1.22 - alt. 112 m - Enter roundabout
- 8 : km 1.3 - alt. 113 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Mavisbank Street
- 9 : km 1.89 - alt. 126 m - Turn right onto North Bridge Street, B802
- 10 : km 2.1 - alt. 135 m - Turn right onto High Street, A8010
- S/E : km 2.57 - alt. 135 m
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+24 m
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+103 m
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+225 m
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+2 m
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Tourism industry professional 
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+37 m
-31 m
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Departure from South Lanarkshire
A pleasant walk around one of the quieter areas of forestry within the UK’s largest onshore windfarm. Starting at the parking area just off Ardochrig Road (near Strathaven), you soon find yourself on a mossy track through the trees. In this area it is possible to spot jay, bullfinch, merlin, peregrine, roe deer, and occasionally goldeneye ducks on the ponds.
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