Day 4 - The Shaftesbury Tales
Friday 19th July 2024
START - 10am Winterbourne Whitechurch Village Hall
FINISH - The Old Ox Inn, Shillingstone
Details
Creation:
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Activity: Walking -
Distance: 8.40 mi -
Average duration: 4h 25 -
Difficulty: Not specified -
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Back to start: No -
Ascent: + 630 ft -
Descent: - 705 ft -
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Highest point: 712 ft -
Lowest point: 161 ft
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Country:
United Kingdom
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City:
Winterborne Whitechurch -
Start: N 50.802312° / W 2.232754° -
End: N 50.896773° / W 2.245618° -
Hour-by-hour weather
Waypoints
- S : mi 0 - alt. 246 ft - Start on Field's Close
- 1 : mi 0.04 - alt. 256 ft - Turn right
- 2 : mi 0.1 - alt. 272 ft - Turn right
- 3 : mi 0.22 - alt. 315 ft - Keep right
- 4 : mi 0.38 - alt. 335 ft - Turn left
- 5 : mi 0.39 - alt. 335 ft - Turn slight left
- 6 : mi 0.74 - alt. 240 ft - Turn right onto Whatcombe Lane
- 7 : mi 1.26 - alt. 253 ft - Turn right
- 8 : mi 1.27 - alt. 253 ft - Turn left
- 9 : mi 2.27 - alt. 276 ft - Turn right
- 10 : mi 2.28 - alt. 276 ft - Turn right
- 11 : mi 3.71 - alt. 322 ft - Turn right
- 12 : mi 4.41 - alt. 482 ft - Turn sharp right
- 13 : mi 4.49 - alt. 472 ft - Turn left
- 14 : mi 4.52 - alt. 479 ft - Turn left
- 15 : mi 5.02 - alt. 492 ft - Turn slight left
- 16 : mi 5.17 - alt. 459 ft - Turn sharp left
- 17 : mi 5.7 - alt. 551 ft - Turn left
- 18 : mi 5.71 - alt. 551 ft - Turn sharp left
- 19 : mi 6.52 - alt. 686 ft - Turn right
- 20 : mi 7.78 - alt. 210 ft - Turn sharp right
- 21 : mi 7.89 - alt. 184 ft - Turn sharp right
- 22 : mi 7.95 - alt. 171 ft - Turn left
- 23 : mi 8.14 - alt. 161 ft - Turn left onto Blandford Road
- 24 : mi 8.3 - alt. 164 ft - Turn right onto Hine Town Lane
- 25 : mi 8.3 - alt. 164 ft - Turn right onto Blandford Road
- E : mi 8.4 - alt. 164 ft
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+623 ft
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