Day 4 - The Shaftesbury Tales
Friday 19th July 2024
START - 10am Winterbourne Whitechurch Village Hall
FINISH - The Old Ox Inn, Shillingstone
Technical sheet
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Activity: Walking
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Distance: 13.52 km
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Average duration: 4h 25
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Difficulty: Not specified
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Return to departure point: No
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Vertical gain: + 192 m
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Vertical drop: - 215 m
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Highest point: 217 m
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Lowest point: 49 m
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Country: United Kingdom
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District: Winterborne Whitechurch
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Start: N 50.802312° / W 2.232754°
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End: N 50.896773° / W 2.245618°
Waypoints
- S : km 0 - alt. 75 m - Start on Field's Close
- 2 : km 0.06 - alt. 78 m - Turn right
- 3 : km 0.15 - alt. 83 m - Turn right
- 4 : km 0.36 - alt. 96 m - Keep right
- 5 : km 0.61 - alt. 102 m - Turn left
- 6 : km 0.62 - alt. 102 m - Turn slight left
- 7 : km 1.2 - alt. 73 m - Turn right onto Whatcombe Lane
- 8 : km 2.03 - alt. 77 m - Turn right
- 9 : km 2.04 - alt. 77 m - Turn left
- 10 : km 3.66 - alt. 84 m - Turn right
- 11 : km 3.67 - alt. 84 m - Turn right
- 12 : km 5.97 - alt. 98 m - Turn right
- 13 : km 7.1 - alt. 147 m - Turn sharp right
- 14 : km 7.23 - alt. 144 m - Turn left
- 15 : km 7.27 - alt. 146 m - Turn left
- 16 : km 8.08 - alt. 150 m - Turn slight left
- 17 : km 8.32 - alt. 140 m - Turn sharp left
- 18 : km 9.18 - alt. 168 m - Turn left
- 19 : km 9.2 - alt. 168 m - Turn sharp left
- 20 : km 10.5 - alt. 209 m - Turn right
- 21 : km 12.51 - alt. 64 m - Turn sharp right
- 22 : km 12.7 - alt. 56 m - Turn sharp right
- 23 : km 12.79 - alt. 52 m - Turn left
- 24 : km 13.09 - alt. 49 m - Turn left onto Blandford Road
- 25 : km 13.36 - alt. 50 m - Turn right onto Hine Town Lane
- 26 : km 13.36 - alt. 50 m - Turn right onto Blandford Road
- E : km 13.51 - alt. 50 m
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