Didcot Runners - Fulscot May 2017
Details
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Activity: Walking -
Distance: 6.74 mi
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Average duration: 3h 10
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Difficulty: Not specified
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Back to start: Yes
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Ascent: + 102 ft
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Descent: - 98 ft
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Highest point: 246 ft
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Lowest point: 161 ft
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Country: United Kingdom
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City: Didcot
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Start/End: N 51.614416° / W 1.240441°
Waypoints
- S/E : mi 0 - alt. 171 ft
- 1 : mi 0.3 - alt. 164 ft - Head northeast
- 2 : mi 0.41 - alt. 167 ft - Head northeast toward Blackwater Way
- 3 : mi 2.3 - alt. 226 ft - Turn left onto Hadden Hill, A4130
- 4 : mi 2.3 - alt. 226 ft - Turn right
- 5 : mi 3.1 - alt. 197 ft - Turn right
- 6 : mi 3.37 - alt. 180 ft - Turn sharp right
- 7 : mi 3.64 - alt. 171 ft - Turn slight left
- 8 : mi 4.55 - alt. 187 ft - Turn right
- 9 : mi 5.24 - alt. 207 ft - Turn sharp right onto New Road, B4016
- 10 : mi 5.26 - alt. 207 ft - Turn slight right onto New Road, B4016
- 11 : mi 5.71 - alt. 184 ft - Turn slight left onto Jubilee Way, B4016
- 12 : mi 5.75 - alt. 177 ft - Enter roundabout
- 13 : mi 5.78 - alt. 180 ft - Enter roundabout
- 14 : mi 5.81 - alt. 174 ft - Turn right
- 15 : mi 5.82 - alt. 174 ft - Turn left
- 16 : mi 5.83 - alt. 174 ft - Turn left
- 17 : mi 5.83 - alt. 174 ft - Turn left onto Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway
- 18 : mi 5.85 - alt. 171 ft - Turn slight right
- 19 : mi 5.88 - alt. 171 ft - Turn right
- 20 : mi 5.93 - alt. 167 ft - Turn left
- 21 : mi 5.94 - alt. 167 ft - Turn slight right
- 22 : mi 5.98 - alt. 167 ft - Turn slight left
- 23 : mi 6.26 - alt. 171 ft - Turn slight left
- 24 : mi 6.54 - alt. 167 ft - Turn left onto Tyne Avenue
- 25 : mi 6.54 - alt. 167 ft - Continue onto Tyne Avenue
- 26 : mi 6.68 - alt. 164 ft - Turn left
- S/E : mi 6.74 - alt. 171 ft
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Steventon to Abingdon
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The footpath out of Abingdon suburbs is poor and I have adjusted the route to follow roads and tracks. After passing under the railway on the ranch to Steventon the OS footpaths are not reliable; at one point the path was ploughed and planted with wheat so I followed the field edge for some time.
The X2 bus runs between Abingdon and Steventon 7 days a week so can be used to close the loop.
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