Route 1 - Distance 6 miles miles terrain good some inclines
Team leader Route 1 Adrian Jones
Section / Directions / Notes GPS Co-ordinates1 / Leave the start point proceed down church hill towards village – short distance on a lane- some traffic
Cross the B3081 road / Marshall point 1
Road Crossing
2 / Proceed along track – taking right grass track – Wessex Way
Follow the Wessex way to the end where there is a gate – please stay along fence line along a clearly defined track / Gate will be open
Sign Post
3 / Pass through gates and turn left staying on grass along the track
Follow the path until you meet a cross roads of 2 tracks
Sign saying private land – take this Right hand track up hill
Continue up the track – gentle incline / Marshall point 2
4 / At the top pass through a gate into a field and head diagonally across field to the top - follow across the field heading for a gate / Sign post
5 / Pass through gate onto the By-Way
Turn left / Sign post
6 / Follow By-Way for 400 yards – turn right onto grass verge pass through 2 wooden gate posts into field / Marshall point 3
7 / Follow edge of field around the fence line
Field track swings right (black bales at top of track)
Follow Grass track to the top / Signpost
Photographer
Rest stop – water Photographer / Marshall point 4
8 / Proceeds around the fence line of the field with fence on left – track through the cover crop / Signpost
9 / Reach a gate on right – pass through gate and follow track – veer slightly left so the fence line is on your right and the woodland on your left – follow track down hill
Pass through a gate track right / Marshall point 5
You will see the track that bends left – clearly marked down the hill – follow the track to a gate – pass through Gate and keep straight on (there maybe sheep in this field)
Follow the track all the way to the B3081 road – crossing point / Sign post
Routes split / NOTE Route 2 tracks off left - route 1 straight on
Gate marshall –Mundays Pond
Gate Marshall – Tinkley Bottom
Gate marshall – Tinkley Bottom
10 / Cross the B3081 / Marshall point 6
road crossing
11 / Proceed up the track towardsLarmer Tree / Sign post
12 / At the gate turn right down the track – (If you would like to see King John House and the Folly walk straight for 100 yards through the gate,the Folly is on the left and if you look down on the right through the clearing you will see King JohnsHouse – Proceed back to gate and down the track
13 / At the end of the track pass through a gate on the left into a field. Cross the field in a diagonal incline up the centre of the field – There is a tree head diagonally to this then diagonally to next tree – in front of you will see the field which was your start point.
14 / Pass through Gate and check in to the finish point / Finish point
Marshalls
Morning 8.45 / Marshalls
Afternoon 1pm
Point 1
B3081 Crossing point / Maria & Martin Jackson / Kristian & Rhys
Point 2
Ashcombe Bottom / Sally & Martin Baker
Point 3
By-Way Crossing into Rushmore / Jackie Jones
Point 4
Top of the cross dyke / Natalia & Kasia Palmer Photographers
Point 5
Rotherley Wood
Gate – Mundays Pond
Gate 1 Tinkley Bottom
Gate 2 & 3 Tinkley Bottom
Point 6
B3081 crossing point / Sarah / Katrina and Ernie Hurley
Start & Finish Point / Angie Cox et al
Jackie Lloyd
Carparkmarshall car park 1 – Kristian & Rhys