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Plymouth - Looe 23.7 miles
Looe - Fowey 12.1
Fowey - St Austell
St Austell - St Mawes
St Mawes - Falmouth 43.5
Falmouth - Lizard 33.3
Lizard - Penzance 28
Penzance - St Just
St Just - St Ives 40
St Ives - Newquay 43
Newquay - Padstow 24 - Possibly PaulS4
Padstow - Tintagel 21 - Possibly PaulS4
Tintagel - Bude 21.3
Bude - Clovelly 25 - Possibly Boyddie
Clovelly - Bideford 27 - Possibly Boyddie
Bideford - Ilfracombe 39 - Possibly Boyddie / Wrinkly (part only - there's no way I could do 39 miles) - I like the idea of a split at Croyde - nice ice-creams there
Ilfracombe - Lynton 19 - Possibly Wrinkly (should be able to do all of this - but it's blooming hilly)
Lynton - Minehead 21.5
Minehead - Burnham OS
Burnham OS - Weston-Super-Mare
Weston-Super-Mare - Clevedon
Clevedon - Bristol
I was originally thinking Croyde as it would take a day to run from Bideford to barnstaple to cross the river and to get back to the coast, however if i just finish at bideford one day and start running on the other side of the river the next day i could get further then croyde.
However if you fancy croyde as a start place to get to ilfracombe in a single day i could always start early and do a short stretch to croyde and pass the baton on there. I'd probably need an easy day after possibly doing 2 days of 25ish miles along undulating hilly coastal paths.
What do you think Lurker?
That sounds fine to me, no idea how far I'd be running, but that area is undulating. My longest run recently has been 6 miles so I'll have to step up the training slightly!
Off to check mapmyrun to see how far that stretch is, at least if I finish in Ilfracombe I can have a meal in the Gurkha Restaurant.
AARRGGHH I've just volunteered to run 14+ hilly miles, sorry Devon doesn't have hills it has undulations. Still the scenery should be nice
lets hope the weather is as well.
Very rough route http://www.mapmyrun.com/route/gb/north%20devon/250126109533084337
Plymouth - Looe 23.7 miles
Looe - Fowey 12.1
Fowey - St Austell
St Austell - St Mawes
St Mawes - Falmouth 43.5
Falmouth - Lizard 33.3
Lizard - Penzance 28
Penzance - St Just
St Just - St Ives 40
St Ives - Newquay 43
Newquay - Padstow 24 - Possibly PaulS4
Padstow - Tintagel 21 - Possibly PaulS4
Tintagel - Bude 21.3
Bude - Clovelly 25 - Possibly Boyddie
Clovelly - Bideford 27 - Possibly Boyddie
Bideford - Ilfracombe 39 - Boyddie to Croyde / Wrinkly from Croyde (nice ice-creams at Croyde)
Ilfracombe - Lynton 19
Lynton - Minehead 21.5
Minehead - Burnham OS
Burnham OS - Weston-Super-Mare
Weston-Super-Mare - Clevedon
Clevedon - Bristol
NE - I was going to run to Plymouth Barbican (for a cup of tea) I thought from there the best route would be via ferry to Mt. Edgecombe, but I'll leave that up to you, maybe you really want to run around Plymouth, who knows. Joddly was hoping to do a bit around here as well, not quite sure what her exact plans are - a bit before and a bit after Plymouth.
http://sites.google.com/site/roundthecoastgreatbritainrun/home/plymouth-to-bristol
I haven't checked the other links yet but here are the South Cornwall Coast coastal path distances from http://www.jbutler.org.uk/e2e/sccp/index.shtml
*Edited to look right*
1 Land's End to Porthcurno 5.5
2 Porthcurno to Penzance 11.45 miles
3 Penzance to Porthleven 13.3 miles
4 Porthleven to Lizard 13.54 miles
5 Lizard to Coverack 10.26 miles
6 Coverack to Helford 11.15 miles
7 Helford to Falmouth 9.8 miles
8 Place (via ferry) to Portloe 13.5 miles
9 Portloe to Mevagissey 11.92 miles
10 Mevagissey to Porthpean 6.68 miles
11 Porthpean to Fowey 11.3 miles
12 Fowey to Polperro 7.36 miles
13 Polperro to Looe 5.07 miles
14 Looe to Portwrinkle 7.8 miles
15 Portwrinkle to Plymouth 15.5 miles
Sorry it's back to front, but I'm sure you can work it out. The site has a link to the South West Way Assoc that may have some distances as well, I'll go and check.
quote from the site....
The South Cornwall Coast Path is part of the much longer South West Peninsula Coastal Path. It runs from Minehead in Somerset, via Land's End, to Poole in Dorset, and at 594 miles in length is Britain's most demanding long-distance path.Much better link found - http://www.swcp.org.uk/walk/reckoner.html anyone want to update the splits?
would be interested in newquay to padstow
Hi Guys
fairly sure I could organise Burnham to Bristol and probably over the bridge to s wales as well.
South West Coast Path link to GPX downloads on http://www.southwestcoastpath.com/main/useful_info/GPS-downloads.cfm
Maps uploaded into Mapmyrun.com as well - sorry back to front and they don't match our splits, but you can't have everything...
Some of the actual coastal path particularly St Ives heading towards Land's End is very tough and there are areas which involve some scrambling if one stays on the marked coastal path. A stronger runner than me with a head for heights, would need to do this leg. With a sensible adult safety head on, this is a leg that should not be done alone.
There will be other similar terrain I suspect around the Cornish coastline, I've walked sections and this is a part that sticks in my mind, not because of the beautiful scenery, which there is, but because it frightened me.
I'd prefer somewhere perhaps Newquay/Perranporth/St Agnes or maybe Falmouth, so that I may stand a chance of running.
Hi, this sounds great, would love to be a part of it.
I live in Milton keynes but have family in Dawlish and weston super mare. Would be happy to do a leg in near either of those locations.
Hey guys, sorry i've been away for a few days but great to see so many people have found this section and want to chip in and do some miles
If you could copy and paste this into a post and add yourselves to it to the relevant sections you want to do. Of course you dont have to do a whole section yourself, you can pick your own section whether its 1 mile or 30+miles and add it into the list or break the current ones up into smaller chunks like meand paul have. The current breakdown is only a guide and temporary, mix around and play with it however you like!
Plymouth - Looe 23.7 miles
Looe - Fowey 12.1
Fowey - St Austell
St Austell - St Mawes
St Mawes - Falmouth 43.5
Falmouth - Lizard 33.3
Lizard - Penzance 28
Penzance - St Just
St Just - St Ives 40
St Ives - Newquay 43
Newquay - Padstow 24 - Possibly PaulS4
Padstow - Tintagel 21 - Possibly PaulS4
Tintagel - Bude 21.3
Bude - Clovelly 25 - Boyddie
Clovelly - Bideford 27 - Boyddie
Bideford - Ilfracombe 39 - Boyddie to Croyde / Wrinkly from Croyde (nice ice-creams at Croyde)
Ilfracombe - Lynton 19
Lynton - Minehead 21.5
Minehead - Burnham OS
Burnham OS - Weston-Super-Mare
Weston-Super-Mare - Clevedon
Clevedon - Bristol
If you dont want to copy and pasta this and add yourself in, if you make it clear exactly where you want to run just say and i will add you in, although if you say some bizzare place names i probably wont know where they are, so if you can say which section in the current list that they are in i can alter them accordingly
I dont know if you have seen much of the main thread in the General Running section but i've been with this idea from the start and you do NOT have to follow the exact costal path, i some locations there will not be one.
It is more than accepted, even advised not to run along the coastal path if its dangerous to do so. You are more than welcome to run along nearby roads or proper footpaths. Thats the beauy of this event, its made up of individuals making up their own routes to produce an end result, you can run however much you like, where you like and make up your own routes along the way.
You could run 100% on roads or 100% on coastal paths or on the beach or a mixture of them all, just make sure you are safe and can do the routes you pick.
Also remember that there is no time limit for this event, so even if you can only run 3-5miles at the moment it probably wont get to our section for a month or two after the start so you could potentially have until june-july or mybe even later to train and get better and it doesnt matter if you cant run your whole section in one go. Do it over a hole day run-walking or even all walking or split it up over a few days. Just mae it clear for everyone else what you are doing and when you will pass on Barry the Baton!
It's the "June-July or later" that worries me a bit, and others too, I think.
I can't really commit at all until I know what sort of date range we're talking. It'll be difficult to set the start date of this leg with any accuracy unless there's some kind of target for the previous legs, which I'm not sure there is.
My impression is that we're talking an average of about 20 miles per day. Working on that basis, if anyone knows the start date and distances of the previous legs, I guess we can make an estimate..... I don't know when or where this whole thing is starting!!
Its starting up in Blackpool on the 9th May as that date coincides with a large event in blackpool from which we can gain public interest and a good amount of people to cheer us off on our journey (hopefully).
With Barry travelling up from blackpool, all around scotland, down the east english coast and back around to plymouth its impossible to give a date or even a decent estimate at this time. Not all sections are accounted for and things like bad weather or injury could also put the schedule back in time.
If you think you may be able to do a route but arnt 100% sure, put your name down on the list anyway for your chosen routes and just put something like "Possibly" before your name and we can finalise the final list nearer the time when we will hav a better idea of dates.
Then if it comes to it and you find out you cant do your section, there is already a route and plan for collecting and passing Barry the Baton on to the next runner, so even at the last minute someone can come in and take over your section without any delay!
Mornin all, Spoke to a mate last night, he said he'd be willing to do a few miles as well.
Plymouth - Looe 23.7 miles
Looe - Fowey 12.1
Fowey - St Austell
St Austell - St Mawes
St Mawes - Falmouth 43.5
Falmouth - Lizard 33.3
Lizard - Penzance 28
Penzance - St Just
St Just - St Ives 40
St Ives - Newquay 43
Newquay - Padstow 24 - Possibly PaulS4
Padstow - Tintagel 21 - Possibly PaulS4
Tintagel - Bude 21.3
Bude - Clovelly 25 - Boyddie
Clovelly - Bideford 27 - Boyddie
Bideford - Ilfracombe 39 - Boyddie to Croyde / Wrinkly from Croyde (nice ice-creams at Croyde)
Ilfracombe - Lynton 19
Lynton - Minehead 21.5
Minehead - Burnham OS Phil Hellier, Andy Gill.
Burnham OS - Weston-Super-Mare
Weston-Super-Mare - Clevedon
Clevedon - Bristol
Hi all, have put myself in for the burnham to weston super mare stretch
Plymouth - Looe 23.7 miles
Looe - Fowey 12.1
Fowey - St Austell
St Austell - St Mawes
St Mawes - Falmouth 43.5
Falmouth - Lizard 33.3
Lizard - Penzance 28
Penzance - St Just
St Just - St Ives 40
St Ives - Newquay 43
Newquay - Padstow 24 - Possibly PaulS4
Padstow - Tintagel 21 - Possibly PaulS4
Tintagel - Bude 21.3
Bude - Clovelly 25 - Boyddie
Clovelly - Bideford 27 - Boyddie
Bideford - Ilfracombe 39 - Boyddie to Croyde / Wrinkly from Croyde (nice ice-creams at Croyde)
Ilfracombe - Lynton 19
Lynton - Minehead 21.5
Minehead - Burnham OS Phil Hellier, Andy Gill.
Burnham OS - Weston-Super-Mare 13 Mike352
Weston-Super-Mare - Clevedon Mike352
Clevedon - Bristol
Added myself in but only if during summer holidays. Also, available to fill in other Cornish areas if needed.
Plymouth - Looe 23.7 miles
Looe - Fowey 12.1 - Piesandsalad (if in kids summer holidays)
Fowey - St Austell Piesandsalad (if in kids summer holidays)
St Austell - St Mawes (a tough stretch) - maybe piesandsalad (if in kids summer holidays)
St Mawes - Falmouth 43.5
Falmouth - Lizard 33.3
Lizard - Penzance 28
Penzance - St Just
St Just - St Ives 40
St Ives - Newquay 43
Newquay - Padstow 24 - Possibly PaulS4
Padstow - Tintagel 21 - Possibly PaulS4
Tintagel - Bude 21.3
Bude - Clovelly 25 - Boyddie
Clovelly - Bideford 27 - Boyddie
Bideford - Ilfracombe 39 - Boyddie to Croyde / Wrinkly from Croyde (nice ice-creams at Croyde)
Ilfracombe - Lynton 19
Lynton - Minehead 21.5
Minehead - Burnham OS Phil Hellier, Andy Gill.
Burnham OS - Weston-Super-Mare 13 Mike352
Weston-Super-Mare - Clevedon Mike352
Clevedon - Bristol
I'm happy to do a few sections between St Mawes - Newquay but obviuosly depending on work etc.
I will just keep an eye on forum and watch progress rather than put my name down and then withdraw.
Is one guy intending to run the whole coastline? Seems a good challenge
No, its just individuals coming toether to do the whole collective, "Barry" is the name people have given to the baton we will pass on between runners which makes this a relay race.
Great to see the different sections filling up. If you want you can start planning your individual routes on something like www.mapmyrun.com or www.bikehike.co.uk , BikeHike being ver ood because you get 2 maps to draw your route one, one is a satelite image like you get on google maps but this is also liked to an OS map so you can follow proper footpaths easier and plan your route more effectively