Gillingham Trotters Running Club Wessex Ridgeway Course Notes.

Wessex Ridgeway Relay

Follow the links to: Event rules
Notes on safety
Notes for the backup crew.

The table below contains a list of descriptions and photos for each leg.
Maps are on the CD that is supplied with each entry.

Note: the route is way-marked either using the Wessex Wyvern symbol shown above, or with new finger posts that have the Wyvern's tail on it:

Leg	Description	Downloaded Route (GPS)
1	Tollard Royal to Shroton	Legs 1 and 2
2	Shroton to Okeford Beacon	Legs 1 and 2
3	Okeford Beacon to Breech Wood Barn	Leg 3
4	Breech Wood Barn to Alton Pancreas	Leg 4
5	Alton Pancreas to Batcombe	Leg 5
6	Batcombe to Breakheart Hill	Leg 6
7	Breakheart Hill to Rampisham Masts	Leg 7
8	Rampisham Masts to Mintern's Hill	Leg 8
9	Mintern's Hill to Sheepwash Lane	Leg 9
10	Sheepwash Lane to Venn Chapel	N/A
11	Venn Chapel to Coney's Castle	N/A
12	Coney's Castle to Uplyme	N/A

Maps showing the whole route are in two parts, here and here.

To print most of the maps set the print orientation to landscape.
If you are using Internet Explorer it is under Files->Page Setup->Orientation
If you are using a different browser then you will have to figure it out yourself.

Acknowledgements:
To John Gregory for putting on the original event.
To Jo Rickards for the photos used in the route descriptions.
To Mak and Spice for helping me re-survey the route during the winter.
To Emma who sacrifies a lie-in to help on the day.
and last, but by no means least, to Sandie who puts up with me disappearing at weekends and returning wet and muddy.
ã Chris Cussen 2007

Last Change 8 Jan 2008