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Challenge events are marshalled: participants must call in at clipper points or checkpoints to get a tally card punched to show they are following the route. [ 10 ] The annual "Hundred" [ 11 ] is the LDWA's flagship event and has been recognised as the longest-running 100-mile ultramarathon in the world, [ 12 ] although it is not a race.
The Long Distance Walkers Association (LDWA) has the most comprehensive online database of long-distance paths in the UK, [7] and members are able to download GPX files of routes. The association also maintains the LDWA National Trails Register, [ 8 ] with different levels of membership for people who have completed five, 10, 15 or all 19 of ...
Spurs link to Bonsall and onto Matlock (along the old route of the path) and from Thorpe to Ashbourne. [4] Details of connecting routes may be found on the Limestone Way page of the Long Distance Walkers' Association website. [1] The official guidebook is the Limestone Way Walker's Guide, published by Derbyshire Dales District Council. [19]
The West Highland Way (Scottish Gaelic: Slighe Taobh an Iar na Gàidhealtachd) is a linear long-distance route in Scotland.It is 154 km (96 miles) long, running from Milngavie north of Glasgow to Fort William in the Scottish Highlands, with an element of hill walking in the route. [3]
About 52,750 people use the path every year, of whom about 2,750 complete the entire route. [9] As with the other Great Trails, the Way is waymarked with a symbol showing a thistle in a hexagon . The Way was opened in 1981, from Spey Bay to Ballindalloch , and was extended over the years to reach Aviemore by 2000. [ 10 ]
The route of the North Wales Pilgrim's Way Waymarker disc on the North Wales Pilgrim's Way. The North Wales Pilgrim's Way (Welsh: Taith Pererin Gogledd Cymru) is a long-distance walking route in North Wales, running from near Holywell in the east to Bardsey Island (Welsh: Ynys Enlli) in the west.
Part of the path is used for the Sandstone Trail Races in early October organised by Deeside Orienteering Club; the longer race has been run since 1977. [4] The longer race (27.5 kilometres (17.1 mi), 655 metres (2,149 ft) of climbing) starts from Duckington ( SJ494526 ), climbs to the ridge's high point at Raw Head (227 metres) and runs ...
The Pendle Way is a recreational path in the South Pennines of England, which encircles the borough of Pendle; it was officially opened in 1987. [1] The circuit is 45 miles (72 km) in length and, according to the Long Distance Walkers Association, involves 1839 m (6033 ft) ascent reaching 557 m (1,827 ft) maximum height.