Beast A4 Revised

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THEBLACKDOWN

BEAST

Honiton Running Club

4 PubsGreat company

Hot Pasty and Mulled Cider

15 miles of tracks and laneswith just a touch of mud


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The Blackdown Beast is a run-walk to enjoy not to race, so go roundwith a group of friends, soak up the scenery, splash through the mud,enjoy the pubs and the pasty.

n If you need to drop out then get to the next stop where arrangementswill be made to get you back to your car.

n Emergencies - Contact the relevant Emergency Service as normal

Finish at the Royal Oak, Dunkeswell, which will be serving food andliquid refreshment.n Carry a MOB. Phone Number to Ring if you need to be picked up

BASIC INFORMATION

The written instructions are accurate and the maps drawn from OS25000 series. The dotted route lines were traced off the OS maps.

The route will be marked at intervals by white drawing pins on posts andtrees - good eyesight required.

Footpaths are public rights of way even though they may go through thecentre of a field of crops, a farmyard or down the side of a house.

Footpath finger posts - look out for these, mainly where footpaths meetroads. The post points in the direction of of the route.

Marker arrows are found on stiles, trees, footbridges, gates andsometimes as separate posts. Again the arrow points in the direction ofthe route

PLEASE STICK TO THE ROUTE. & CLOSE ALL GATES PLEASE DO NOT run through the middle of a group of animals,

although you are not likely to meet many at this time of the year. Goround a group if you can, but if you have to go through a group then justwalk.

FINDING YOUR WAY


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1. From church follow road and turn right atT junction.

2. Follow road to FP on right 300m, follow FP400m to lane. Turn right then 300m to gate atend of lane by farm.

3. Keep to top of fields to farm.

Go left on lane 100m to FP on right.

4. Through gate and follow FP across middleof field to gate, across stile then across fieldto stile. Down track to gate, then down track

keeping to right to bridge.5. Follow path up through wood, at

top go to right then over

stile to plantation.

DUNKESWELL to NEWCOTT BARTON ~ 2.9 miLEG 1a

Straight up hill to track. Right on track 300m to 2gates. Take left gate then 300m on track to gate.

6. Drop down above pond to stile and streamcrossing then up towards Gorwell Farm. Before

the farm go up left to field gate and into next field.

Follow right-hand boundary to another gate that

leads to track through the farm. Follow track left mile to road.

7. Left on road

mile then right at

house to footpath on

private road to

Newcott Barton Farm.Dunkeswell Church


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7. Contd.. Take track on right through yard

then left at FP marker on track to gate50m. down track and bear left along bottom

of field.

8. Along track to gate then straight to road.

Turn left down road 600m to FP on right.(Burcombe Farm).

9. Through first gate on left across field to

gate and along field to footbridge. Overfootbridge

then right along hedge line then up to gate.

10. Up 100m to stone hut and left on rising

track and along top of field to gate and road.

11. Right on road 50m then left on roadthrough farm. Follow road mile down

steep hill and over stream at bottom

then rise 100m to footpath on right.

12. Through gate and up field to

gate on right. Along track to 2 gates.

Follow FP across open area, then

past large fallen tree on track to gate.

Follow track straight along and up to

Springdale garden terrace where pasty andcider awaits you.

NEWCOTT BARTON to SMEATHARPE ~ 3.4 miLEG 1b

Crarvan at Middleton mill

Springdale


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1. Go up drive and follow track

along to road. Straight

across onto lane by telephone

box. Follow lane half mile

to T junction.2. Turn right on lane for 100metres

to footpath stile on left.

3. Follow footpath across 2 fields

to track left and 400metres up

to gate.

4. Follow footpath across field to

stile then around top of field to anotherstile.

5. Straight across middle of field to stile by

wood. Through gate and drop down through

wood to lane.

6. Left on lane 400 metres to road. Straight

across road to lane which goes steeply down for 400

metres. Turn right at lane junction and follow muddylane down to Upottery.

7. Past village hall and round to Sidmouth Arms Pub.

SMEATHARPE to UPOTTERY ~ 2.8 miLEG 2

Sidmouth Arms

Upottery Church


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1. Take road past church towards Rawridge mile.

2. Through Rawridge to almost last house in villagethen turn right onto footpath.

3. Down to river bridge and across.

4. Diagonally left across field to stile.5. Through stile and onto lane past Otter Falls Leisurecomplex and straight up lane to lane intersection.

6. From intersection go left and immediately right andup 400 metres to house.

7. There is a footpath stile on right just by entrancegate. Footpath runs alongside drive.

8. Up footpath and along to footbridge. Up through

wood to stile then follow path diagonally climbing rightup hill to gate.

9. Up diagonally right across field to gate.

Through gate then left and immediately up right.

10. 400 metres on track to stile and lookout

point above Luppitt.

11. Straight across road and down steep track

200metres to road.Straight across this road 200m

to another road.

12. Left on road and follow

road mile to T junction

below Luppitt.

Turn right and

climb hill to Pub.

UPOTTERY to LUPPITT ~ 3.3 mLEG 3

Luppitt Inn


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PLEASE TAKE CARE ON THIS LEG

- narrow roads and several blind bends.

1. Turn uphill out of pub and follow road 1mile up to busy road.

2. Straight across road and follow 1.5miles then right at junction.

3. Follow road for mile to left turn justbefore church.

4. Left at junction and 400 metres tofinish at Royal Oak Pub.

LUPPITT to DUNKESWELL ~ 2.4 miLEG 4

Luppitt Church

Royal Oak


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ROUTE OVERVIEW

Leg From To Ascent Descent Distance

Leg 1 DunkeswellRoyal Oak

SmeatharpeSpringdale

800ft 740 ft 6.3 mi

Leg 2 Smeatharpe Upottery

Sidmouth Arms

120 ft 430 ft 3.1 mi

Leg 3 Upottery Luppitt

Luppitt Inn

569 ft 460 ft 2.9 mi

Leg 4 Luppitt DunkeswellRoyal Oak

360 ft 240 ft 2.4 mi

To Chard

Dunkeswell

Smeatharpe

Upottery

Luppitt

To Honiton

ToTaunton

ToHoniton

RawridgeA30

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