8k Hyde Park - StrideThruTheWoods - Return

by Steven Bates
1 year ago
Near Newton Wood, GB

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Start: Hyde Park Gate on Park Road (near Cafe)

STEP 1 – From Here to Reach Start of Stride Through The Woods (~1.5k)
• Directly opposite, take Park Drive
• At the end, a quick left/immediate right onto Spring Gardens
• Cross Well Meadow and continue straight along Throstle Bank St
• At end, right on Dukinfield Rd
• At Newton Hall, left onto Dunkirk Lane
• Follow down across the canal to the start of STTW

STEP 2 – ALL or PART of Stride Through The Woods

Full Route ~5k
• Short drop down to the river
• Right on to Loop 1
• Straight on to Loop 2
• Straight on to repeat Loop 1
• Straight on to repeat Loop 2
• Right for short climb back to start

Part Route Options:
ANY COMBINATIONS OF LOOP 1 & LOOP 2! e.g.
• Shortest – don’t do either Loops!! (0k)
• Next – Loop 1 only (1.1k)
• Next – Loop 2 only (1.5k)
• Next – 2 x Loop 1 only i.e. omit Loop 2 altogether (2.2k)
• Next – Loop 1 + Loop 2 once only (2.6k)
• Next – 2 x Loop 2 only i.e. omit Loop 1 altogether (3k)
• Next – Loop 1 + Loop 2 + Loop 1 (3.7k)
• Next – Loop 1 + Loop 2 + Loop 2 (4.1k)

STEP 3 – Return to Hyde Park (~1.5k)
• Directly opposite, take Park Drive
• Retrace route back to Hyde Park

SUMMARY:
Optional total distances are (approx):
3k (shortest), 4.1k, 4.5k, 5.2k, 5.6k, 6.0k, 6.7k, 7.1k, 8.0k (longest)
Take your pick!!!!!