Didsbury Postbox Challenge
This is a 60 min Postbox 'start anywhere' challenge. Score 20 points per checkpoint visited with a 10 point penalty per minute over the allowed time. The map has a start/finish marked as a triangle and double circle and is located at a postbox. The start point will not count towards your score. However, you can use any checkpoint as your start. If you do this, that point will then become your finish and it will not count towards your score. However, the marked start/finsh will then become a scoring checkpoint.
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East Didsbury Tour(Start Anywhere)
Nominal Start/Finish: 3 Circular Road, M20 3LE: Lat 53.428117°, Lon -2.231170°.
Originally designed as a walking route for local residents, this is a linear (but circular) tour of Didsbury. Run it or treat it as a pleasant urban stroll through quiet residential streets, public parks and secretive ginnels. Of note is the duck pond at checkpoint 4, the Poppy Path between waypoints 10 and 11 and the wooden sculptures at waypoints 12 to 15.
Navigation is simple and the checkpoints are almost all at street junctions. The route is about 5.5 km. Because the route was designed for novices, your current position is shown on the display on the phone. A link to a map, suitable for printing, is provided. However, it is possible to follow the route on your phone screen alone. Although a nominal start/finish is shown, you may start/finish at any checkpoint.
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West Didsbury Tour(Start Anywhere)
West Didsbury Tour (Start Anywhere) The nominal Start/Finish is 3 Circular Road, M20 3LE: Lat 53.428117°, Lon -2.231170°.
Originally designed as a walking route for local residents, this is a linear (but circular) tour of West Didsbury.Run it, or treat it as a pleasant stroll through interesting parts of West Didsbury down to the River Mersey and back through the Marie Louise Gardens. Spot the military vehicle at checkpoint 1 (owned by a local resident); the ruined remains of the sports facilities of the former Hollies School at control 5 - there is a dead-end track here to the south which is interesting to explore; the abandoned football pitch complete with goal posts viewed from the top of the bank at control 7; the sundial in the Marie Louise Gardens.
Navigation is simple and the controls are almost all at street junctions or on paths. The route is about 6 km. Because the route was designed for novices, your current position is shown on the display on the phone. A link to a map, suitable for printing, is provided. However, it is possible to follow the route on your phone screen alone. Although a nominal start/finish is shown, you may start/finish at any checkpoint.
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UK/Manchester/
Navvies/Street/West Didsbury Tour Start Anywhere
