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Route Guide the Step by Step 10K Walk 1

Route Guide the Step by Step 10K Walk 1

The Brook ROUTE GUIDE THE STEP BY STEP 10K WALK 1. Leave the Royal School through the front entrance DEVIL’S PUNCH BOWL and turn right on to Lane. Approx. 150 SUNDAY 6TH OCTOBER 2019 yards sign on left STEP BY STEP Start (presently Reilly’s Construction). The Cottage 2. Take Public Byway sign with Red Marker to Gibbet Hill. Approx. 10 minutes X paths carry straight on. MEET AT: 9 Princess Anne Hall, The Royal School, 8 3. Follow Red arrow markers. At X paths take signed Farnham Lane, GU27 1HQ trail to Gibbet Hill ¼ mile. Keep straight past iron Gnome Cottage gate. 4. Gibbet Hill – Take in the view! Can you see EMERGENCY CONTACT: on the far horizon? Call Matthew on 07966 126769 5. (OPTION TO SEE THE “TEMPLE OF THE FOUR WINDS” Go right and at X paths follow Roam 639 path approx. 15 minutes. Wonderful views. Go back 7 exactly the way you came to return to main route). SIGN UP AT: 6. Walk to the Celtic Cross 20 yards away. Leaving the www.stepbystep.org.uk/get-involved/events Cross on your right follow steep path down keeping left to tarmac path. Turn left - this is the old Turnpike Registration is from 10.00 to 13.00 on the day Road – past Mile Stone (Hyde Park Corner 39 miles!) Past Sailors Stone. Turn right at Dog Litter Bin on Get your sponsorship forms online right. Turn right at sign “The Road to Restoration” – this is the old A3! with the Devil’s Punch Bowl on your left. PLEASE NOTE: Keep left at junction and left at next junction 6 7. The walk is quite demanding including some steep Celtic following tarmac path downhill passing Highcomb Cross Farm House on left. Keep following path to the right gradients and uneven surfaces 5 10 4 passing Gnome Cottage on right. Not suitable for prams, buggies or younger children 3 8. Turn left at Sign Post on right. At bottom turn left Under 16s should be accompanied by an adult through gate and cross The Brook. Past cottage on left. No dogs are allowed at this event 9. Turn left at sign marked Café and follow to sign Please wear study shoes and dress appropriately “Ancient Woodland”. Through gate – the last 800 for the weather 11 yards are very steep! 10.At top turn right (you may wish to the go straight on to Café & Loos) and then sharp left onto “Sailors QUESTIONS TO ANSWER – SEE OVERLEAF Stroll”. Carry straight on past sign “Road to 12 Restoration” on left and straight over road and Along the route, you will find a series of questions through gate. to answer. Not only will these add a fun challenge, they allow us to verify you have completed the 11.Fork right by post and straight on at next post. Bear right and follow sunken track down. course. You may wish to get a team together as 2 some of these questions may be tricky! 1 12.This route will take you back to the start and the end of the Step By Step 10K Walk! Remember to return your question sheet to us when done. THE STEP BY STEP 10K WALK DEVIL’S PUNCH BOWL SUNDAY 6TH OCTOBER 2019

ROUTE QUESTIONS Please answer the following questions – the answers are mostly found on information boards at each waypoint. All sheets returned with the correct answers will be put into a hat and a winner drawn for Afternoon Tea for four in the Village Pub & Grill at Village Hotel Farnborough

• Waypoint 4. How many acres is Common according to the information board? • Waypoint 5. When was the Temple of the Four Winds built?

• Waypoint 6. From evidence near this waypoint, where is the datum point used by the Ordnance Survey for this Trig Point height above sea level?

• Waypoint 6 – 7. When was the “Unknown Sailor” murdered?

• Waypoint 9. What is “pannage”?

• Waypoint 9. Who is the underdog in timber producing?

• Waypoint 10. What natural process created the Devil’s Punch Bowl?

• Waypoint 11. When was the coach road constructed?

EMERGENCY CONTACTS Matthew on 07966 126769 Gordon on 07989 692836 Eve on 07881 556088