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FRI 3rd - SUN 5th MAY 2019 LYME REGIS COAST + TOWN VENUES

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Welcome to LYME REGIS Fossil Festival Welcome to the 2019 Lyme Regis Fossil walks over the weekend. The Fossil Festival Festival located on the world-famous Jurassic will also host some fascinating exhibitions Coast. Lyme Regis is blessed with some of the throughout the town centre including the 01297 44 33 63 most remarkable palaeontology and geology Natural History Museum, British Antarctic www.lymebayholidays.co.uk on the planet and we’re here to help celebrate Society, Palaeontological Society and lots of this with a weekend of science, discovery and local scientific organisations, as well as some fun. The history of fossil discovery is intrinsically thought-provoking and entertaining talks and linked to Lyme Regis and Charmouth through lectures in the Marine Theatre. The whole the incredible work of , soon to be weekend kicks off with a dazzling lantern Est. Over 30 years immortalised even further with the release of display along the seafront, which will be a sight the upcoming Hollywood movie “Ammonite” to behold. Join us at the Fossil Festival for an starring Kate Winslet, shot right here in Lyme adventure 200 million years in the making! Regis! Mary’s discoveries really shook the world of natural history; changing the way the Jon Doody, Dot Wood scientific community looked at prehistoric life and everyone at the LRDT team. and the history of the earth itself. Her amazing story continues to inspire generations of fossil hunters and you too could follow in her footsteps and discover new secrets locked away for hundreds of millions of years by joining one of the many guided fossil hunting

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8.45pm – 9.30pm Lantern procession from the theatre along the seafront to the Harbour This year we have a new addition to the festival in a lantern procession that will take place along the seafront at dusk, 8:45pm, on Friday 3rd May. Local children have been busy making some superb tissue and willow ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs which when illuminated, we hope will provide a wonderful spectacle to kick off the annual Fossil Festival weekend.

7pm – 8.45pm Julia Hailes and Adam Rees Talk on Environmental and Marine current issues. Tickets £8. Book at www.fossilfestival.co.uk www.martindiplock.co.uk Julia Hailes MBE – Have the public gone Adam Rees PhD – Effective marine Telephone: 01297 445500 bonkers about plastics? protection : A success story from the Email: [email protected] Lyme Bay MPA. Pictures of turtles with straws up their nostrils and an albatross chick regurgitating a Coastal ecosystems are under increasing threat toothbrush have been key in galvanising public from over-fishing, pollution and climate change. 36 Broad Street attention to the very real problem of ocean Fortunately, the Lyme Bay marine protected plastics. So, you may be surprised to hear area demonstrates a number of success stories Lyme Regis that plastics are often the best environmental where local communities are being empowered option, in particular by saving energy and to manage, protect their coastal environment. Dorset tackling climate change. Julia Hailes is a Underpinned by world-leading research and DT7 3QF sustainability pioneer with over 30 years in facilitated by the Blue Marine Foundation, the green sector. She’s a campaigner, writer, lessons from Lyme Bay show us the power of 35 years unrivalled local property expertise speaker and consultant, who has written nine what can happen when scientists, communities, environmental books, including The Green policymakers and visitors work together. Consumer Guide, which sold over 1 million Dr Adam Rees is a marine ecologist at the copies. She will talk about how humans have University of Plymouth who has been working in We are pleased to support the become the most wasteful species on the Lyme Bay for the past 8 years. planet and what we should be doing about it. Tickets can be booked through Some of her conclusions may surprise you. www.fossilfestival.co.uk Lyme Regis Fossil Festival

4 fossilfestival.co.uk Marine theatre Saturday 4th May 2.50pm - 3.15pm Martin Maudsley

See 1.30pm - 2pm for further details.

3.30pm - 4.30pm Huw Griffiths and Cath Waller British Antarctic Survey

A talk about microplastics in the Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. The sessions during the day will be free entry but we will ask for donations. The evening 2pm - 2.30pm 7pm - 8pm session with B sharp will be ticketed. The Great Debate; B Sharp and students 12pm - 1pm 1.30pm - 2pm the causes of the 1839 from local schools Spectacular , Martin Maudsley Bindon Landslip present Evolution Rocks (a ticketed event £8. Available at and Illustrations of Story teller featuring work from ‘The teachers’ Ian Wood, Julia Lamb Wilson www.fossilfestival.co.uk) Prehistoric Life Woodroffe students and John Haylock alongside our local geologist Richard Edmonds plus students from Woodroffe Evolution Rocks is a concert by local young Maria McNamara and James Mckay Martin Maudsley is a professional School reenact the controversy around the people led by B Sharp (www.bsharp.org. storyteller based in Bridport and working ‘Becoming a fossil: a whirlwind tour of causes of the Bindon Landslip. Featuring the uk). Working with B Sharp music leaders, across the UK in schools, theatres, festivals geological time and spectacular fossils’ by Bindon Landslip Animation created by Woodroffe students from The Woodroffe School and and for a range of national organisations. Dr Maria McNamara. Maria is a Senior Lecturer year 7 and St Michael’s year 6 students. Mrs Ethelston’s CE Primary Academy, and His repertoire of stories consists of fresh in Geology at University College Cork. Her from B Sharp’s groups - Boombox, Hub re-tellings of traditional tales from local research focuses on the preservation of soft Jams and Bridport Jams, have created legends to magical myths, often combining tissues in the fossil record. One of her current 2.30pm - 2.50pm original songs and tracks on the theme of poetry and music to bring the stories to life. interests is the preservation of colour in fossils, evolution. Welcome to a journey through Martin has a particular passion for stories Meet Mary Anning & and the impact of colour on the evolution of life. time of light, sound and music! that connect with local landscapes and the “Trilobites, Dinosaurs and Mammoths – Charles Darwin! Based in Lyme Regis with over 12 years of natural world, and has been telling stories Illustrating the Prehistory of the British Isles” by Hear gems from the life of Mary Anning and experience delivering workshops, training, about the folklore of fossils since he moved James McKay, University of Leeds. James is an the voyages of Charles Darwin in a lively meet performances and gigs, B Sharp is a local to the Jurassic coast. Join him at the Fossil experienced palaeoartist, whose paintings bring ’n greet with two of Geology’s brightest stars! music and enterprise charity that seeks to Festival to uncover the magical stories prehistoric creatures and landscapes back to Play Guess the Fossil, see how far you can give children and young people the best behind Colpexies’ Fingers, Snakestones life. In this talk, he will show how he recreated stretch time and get answers to those questions possible start in life through music. and Fairy Loaves... the entire prehistory of the British Isles in a you’ve always wanted to ask: Why do giraffe’s B Sharp runs regular informal music series of stunning paintings, for an upcoming Martin has been working with students have long necks? Why does Mary love thunder making sessions for young people aged Palaeontological Association book. from Woodroffe to write a new story for storms? And why do they wear those hats??! 8 - 19, and runs workshops in local schools Both talks are suitable for a family audience. this years festival. (With Lizzie Hopley and Carl Salter). and early years settings.

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He was made a Commander of the Order of the Southern Cross by the President of Brazil 3pm – 4pm and received the Order of the Rising Sun 2pm – 3pm from the Emperor of Japan. He continues to Close of Festival talk The Great Landslide, be active in the conservation of the tropical by Sir Ghillean Prance and rainforest. He is a board member of the US Richard Edmonds Richard Lane National Tropical Botanical Garden, and until Is this the real thing? Is this just recently of the Exbury Gardens Trust. He 12pm - 12.30pm fantasy? Caught in a landslide...... Sir Ghillean Prance, former Director of The Royal is President of the Wildflower Society, The Botanical Gardens, Kew and Richard Lane, Bindon Landslip film no escape from reality...... Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest Trust, Nature in ‘A new map and model of the Great former Director of Science at the Natural History Art and the International Tree Foundation. and Great Debate Bindon Landslide’ Museum will be hosting a discussion focussing (see Saturday 2pm for details) The tumultuous events of Christmas Eve on ‘Thinking like a scientist’ and how it has Dr Richard Lane OBE and Christmas Day 1839 near Bindon in shaped their fascinating and stimulating career A scientist with an interest in natural history the Axmouth to Lyme Regis Undercliffs, paths. Travel, curiosity and inventiveness have and tropical diseases and recently retired shaped the careers of both Ghillean and Richard 12.30pm - 1pm created Goat Island and the Chasm, one of as the Director of Science at the Natural the most famous and celebrated landslides and they will be closing this year’s festival with History Museum. He chaired the OECD’s Meet Mary Anning & in the World. Described by Buckland and a session explaining how they have worked Global Science Forum initiative on Scientific Charles Darwin! Conybeare in 1840, their scientific paper extensively throughout the world, particularly in Collections and was a co-founder of the the Amazon. (see Saturday 2.30pm for details) was only the second ever dealing with Consortium for the DNA Barcode of Life. landslides. Since then many people have puzzled over what happened without a Professor Sir Ghillean Prance FRS Previously he was Director of International satisfactory conclusion. Now however, open In his 39 expeditions to Amazonia he collected Programmes at the Wellcome Trust, where 1pm - 2pm source data from the Strategic Monitoring over 350 new species of plants. He is the author he funded research tackling major health Laura Chatton and her programme at the Plymouth Coastal of 23 books and over 600 scientific and general problems. He has been a consultant to the Harris Hawk; Emma Observatory has enabled a detailed map articles, holds 15 honorary doctorates and is World Health Organization and currently both above and below the sea, to be drawn a Fellow of the Royal Society. He received the acts as an advisor to Governments, Kingston Maurward’s Animal Park up and from that, models to account for the International Cosmos Prize from Japan in 1993 museums, scientific organisations and Educational Coordinator with her Harris shape and form of the landscape that we and the Victoria Medal of Honour from the Royal charities. He is a trustee of the Against Hawk called Emma, talking about how see today. They are not presented as ‘the Horticultural Society in 1999. Malaria Foundation. birds have descended from dinosaurs. answer’, but as a possible explanation.’

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What do we have in common Happy Birthday William Smith – NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM with fish? fossils reunited! Your inner fish! Find out what humans have in Come and see the characteristic fossils that Have you ever held an actual fossil or mineral? Abbey Wood Sieving Activity common with fish and amphibians and how William Smith used to define ‘strata’ and make How did you know it was a fossil? Sieving and identifying real fossil sharks’ exactly fish made their first steps onto land. the Britain’s first geological map in 1815. What is a fossil? teeth and shells from a 54 million year old • Match fossils to his hand drawn coloured Do you know why minerals are important and fossil bed using an identification guide and Extinction Kerplunk! plates that we can even search for them in space?! modern comparative material. Visitors will How will climate change affect the oceans? • Draw a fossil from the Clunch Clay, the be encouraged to discuss “what is a fossil?”, Using a simple hands-on model made of plastic Forest Marble or the Cornbrash strata At the Natural History Museum in London, how fossils are named, deep time and sea straws and modern sea shells you can do your we ask questions about specimens like level change. own experiments to investigate how the rate • Place your fossil on Smith’s stratigraphic fossils and minerals every single day. The and amount of global warming might affect the chart Museum has millions of objects, which Children (and adults) will be given the diversity and size of marine animals. You will be include everything from fossils to butterflies opportunity to experience palaeontology first able to compare the results of your experiments 3D Imaging to meteorites and minerals. We are bringing hand. Apart from rare mammal and reptile to predictions that scientists are making for the Discover how the NHM uses different kinds some exciting things to Lyme Regis. Drop in remains, everything you find you may keep. future as well as to fossil evidence from past of 3D imaging to help us learn about our to our hands-on activities lead by Museum episodes of global warming. specimens. Come face to face with some scientists where you can explore fossils and Evolution of mammalian teeth incredible tiny animals imaged in stereo using other amazing treasures from our famous In the shadow of the dinosaurs, Mesozoic Dino CSI electron microscopy, see a live demo of our collections. Learn to use questions and other mammals were tiny, but we know a lot about Dinosaurs died out around 65 million years structured light scanning equipment, and get scientific ideas to examine specimens to learn their teeth and jaws. So we can trace their ago so how can we find out more about what the chance to hold our 3D prints all taken from more about the natural world and be like a evolution from simple slicing teeth to ones with they really looked like and how they lived? Museum specimens. Museum Scientist for yourself. an ability to crush and grind too, providing Come find out more about fossils and have a evidence for changing diets. Enlarged models go at digging up a dinosaur like a real Museum The Royal Microscopic Identifications of these early dentitions make it easier to palaeontologist! Suitable for ages 5+. Society (RMS) Bring your fossil and rock finds to the NHM understand their evolutionary development. Hands-on use of the RMS Microscope Activity experts and learn how to identify what you We can demonstrate this by using them in a Fossils Kit - everything that you need to deliver exciting have found and how best to care for it. puzzle. Try associating upper and lower jaws Get your hands on million year old fossils and activities linked to the Primary School National of a variety of primitive mammals, by working discover what links them to creatures that are Curriculum. The scheme is completely free to out how their teeth fit together for chewing. still alive today. Schools, funded entirely by the RMS.

10 fossilfestival.co.uk fossilfestival.co.uk 11 12 fossilfestival.co.uk fossilfestival.co.uk 13 THE MALTHOUSE DORSET WILDLIFE TRUST Visit our information stand to find out all about the work of Dorset Wildlife Trust, how it protects local reserves and how people can get involved and become members. If you like the work that we do and would like to support our organisation you can sign up here for membership on the day.

Jurassic Coast Trust This will be a display of Jurassic Coast fossils and books. Speak to our experts to learn about out how the Jurassic Coast is looked after and to explore some of its fascinating stories. Help us to protect and conserve the coast by becoming a Jurassic Coast Trust Member.

Geological Society The Geological Society of London is the UK’s professional organisation for geoscientists. Founded in 1807, we are the oldest geological society in the world with over 12,000 members worldwide. We work to improve knowledge and understanding of the Earth for the benefit of society, promote Earth science education and awareness, and provide professional support for our members.

Birmingham University /Fossil Forensics One crime. Three suspects. Do you have what it takes to solve Charmouth Heritage who stole our dinosaur bone? Fossil Forensics involves visitors solving a fictional crime Coast Centre (dinosaur bone smuggling), using sediment samples full of Paint a fossil cast, from £2.00 microfossils to rule out potential suspects. The crime gets Come and join us in the Malthouse to paint and take home your introduced through hand-outs of newspaper articles or having very own cast of a real fossil. There are ammonites, trilobites, it described to them, followed by the chance to get up close to ichthyosaur jaws, sharks’ teeth and more. All equipment is provided our sand samples using microscopes and finally matching the just drop in. No need to book. Talk to our Wardens and volunteers samples to the suspects to track down our perpetrator. about our Charity, fossil walks, fossil identification and more! Everyone will thoroughly enjoy solving our crime and catching the pesky criminal!

14 fossilfestival.co.uk fossilfestival.co.uk 15 Courtyard Gallery Mackerel OVER 475 5★ No.1 BOAT TRIP REVIEWS & Deep Sea IN DORSET Fishing No.1 ATTRACTION IN LYME REGIS

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Palaeontological Join Harry May for a truly Association unforgettable experience. Look for our boats: Get hands-on with some amazing fossils, and discover how their unique features adapted them to ADVERT different environments and lifestyles. Design your own prehistoric creepy-crawly – decide how to spend your points to arm your creature with body parts and special powers. Then spin our ‘wheel MARIE F of fortune’ to see what life throws at it – is your animal equipped to survive a meteorite impact, climate change or the arrival of a new predator? Try to survive a day in the ancient seas with our SUNBEAM ‘Prehistoric Perils’ board game. Palaeoartist James McKay will be on hand to bring the public’s fantasy fossils to life. one hour mackerel fishing: The Palaeontological Association www.palass.org was founded in 1957 and has become one Leaving all day, with line and bait included. of the world’s leading learned societies in this field. The Association is a registered charity that Fish gutted and prepared for your barbecue. Full safety gear and life jackets carried. promotes the study of palaeontology and its allied sciences through publication of original If you don’t wish to fi sh, enjoy a scenic research and field guides, sponsorship of meetings and field excursions, provision of web trip along the beautiful coast. resources, outreach and educational activities and a program of annual awards.

ADULTS £10 CHILDREN £8 Martin Clunes photo: THREE HOUR DEEP SEA FISHING: Dinosaur Isle 8:30am - 11:30am Beginners welcome. Rod and bait included. Have a good look at our exhibition, including handling objects, maps and diagrams of the Isle of Wight, fossils and dinosaurs. £25 PER PERSON There will also be a life-size dinosaur model, and you can have the first chance to meet our new hand-held dinosaur puppet!

Visitors to our display will be able to handle real dinosaur call Harry May on: bones and fossils from the richest dinosaur locality in Europe. 07974 753 287 16 fossilfestival.co.uk Jubilee Pavilion

Our stall will be showcasing Visitors to the festival will be all that our new unique fossil able to chat to our enthusiastic museum has to offer, The Etches staff and volunteers to learn Collection, Museum of Jurassic everything they would like to Marine Life houses over 2000 know about the museum. We will specimens, all collected by one have a microscope there with man, Steve Etches (who will be at some of our handling collection, the festival as well). Our museum our famous fossil lucky dip, brings the Jurassic seas back to competitions and lots of hands life and tells many stories from on exciting activities for children deep time. and families!

British Antarctic Survey MARY ANNING ROCKS Do you have what it takes to be a polar explorer? Are you the same height as Eudyptula minor Come along to our stall at the festival and find out more about our Think the poles are just dead, icy wastes? or Anthropornis nordenskjoeldi? mission to raise a long overdue statue in Lyme Regis to this unsung Think again! Join the British Antarctic Survey Discover how Polar scientists, past and present, remarkable woman. for hands-on activities, displays and much have equipped themselves to study geology and more. BAS scientists are on hand to explain the environment in the Antarctic. Get kitted out and demonstrate the unique wonders polar ready for fieldwork in the coldest, driest place on science explores. earth! Explore the field camp and see the survival rations that keep you fed for weeks at a time in Time travel with our fossils to discover an places thousands of miles from any shops. ancient jungle in Antarctica then zoom forward to the present to meet some of the bizarre creatures that inhabit the polar seas today. See how your height compares with the tallest

and smallest penguins. Museum of the Future The Museum of the Future is an exhibition (installation) which encourages visitors to Lyme Regis Museum consider how our contemporary culture will be represented generations from now, through the predominantly plastic everyday objects we are leaving behind. The Museum will be open as normal. There will be free dinosaur craft events in the museum Learning Centre run by Darrell Wakelam, the All of the objects in the collection have been gathered on the UK coastline and much standard admission fee will apply. These are drop in events. like the stone tools, pottery and metals that archaeologists use to define human cultures of the past, a layer of plastic will sadly, one day represent our own throwaway society. On both days the Museum will also be running a fossil polishing event at Almost every aspect of our daily lives is represented in the display tray, demonstrating the Marine Shelters and they will also have Fossil and Mary Anning Walks the extent to which plastic is the lowest common denominator in every home. scheduled as per their normal programme.

18 fossilfestival.co.uk fossilfestival.co.uk 19 THE OLD FORGE FOSSIL SHOP 15 Broad St, Lyme regiS, dorSet dt7 3Qe www.fossilshop.net FOSSILS, MINERALS, WALKS SATURDAY 4th MAY SUNDAY 5th MAY 11am to 12.30pm 11am - 12:30pm 10am - 3pm Geology and geomorphology JEWELLERY AND GIFTS Geology and geomorphology Monmouth Beach and of Lyme Regis seafront, with a of Lyme Regis seafront, with a Chimney Rock Explore little bit of history dropped in. teL: 01297 445977 little bit of history dropped in. the geology and wildlife of Led by Jim Thomas – easy Led by Jim Thomas – easy Monmouth Beach and then walking along seafront. £5 per emaiL: [email protected] walking along seafront. £5 per head inland to see Chimney head, under 5’s go free. VAT: GB 786 085 586 head, under 5’s go free. Rock and the Undercliffs Meet at the large anchor at Meet at the large anchor at National Nature Reserve Cobb Gate car park (bottom Cobb Gate car park (bottom of with reserve manager Tom of the high street). the high street). Sunderland. Some steep AA*** steps and uneven ground. 2pm to 4pm Royal Lion Hotel 2pm - 4pm Broad street, Lyme Regis, Dt7 3QF Rough terrain. Walking boots Geology of Lyme Regis Geology of Lyme Regis Telephone: 01297 445622 essential. Bring a packed seafront and Monmouth beach seafront and Monmouth beach Website: www.royallionhotel.com lunch and drink. You must with Jim Thomas – looking at with Jim Thomas – looking E-mail: [email protected] be physically fit and able. the rocks used along the at the rocks used along the Please declare any medical seafront and continuing onto Built in 1601 as a coaching inn, the Royal Lion Hotel has been seafront and continuing onto conditions when booking. Monmouth beach to look at extensively refurbished, yet still retains much of its history and unique Monmouth beach to look at Approximately 4 miles. the ammonite pavement and charm. The 33 bedroom hotel is privately owned and has gained an the ammonite pavement and enviable reputation for its friendly service and first class cuisine. No dogs please.’ Meet at fossils in situ in fallen blocks Exhibition of Rephotography by A level Pho- fossils in situ in fallen blocks “The Oak Room Restaurant” is a perfect setting for that intimate Holmbush Car Park 10am below Devonshire Head. A tography students from the Woodroffe School. below Devonshire Head. A dinner experience, coupled with an extensive selection of wines and of £7 per head. more difficult walk, particularly Students have worked with archives from the more difficult walk, particularly course excellent hospitality. Open daily from 6.45pm to 9.00pm Booking essential. uneven along the western end Lyme Regis Museum to create images showing uneven along the western end Alternatively why not enjoy more traditional fayre at “The Inn” with its Tickets available from of Monmouth beach. £5 per past and present views of our seafront over the of Monmouth beach. £5 per oak beams,last woodhundred panelling years. and The an open photographs fire help to willcreate be a onwarm, www.fossilfestival.co.uk head, under 5’s go free. Meet head, under 5’s go free. display in the Hubwelcoming community and comfortable cafe. atmosphere. at the large anchor at Cobb Meet at the large anchor at Also on sale in theOpen cafe daily will fro bem maps10.00am that to 11.00pm Gate car park (bottom of the Cobb Gate car park (bottom the Graphics and(Food Geography served 12-2.30pm students and have 6-9.00pm ) high street). produced showing how our seafront has of the high street). changed with lots of historical and current information about the area. These projects have All walks need to be booked through the fossil festival website been sponsored by Heritage Lottery Funding. Charmouth Heritage Centre and Lyme Regis Museum are also running fossil walks throughout the weekend. Please see their websites for details.

Promoting Science To Young People 20 fossilfestival.co.uk fossilfestival.co.uk 21 1 Bridge Street, Lyme Regis DT7 3QA telephone: 01297 443157 email: [email protected] www.thepilotboat.co.uk

Childrens Art Exhibition Exhibitions of Art created for the festival will be exhibited in the Mill Gallery, the Malt house, the Marine Theatre and the Hub cafe.

fossilfestival.co.uk 23 Fossil Festival Treasure Hunt! Solve the clues to find where the Can you help Louisiana treasure is hidden. The answers find the lost treasure of will be words, letters and numbers that you will discover Lyme Regis and win your as you follow the trail around very own fossil! Lyme Regis and the festival exhibitions. Solve the clue and On a recent excavation in the cross off the answer on the wilds of Bournemouth, eminent treasure map. At the end of the fossil hunter “Louisiana Bones” trail you should be left with one discovered a very old piece of place name - the location of the parchment paper. It contained hidden treasure. Treasure maps clues to the whereabouts of will be available at all the main the lost treasure of the Duke fossil festival venues throughout of Monmouth. Legend has it the weekend for just £1. that the Duke buried all his treasure, including a priceless fossil somewhere in Lyme Regis before setting off to overthrow King James II. Sadly the Duke was executed for treason and his treasure has laid undiscovered for centuries! Help Louisiana solve the clues to the whereabouts of the treasure and you could win the fabled Lyme Regis Fossil!

Lyme Regis Park and Ride via Holmbush park & ride site - Lyme Regis - Charmouth Road park & ride site ROUTE - From Holmbush car park to Pound Street, Broad Street, Bridge Street, Church Street and Charmouth Road to Charmouth Road park & ride site. 10am - 7.30pm Return as outward route reversed

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