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The 16Th Pathfinder March (2) (1) INFORMATION ONLY MAYBE SUBJECT TO CHANGE TO SUBJECT MAYBE ONLY INFORMATION Distance - 8.2 miles 8.2 - Distance ensure the safety of all walkers whilst taking part. taking whilst walkers all of safety the ensure Map 1 - RAF Wyton to Graveley Airfield (CP1) Airfield Graveley to Wyton RAF - 1 Map either one of the checkpoints or March Control - this helps us to to us helps this - Control March or checkpoints the of one either S D T R R A I K H E E S K U I I R A F Withdrawals. R L R S O E T A If you withdraw from the March, please inform inform please March, the from withdraw you If R Y C O E R x build up their stamina and fitness. and stamina their up build B O D to complete a range of long distance walks before the event to to event the before walks distance long of range a complete to M N A B CP 1 CP E M R M O C vary from person to person, but all walkers are strongly advised advised strongly are walkers all but person, to person from vary training is certainly required. The best training to undertake will will undertake to training best The required. certainly is training Training. The Pathfinder March is a tough walk and pre-event pre-event and walk tough a is March Pathfinder The * civilians and personnel MOD Service, to Open * imperative you inform the nearest checkpoint or March Control. March or checkpoint nearest the inform you imperative 46 miles in 20 hours 20 in miles 46 If you drop out, it is is it out, drop you If transport. own your plan also would you if are planning to drop out before the end, we would be grateful grateful be would we end, the before out drop to planning are throughout the event. However, this is a limited resource. If you you If resource. limited a is this However, event. the throughout Transport. memory of the Royal Air Force Pathfinder Force Pathfinder Force Air Royal the of memory Emergency transport will be available for all walkers walkers all for available be will transport Emergency A long distance, cross-country endurance event in in event endurance cross-country distance, long A drink alcohol or stimulant drinks (eg Redbull). (eg drinks stimulant or alcohol drink Drink lots of water. Do not not Do water. of lots Drink possibility for the unwary. unwary. the for possibility feet). Physical exhaustion, and associated hypothermia, is a distinct distinct a is hypothermia, associated and exhaustion, Physical feet). shoes, plasters, vaseline, talcum powder, etc (to look after your your after look (to etc powder, talcum vaseline, plasters, shoes, jumpers, etc (to prevent hypothermia) and changes of socks, socks, of changes and hypothermia) prevent (to etc jumpers, sunglasses and hats (to combat heat exhaustion), waterproofs, waterproofs, exhaustion), heat combat (to hats and sunglasses their own wellbeing. Please ensure you have water, suncream, suncream, water, have you ensure Please wellbeing. own their However, walkers are also requested to take responsibility for for responsibility take to requested also are walkers However, and medical support will be given to any individual requiring it. it. requiring individual any to given be will support medical and Medical. There is medical cover allocated to the March, March, the to allocated cover medical is There verge is quite sufficient to step onto as cars approach. cars as onto step to sufficient quite is verge in single file and face the oncoming traffic. In most areas, the the areas, most In traffic. oncoming the face and file single in public roads. Please ensure you wear high visibility clothing, walk walk clothing, visibility high wear you ensure Please roads. public Safety. Walkers are to be particularly careful when walking on on walking when careful particularly be to are Walkers GR 2615 7655. Kings Ripton Village Hall. Village Ripton Kings 7655. 2615 GR (8) out on Warboys Airfield). Warboys on out START GR 2910 7925. Near the Ramsey Model Aero Club (building (building Club Aero Model Ramsey the Near 7925. 2910 GR (7) Saturday 21 June 2014 June 21 Saturday GR 3119 8028. The Royal Oak public house in Warboys. in house public Oak Royal The 8028. 3119 GR (6) and walk about 500m to the field at the end. end. the at field the to 500m about walk and LANE COMMON GR 3700 7525. St Helen’s Primary School, Bluntisham. School, Primary Helen’s St 7525. 3700 GR (5) T-junction with minor road through Hemingford Abbots. Turn right into into right Turn Abbots. Hemingford through road minor with T-junction Pathfinder March Pathfinder GR 3930 6680. Longstanton Sports & Social Club. Social & Sports Longstanton 6680. 3930 GR (4) 4. Cross Hemingford Meadow by the tarmac path and head toward toward head and path tarmac the by Meadow Hemingford Cross 4. the Black Horse Pub). Horse Black the follow the path, crossing the bridge/locks, to Hemingford Meadow. Hemingford to bridge/locks, the crossing path, the follow GR 3819 6214. Dry Drayton Primary School (adjacent to to (adjacent School Primary Drayton Dry 6214. 3819 GR (3) River Ouse and Houghton Mill (National Trust). Pass through the Mill and and Mill the through Pass Trust). (National Mill Houghton and Ouse River The 16 The 3. Walk through the village down the side of the church towards the Great Great the towards church the of side the down village the through Walk 3. beer garden). beer th the early hours. early the GR 3155 6360. The Poacher public house in Elsworth (in the the (in Elsworth in house public Poacher The 6360. 3155 GR (2) Please Please be quiet when walking through built-up areas in in areas built-up through walking when quiet be village. Houghton entrance to Cotton Farm). Farm). Cotton to entrance ‘T’ junction at the bottom of the hill, turn left, then right and head into into head and right then left, turn hill, the of bottom the at junction ‘T’ GR 2395 6490. The memorial at Graveley Airfield (at the the (at Airfield Graveley at memorial The 6490. 2395 GR (1) pleased to welcome you to you welcome to pleased to Houghton. At the the At Houghton. to WAY MERE down right turn 500m After 2. as they proceed around the route: the around proceed they as Committee is Committee the 1. On leaving RAF Wyton go to the roundabout and turn left. left. turn and roundabout the to go Wyton RAF leaving On 1. Pathfinder March Pathfinder A ll walkers are required to check-in at the following checkpoints checkpoints following the at check-in to required are walkers ll Map 1 Start to CP1 to Start 1 Map , Fashade A O Commander Wing BEng MBA MSc MA CEng RAF CEng MA MSc MBA BEng CHECKPOINTS. The Route The NB. You must report to all checkpoints. all to report must You NB. By kind permission of the Station Commander, Station the of permission kind By To be read in conjunction with the relevant Ordnance Survey Maps: (Please ensure you have your OS map with you on the day). the on you with map OS your have you ensure (Please Maps: Survey Ordnance relevant the with conjunction in read be To THIS LEAFLET CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION. PLEASE READ BEFORE THE MARCH. THE BEFORE READ PLEASE INFORMATION. IMPORTANT CONTAINS LEAFLET THIS USEFUL INFORMATION Description. The Pathfinder March is a 46 mile circular route (7) A torch (in case you’re stuck out after dark). Accommodation. For military personnel and other in Cambridgeshire designed to perpetuate the name of the Royal (8) Suncream, sunhat, sunglasses, etc (- tempting fate, I know!). government employees, a limited amount of accommodation Air Force Pathfinder Force. When the Pathfinder Force was first may be available at Wyton and Brampton Messes. There is also formed (in 1942), it was based at RAF Wyton and RAF Oakington, Charity. Entrants to the Pathfinder March are encouraged to walk transit accommodation available at Brampton (bookable through with two satellite airfields at Graveley and Warboys. The for charity - therefore feel free to walk for the charity of your choice. the Eurest Office on Brampton Camp ext 7315). In addition, a Pathfinder March links these four historic stations to create one of However this is an entirely voluntary choice; just turning up on the tented area will be set up on the sports’ pitch. Private tents are the toughest annual events in the RAF’s sporting calendar day is all the support we need to honour the Pathfinders. welcome. There is also a range of camp sites, B&Bs and hotels in the local area (contact Huntingdon Tourist Office on 01480 The challenge. To complete the route of the Pathfinder March, Waymarks. The Pathfinder March mostly follows the route of the 388588). The other option is to gatecrash any friend who might either individually or as part of a relay team, inside 20 hours. Pathfinder Long Distance Walk. The LDW is partially waymarked. live within proximitey to RAF Wyton! Walkers are reminded that the waymarks are guides only and should Start. The start (and finish) is at RAF Wyton in Cambridgeshire. complement but not replace normal map reading. Pathfinder History. The Pathfinders were an elite unit created All walkers are to check-in on the day of the March. Registration to lead bombing raids and mark targets across enemy-held is open from 0400-0800 hours. The booking-in times for speed Post-event. Four things. Firstly, very very well done.
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