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chunkywizard
chunkywizard
6 Aug
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Planning on Bolberry Down this week with Mrs C running and Miss C volunteering. Anyone done it before?
fetcheveryone
fetcheveryone
6 Aug
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I ran through there on my long run back in early May.
fetcheveryone
fetcheveryone
6 Aug
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fetcheveryone
Here's my run: fetcheveryone.com/t-23096998

Bolberry is around mile 4 (6.4km).

I recall the paths being fairly decent compacted grit - and (certainly compared to some of the terrain around it) not too challenging in terms of uppy-downy-ness.
Big_G
Big_G
6 Aug
10:09am, 6 Aug 2024
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chunkywizard wrote:Planning on Bolberry Down this week with Mrs C running and Miss C volunteering. Anyone done it before?


I’ve done it a couple of times as it’s fairly local to me. It’s a lovely course, NT car park. There are no loos but there are public WCs on the drive in a few miles out. Lovely views!
fetcheveryone
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You can see the path behind me. Not sure if the whole course is like that :-)
Lesley C
Lesley C
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I will be celebrating my birthday at Crathes Castle this Saturday.
Eynsham Red
Eynsham Red
6 Aug
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We’re staying in a hotel in Hope Cove in a few weeks time. I’d like to do Bolberry Down but will have to try to negotiate a very late breakfast with the kitchen as they stop serving at 9:30 🤔
fetcheveryone
fetcheveryone
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Hope Cove is lovely. Cream Tea at the Cottage Hotel is a must :-)
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Big_G
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There is a nice cafe on Bolberry Down. I’ve not been down for a while but when I was there last the cafe didn’t open before parkrun, but from memory I think opened from 10am.
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Big_G
6 Aug
11:14am, 6 Aug 2024
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Just to add I checked the site, and the event goes for a post run coffee at a different place a short drive away, and not the place on Bolberry Down itself.

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