The Fetcheveryone Castle Challenge

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Hopefully you can bring us some good photos of the castles too ... please!
Hanneke
Hanneke
Apr 2021
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Hanneke
And you have a weird wiggle in Hay, is that going past Shepherds icecream per chance?
Garfield
Garfield
Apr 2021
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Garfield
Just had my first jab, so this weekend could be a write off. Who knows?!
Hanneke
Hanneke
Apr 2021
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Hanneke
I will do my best :) currently floored with exhaustion...
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Apr 2021
5:01pm, 1 Apr 2021
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Fizz :-)
I can do Rockingham once people get nearer. The route sadly goes about two miles from here and not directly past my house.
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Ahem. There may be one or two weird wiggles. :-)

Hay is a little bit because I wanted the stage to finish after *exactly* 50 miles so I had to go along some extra roads and a little bit because I didn't think about separating the route in from the route out. I've learned a bit about plotting routes recently!

There's at least one point later on where you'll run up a cul-de-sac and back and wonder what's going on - that's because I didn't realise that it was a dead end and assumed the route had continued, whereas in fact it doubled back on itself to get to my next point and I didn't spot it.
Hanneke
Hanneke
Apr 2021
5:02pm, 1 Apr 2021
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Hanneke
Ah, the list has appeared! Realistic is a bike ride from home to Chepstow, walk at the castle, take photos, cycle home via Monmouth, walk around the castle, take photos, cycle home. Then later in the weekend Hay Castle is an option. It is a 12 mile walk along Offas Dyke. May be able to get a friend to pick me up... Or better: convince a friend to go drop a car at Hay... And walk there together.
NDWDave
NDWDave
Apr 2021
6:01pm, 1 Apr 2021
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There is a bonus castle not on the list... you go past Newport castle too
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Apr 2021
6:06pm, 1 Apr 2021
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Well spotted, Dave. Yes, there are one or two others along the way! 😀
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Apr 2021
6:15pm, 1 Apr 2021
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We also go close to an Iron Age hill fort:



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Don't worry. The challenge page will stay live for as long as there's still interest. And try to tick off just one more checkpoint before the official deadline, because each one is a ticket in the hat for the Proviz £100 voucher.

Cardiff Castle - start
Caerphilly Castle - 50 miles
Chepstow Castle - 100 miles
Monmouth Castle - 150 miles
Hay Castle - 200 miles
Ludlow Castle - 250 miles
Shrewsbury Castle - 300 miles
Chirk Castle - 350 miles
Chester Castle - 400 miles
Stafford Castle - 450 miles
Elvaston Castle - 500 miles
Rockingham Castle - 550 miles
Bedford Castle - 599 miles
Fetch Towers - 600 miles

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