The Fetcheveryone Castle Challenge

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Lizzie Whizz
Lizzie Whizz
Mar 2021
4:34pm, 31 Mar 2021
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Lizzie Whizz
I'd better get organised.
faithfulred
faithfulred
Mar 2021
4:35pm, 31 Mar 2021
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faithfulred
No problem Synge 😊

You do cross my favourite long run route, so that's close enough!
CasB
CasB
Mar 2021
4:36pm, 31 Mar 2021
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CasB
I'm in. Thank you Synge and Fetch for putting it all together :-)
um
um
Mar 2021
4:42pm, 31 Mar 2021
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um
If interested, I just tried the streetview link on the web page.
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.4826837,-3.1819364,3a,75y,20.09h,85t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sAF1QipNwDCJlyYjgO8fQkyEyZb4J4H6HnmoS3lq8-cek!2e10!7i8426!8i4212

Saw a couple of people I didn't recognise - are they Fetchies?
And someone half up or down on their Star Trek Transporter AND giving a finger!
Using teleportation is cheating though, I assume.
♪♫ Synge ♪♫
♪♫ Synge ♪♫
Mar 2021
4:46pm, 31 Mar 2021
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♪♫ Synge ♪♫
um - I think that's a home-made 360 streetview by a passing tourist. It's a comical picture, that's for sure.

Most of the route follows roads that have been filmed by the normal streetview camera cars, so the coverage will be pretty good. There are one or two stretches where I have taken the route off road to follow nice bits of towpath or hiking routes - you'll find them in due course ...
Sigh
Sigh
Mar 2021
4:52pm, 31 Mar 2021
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Sigh
This will be a fun challenge!

- any ultra runners planning to go there and back in the same time period yet? ;-)
HellsBells
HellsBells
Mar 2021
4:53pm, 31 Mar 2021
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HellsBells
I’m in - it will be a big ask for me to actually finish, but who knows?
Alice the Camel
Alice the Camel
Mar 2021
4:54pm, 31 Mar 2021
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Alice the Camel
This sounds fabulous, Synge. I really enjoyed the SWCP challenge last year but *whispers* haven't felt so engaged with the JOTR challenge on NZ highways. This sounds much more fun. Thank you again for all the time and effort put in.
And thanks Fetch for all your effort in making it happen :-)
Sigh
Sigh
Mar 2021
4:58pm, 31 Mar 2021
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Do we get a list of the 13 Castles?

How many Costa's do we go past.....McG!! Help!
jennywren
jennywren
Mar 2021
4:58pm, 31 Mar 2021
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jennywren
This is way more fun than trudging up the M6, which is what I’m currently doing for LEJoG. I might just log all my miles for that at the end and forget about it in the meantime!

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Maintained by fetcheveryone
Not gonna hit the deadline?
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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