Would everyone who recce's this route be kind enough to send a report of the accuracy of the description and map back to the organisers or 01225 708 432
2.7 miles
The Broad Town White Horse is: Ordnance Survey reference SU 098 783 (Snow Hill)
Route - (Select Satellite view) - See this stage as a virtual run
In order to avoid disturbing the cattle or the cattle disturbing the runners! this route does not follow the White Horse Trail, However towards the end of the stage there may be cattle in one field.
Beware of ruts in some of the tracks, especially between the two gates. There may be cattle in some of the fields.
Car Parking is at Cockroost Farm at the first corner before reaching the house. - (Owner: James Horton)
To get to the start of this leg, walk along the track behind the house, follow the track round, keeping the farm buildings on your right, then turn left through a gate. Jog down to the track at the end of the two fields. - See the green line on the Satellite view of the (Google) map for this stage.
The race starts in this track on the right. The runners from the previous leg will be turning left.
Run down the the side of the field keeping the fence on your left until you reach a gate. Cross the concrete bridge on your left, bear right and keep the wood on your right, following the track round to the right. Continue straight on and go through two more gates. Keep following this hardcore track (it bears right and then left again) until you arrive at a junction. Turn right. Follow this track until you reach some farm buildings. This is Manor Farm. Half way between these buildings take the turning to the left (this is Manor Lane) and continue until you reach a road (Yew Tree Lane). Turn left and run down Yew Tree Lane until just before the junction with the A4361, when you should see Weir Farm on the left and a stile on the right leading into a field. We should have a marshal here. Climb over this stile and run diagonally across the field (you are once again on the White Horse Trail) towards the telegraph pole. In the distance you should see two stiles, cross the first, cross the road and cross the second stile and enter the next field between the trees. Aim for the left hand corner of this field, cross the stile ... and the little bridge. Run along the edge of the fence (and hedge) until you see another stile. Cross this. Turn left and run along the pathway. You are now in the village of Broad Hinton. Keep left and follow this path between the houses until you reach the road (Post Office Lane). Turn left and, keeping on the left hand side of the road, continue to the finish at the end of this lane.
The finish of this stage is opposite The Bell Inn.
The owners of the Bell Inn have agreed that we can park in their car park. This will hold 20 cars. As an appreciation of this, I am sure they would be glad of your custom.
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