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Wednesday August 1
Section 1. Plymouth to Wembury.
Miles: 14.8. Grading: Easy
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Section 2. Wembury to Bigbury-on-Sea.
Miles: 13.5. Grading: Starts easy, but then
becomes strenuous.
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Thursday August 2
Section 3. Bigbury-on-Sea to Salcombe.
Miles: 13. Grading: Moderate to start but
will become strenuous.}
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Section 4. Salcombe to Torcross. Miles:
12.9. Grading: Strenuous.
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Friday August 3
Section 5. Torcross to Dartmouth.
Miles: 10. Grading: Moderate.
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Section 6. Dartmouth to Brixham.
Miles: 10.8. Grading: Strenuous.
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Saturday August 4
Section 7. Brixham to Torquay Harbour.
Miles: 8.4. Grading: Moderate.
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Section 8. Torquay Harbour to Shaldon.
Miles: 10.8. Grading: Strenuous.
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Sunday August 5
Section 9. Shaldon to Exmouth. Miles:
7.9. Grading: Easy.
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Section 10. Exmouth to Sidmouth.
Miles: 13.1. Grading: Moderate.
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Monday August 6
Section 11. Sidmouth to Lyme Regis.
Miles: 17. Grading: Hard. Four valleys
have to be crossed.
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Tuesday August 7
Section 12. Lyme Regis to West Bay.
Miles: 9.7. Grading: Moderate then
strenuous.
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Section 13. West Bay to Abbotsbury.
Miles: 9.4. Grading: Moderate.
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Wednesday August 8
Section 14. Abbotsbury to Weymouth.
Miles: 14. Grading: Easy.
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Thursday August 9
Section 15. Weymouth to Lulworth.
Miles: 11. Grading: Easy/moderate/
strenuous.
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Section 16. Lulworth to Kimmeridge.
Miles: 7. Grading: Severe!
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Friday August 10
Section 17. Kimmeridge to South
Haven Point. Miles: 20.9. Grading: Severe
then moderate.
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Saturday
August 11
Time to put your feet up! Rest day
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Sunday August 12
Section 18. Minehead to Porlock Weir.
Miles: 9.5. Grading: Moderate.
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Section 19. Porlock Weir to Lynmouth.
Miles: 12.3. Grading: Moderate.
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Monday August 13
Section 20. Lynmouth to Ilfracombe.
Miles: 18. Grading: Strenuous.
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Tuesday August 14
Section 21. Ilfracombe to Croyde Bay.
Miles: 13.6. Grading: Easy to Moderate.
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Section 22. Croyde to Barnstaple.
Miles: 14.4. Grading: Easy.
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Wednesday August 15
Section 23. Barnstaple to Westward
Ho! Miles: 19.1. Grading Easy.
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Thursday August 16
Section 24. Westward Ho! To Clovelly.
Miles: 11.2. Grading: Strenuous.
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Section 25. Clovelly to Hartland
Quay. Miles: 10.3. Grading: Moderate to
Strenuous.
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Friday August 17
Section 26. Hartland Quay to Bude.
Miles: 15.4. Grading: Severe.
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Saturday August 18
Section 27. Bude to Crackington
Haven. Miles: 10.2. Grading: Strenuous.
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Section 28. Crackington Haven to
Tintagel. Miles: 12. Grading: Strenuous.
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Sunday August 19
Section 29. Tintagel to Port Isaac. Miles:
8. Grading: Severe.
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Section 30. Port Issac to Padstow.
Miles: 11.7. Grading: Strenuous.
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Monday August 20
Section 31. Padstow to Porthcothan.
Miles: 13.6. Grading: Easy.
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Section 32. Porthcothan to Newquay.
Miles: 11.1. Grading: Moderate.
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Tuesday August 21
Section 33. Newquay to Perranporth.
Miles: 10.8. Grading: Moderate.
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Section 34. Perranporth to Portreath.
Miles: 12.2. Grading: Moderate.
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Wednesday August 22
Section 35. Portreath to Hayle. Miles:
12.4. Grading: Moderate.
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Thursday August 23
Section 36. Hayle to Pendeen Watch.
Miles: 19.5. Grading: Moderate.
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Friday August 24
Section 37. Pendeen Watch to
Porthcurno. Miles: 15.6. Grading:
Moderate.
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Section 38. Porthcurno to Penzance.
Miles: 11.5. Grading: Strenuous.
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Saturday August 25
Section 39. Penzance to Porthleven.
Miles: 14. Grading: Easy.
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Section 40. Porthleven to The Lizard.
Miles: 13.9. Grading: Moderate.
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Sunday August 26
Section 41. The Lizard to Coverack.
Miles: 10.6. m Grading: Moderate.
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Section 42. Coverack to Helford. Miles:
13.1. Grading: Moderate.
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Monday August 27
Section 43. Helford to Falmouth. Miles:
10. Grading: Moderate.
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Section 44. Falmouth to Portloe. Miles:
13.7. Grading: Easy.
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Tuesday August 28
Section 45. Portloe to Mevagissey.
Miles: 12.3. Grading: Strenuous.
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Section 46. Mevagissey to Charlestown.
Miles: 7.2. Grading: Strenuous.
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Wednesday August 29
Section 47. Charlestown to Fowey. Miles: 10.3. Grading: Easy.
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Section 48. Fowey to Polperro. Miles:
7.1. Grading: Strenuous.
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Thursday August 30
Section 49. Polperro to Looe. Miles: 5.
Grading: Moderate.
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Section 50. Looe To Portwrinkle. Miles:
7.6. Grading: Strenuous.
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Friday August 31
Section 51. Portwrinkle to Plymouth. Miles: 13.3. Grading: Moderate.
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