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| This is
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| Riverside Park, Lakeside
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| Photo: The river Itchen at Mansbridge. |
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| And this
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| Principal
places - and
where next |
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| Walking Routes |
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| A selection
of routes near where I live in
Southampton, with distances and
information about the places. |
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| I enjoy walking and my walks
include fast sections on the road
and leisurely routes along the
shore. |
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| Starting and finishing at different
places provides variety in distances
and types of walk. In these pages
I share some of the options I've
built up over the years. They
are suitable for anything from
a steady walk to a run and, except
where I go away from the road,
can also be used by cyclists.
And, of course, you can make up
your own routes from these sections. |
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might go next before starting
any section. Some walks are easier
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Walking
Routes
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| Some
additional pages |
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Other
places en route, more on where I go
and where I've been |
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| Railway
Stations - information about and directions
from stations along the walking routes. |
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| Favourite
Routes - a selection of the routes I enjoy
the most. Some long, some short . Some fast,
some slow. All for the fun of it! |
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| Route
List - shows the available routes from
each Walking Route location and station. |
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| Walking
Diary - some of the places I've walked
for excercise and leisure each year from 2010. |
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| All
Walking Links - a list of all the external
links in the Walking Routes section plus links
to transport providers in the area. |
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important. |
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| I can walk up to 20 miles / 32 kilometres
and look for an average of 4.7mph / 7.56km/h
on fast sections of route. I can keep up this
pace for about ten miles or about sixteen
kilometres. A good walk would be something
like the ten miles or sixteen kilometres to
Warsash fast and then the ferry to Hamble
for a more leisurely walk along the shore
to Netley. I sometimes catch the train to
Bursledon and then take one of several routes
fast to Meon Shore or Lee-on-the-Solent followed
by Stokes Bay and Gosport. There are other
fast routes such as via Park Gate to Titchfield
and Warsash or from home to Hedge End, Fair
Oak, Eastleigh and back home. |
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| I walk regularly throughout the year. Also,
I don't drive and walk as a way of getting
about generally. I only occasionally catch
the bus and often walk to and from the central
or airport stations rather than catching the
local train. My last job was at the airport
train station, a half-hour walk each way.
In 2010, I thought it would be interesting
to see how far I walked and how fast. Investing
in a GPS watch and keeping records gave me
the incentive to get out and go further, faster
and more often. Now retired, I use brisk walking
as a way to stay fit. But I can still enjoy
a slow stroll along a beach as well! |
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| Why not use the sections
of route in these pages to make your own walk
or run . . . . . |
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| Bob
Mockford Online |
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