Bristol Bridges challenge

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♪♫ Synge ♪♫ Mar 2021 11:19am, 10 Mar 2021 39,371 posts	0 ♪♫ Synge ♪♫ Thanks, LD - added to links.
LazyDaisy Mar 2021 11:20am, 10 Mar 2021 32,812 posts	0 LazyDaisy There's also a FB group - facebook.com
alpenrose Mar 2021 11:47am, 10 Mar 2021 49,555 posts	0 alpenrose I'm definitely up for this too, short version.
Columba Mar 2021 5:14pm, 10 Mar 2021 20,918 posts	0 Columba And me. Short, slow version. I've done the Ashton Court parkrun at least twice. There is indeed a long downhill section, but one has to run up it first.
The Great Raemondo Mar 2021 5:18pm, 10 Mar 2021 7,411 posts	0 The Great Raemondo Does anyone remember the guy who used to rent grass skis and sledges at weekends and in the summer at Ashton Court in the early 90s? Looked a bit like the captain of the Dawn Treader from the BBC series of the same sort of time.
McGoohan Mar 2021 5:19pm, 10 Mar 2021 48,863 posts	0 McGoohan In that case, you should run up it backwards and that's almost certainly like running downhill. Goes to check facts
Columba Mar 2021 5:21pm, 10 Mar 2021 20,920 posts	0 Columba Yes, I think that "fact" could do with checking.
WA Mar 2021 5:24pm, 10 Mar 2021 8,498 posts	0 WA Yes! Another ex-Bristol student here. We generally visit at least once a year, but not I 2020. Would be great to have an excuse to visit again and meet fetchies too
Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) Mar 2021 5:56pm, 10 Mar 2021 31,575 posts	0 Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) When I did Ashton Court parkrun my quads we in agony for days
Dibble Mar 2021 10:28pm, 10 Mar 2021 783 posts	0 Dibble Yet another Bristol graduate following with interest.

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For discussion of the Bristol Bridges Walk. As at 2021, the full route visits 45 bridges in a distance of 45km. There is a reference page maintained by Bristol Civic Society (see link below) and there is also a handbook which can be purchased through that page or on Amazon: Jeff Lucas's "From Brycgstowe to Bristol in 45 Bridges" published by Bristol Books.

The route includes a large loop of around 20km down the River Avon to take in the M5 motorway bridge at Avonmouth and one other, so it should be possible to devise a route which excludes these and offers 43 bridges within around 25km. Sounds like an idea for a run ...

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