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Way of Life

Waymarked Way · County Durham

1,000

XP

a 2-day route

Strenuous
49.34 km
Linear
Graded from its length and climb.
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Heights: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 © DLR e.V. 2010–2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014–2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA.

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Stages
  1. Way of Life - Gainford to Escomb · 20.3 km
  2. Finchale Camino Inglés (Durham to Escomb) · 29 km
Route from OpenStreetMap contributors

Rolling walk

Gentle ups and downs, nothing steep.

Climb

591 m

Drop

581 m

Highest

174 m

Lowest

32 m

Walking time

about 10 h 50 min

A 2-day route, walked in stages. 1,000 XP for the whole route, claimed with a photo from it.

Main climb: km 1.1–2.5, from 32 m to 109 m.

How the 49.2 km splits

Flat

32.2 km

Climbing

8.6 km

Descending

8.4 km

Link it with other walks

Finchale Camino Inglés

Shares 27.5 km of path · meets at km 0.0

42.6 km

Weardale Way

Shares 4.5 km of path · meets at km 0.6, 6.7, 7.5…

123.84 km

H100 - Spennymoor and Byers Green

Shares 3.8 km of path · meets at km 12.7, 14.1, 14.6

8.24 km

Riverside Trail

Shares 1.3 km of path · meets at km 4.6

3.52 km

Houghall Discovery Trail

Shares 0.7 km of path · meets at km 2.7

3.97 km

Sulphur and Salt Trail

Shares 0.6 km of path · meets at km 4.0, 4.5

2.52 km

Way of Love

Starts here too · Crosses at km 0.0

47.94 km

Way of Light

Crosses at km 0.0

73.91 km

Way of Learning

Crosses at km 0.0

64.24 km

Cuddy's Corse

Crosses at km 0.0

13.6 km

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