Free parking and toilet

STAGE 10

Belton (NR31 7RQ) to
Ditchingham (NR35 2RT)

Escort mandatory

17.72 miles. Minimum age 18 yrs

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Free parking, changing, toilets and refreshments available

10a. From the changeover (TG 514 023) (W3W pumps.tumble.hikes) return along the left hand side of the pedestrian path on Beaufort Way. No escort is required while you are on the pedestrian path before you reach the crossing point (W3W duplicate.conned.questions). ⚠ However beware of oncoming runners and any cyclists on the path, and take care when crossing Beaufort Way.
10b. Approximately 200 metres BEFORE the main roundabout on the A143 turn left across the road (Beaufort Way) at W3W duplicate.conned.questions to join your support vehicle and continue along Browston Lane. ⚠ RUNNERS MUST NOT PROCEED WITHOUT THEIR SUPPORT VEHICLE - THIS IS A SAFETY CRITICAL RULE.
10c. Follow Browston Lane for approximately 1.4 miles, passing through Browston village and then taking the right fork at W3W chap.urge.phantom, continuing along Browston Lane to Ashby Dell. The road then becomes Blocka Road at W3W obstruction.hexes.badly. Follow this for approximately 1.9 miles until you reach the junction with Herringfleet Road (B1074) at W3W surfacing.lifestyle.gazes.
10d. Turn right down Herringfleet Road into St Olaves, and on reaching the A143 at W3W node.matrons.universal turn left, remaining on the pedestrian footpath as you cross both bridges. Use of a head or chest torch is MANDATORY at this point as parts of the pedestrian footpath are not well lit.
10e. At the junction of Herringfleet Road and the A143, if there is no traffic coming from the right then the escort vehicle can remain with the runner. However if the escort vehicle has to wait at the junction before turning the runner may proceed alone ⚠ BUT MAY ONLY RUN ALONE WHILE ON THE PEDESTRIAN FOOTPATH USING AN ILLUMINATED CHEST OR HEAD TORCH. THIS IS A SAFETY CRITICAL RULE. This rule also applies if the escort vehicle has to stop at a red light on either of the bridges.
10f. The escort vehicle MUST rejoin the runner no later than the large lay-by on the left hand side of the A143 at W3W tummy.fool.apart. The lay-by is situated after the second bridge. ⚠ THIS IS A SAFETY CRITICAL RULE. IF ANY RUNNER CONTINUES ON THE A143 WITHOUT THE MANDATORY ESCORT THIS WILL RESULT IN AN IMMEDIATE TEAM DISQUALIFICATION, WITH NO RIGHT OF APPEAL.
10g. Follow the A143 for approximately 5.5 miles, passing through Haddiscoe and carry on to the large roundabout at McDonalds and services. RNR marshals are present on this roundabout. At the roundabout take the third exit marked 'Diss, Norwich and Bungay'.
10h. Follow the main road uphill for 1 mile to the roundabout at Stockton (W3W swimmer.apes.womanly) and take the first exit marked 'A143 Bungay'
10i. Follow the main A143 for approximately 4 miles until you approach the changeover on Alma Bridge in Ditchingham on the left hand side of the main road. The changeover is situated approximately 25 metres from the main road at W3W warthog.acute.northward on the far side of the wooden bollards in a pedestrianised area and will be illuminated. See photo below.
10j. Escort vehicles CANNOT follow the runner through the changeover, and should instead slow down while moving along the adjacent A143 between points W3W sentences.president.thigh and W3W regress.samples.stuns, taking care not to block the highway. ⚠ Beware the traffic island in the middle of the main road at W3W bump.improvise.clipboard.
10k. Timekeepers travelling in the main escort vehicle should aim to record the changeover time as the vehicle passes the changeover on the A143, before the wooden fence opposite Alma Bridge (see photo above). The escort vehicle should then pick up the outgoing Stage 11 runner on the far side of the wooden fence. If the timekeeper is in a separate vehicle they may go to the changeover in advance, parking at Bungay Black Dog Running Club HQ (W3W dinosaur.showrooms.ample), and proceed from the back exit of the club to the changeover on Alma Bridge along the footpath indicated.