18th Founders' Challenge, Sunday 19th October 2014


In October each year we organise a 26 mile challenge event based at Peaslake in Surrey with a 26 mile route (1,100m ascent) and a shorter route which this year will be a route of approx. 17 miles with 640m ascent. Entry in advance costs £7 for LDWA members & £10 for non-members.
 
The event was first held in 1997, when it was called the Founders Jubilee Challenge. Tony Youngs devised the 26-mile route as a commemoration of the founding of the LDWA and the role of Alan Blatchford and Chris Steer in this. The route links various places connected to the origins of the LDWA in 1972: Blatchford Down, Steers Field, Tanners Hatch youth hostel, Pitch Hill and the old Peaslake Post Office.
 
Online booking is now closed, but entry on the day is possible £9.00 (LDWA members) £12.00 (non-members)
 
Route descriptions may be downloaded here:
 
 
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