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Accessibility Photo Survey

For Salame 878 by Charles312

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    1. NOTE: I completed this route for Salame One in reverse, from the Amesbury meeting point to the Salisbury meeting point. The listed total distance of the route as 14.3km is accurate according to my Garmin GPS. This first photo illustrates the paved urban route onto Church Street after leaving the Amesbury meeting point. 0.4 km from start —

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    2. Modern traffic- and step-free footbridge on Church Street crossing the River Avon. 0.5 km from start —

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    3. Turning left off Church Street onto the unpaved Recreation Road. 0.7 km from start —

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    4. Rounding the corner on Recreation Road. 0.7 km from start —

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    5. Leaving Recreation Road and joining well-used footpath under tree cover. Section has some loose stones, uneven ground and tree roots. 0.8 km from start —

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    6. Short wooden footbridge crossing one of the Avon tributaries. Includes minor step on and off. 0.9 km from start —

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    7. Exit of the first footbridge. 0.9 km from start —

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    8. Another footbridge (concrete) crossing another of the Avon tributaries. 0.9 km from start —

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    9. Exit of the concrete footbridge. 0.9 km from start —

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    10. Longer wooden footbridge crossing the River Avon. 0.9 km from start —

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    11. Exit of longer wooden footbridge. 0.9 km from start —

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    12. Final footbridge (stone). No step but uneven. 0.9 km from start —

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    13. Footpath once leaving the tree cover. Slight incline. 1.1 km from start —

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    14. Gravel track junction at the end of the footpath. Follow the signage to Durnford. 1.4 km from start —

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    15. Gravel track, slight incline. 1.5 km from start —

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    16. Beginning a steeper incline as the track moves up the valley of the river. 1.8 km from start —

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    17. Gravel path gives way to grass at the final ascent. 2 km from start —

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    18. Slight undulating grass track at the summit. Nominal footpath approx. 20cm wide. 2.2 km from start —

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    19. Reaching a junction of tracks continue onto footpath. 2.8 km from start —

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    20. First section of footpath. 2.9 km from start —

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    21. Bear left following the signage. 3 km from start —

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    22. Next section begins level. 3 km from start —

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    23. Then begins to incline. 3.1 km from start —

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    24. Footpath incline increases and narrows. 3.2 km from start —

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    25. Steeper incline, exposed tree roots. 3.2 km from start —

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    26. Undulating with tree roots. 3.2 km from start —

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    27. Footpath turns to a gravel track. 3.3 km from start —

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    28. Onto wide, well-maintained off-track under tree cover. 3.3 km from start —

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    29. Path straightens and descends and ends at the traffic road toward Great Durnford. 3.5 km from start —

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    30. Reaching the quiet traffic road that leads to Great Durnford. 3.8 km from start —

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    31. View of the road opposite to the direction the route takes. 3.8 km from start —

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    32. Road down to Great Durnford. 3.8 km from start —

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    33. Rounding the corner. The turning to the now-blocked manor estate section of the Slow Ways route is on the right. 3.9 km from start —

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    34. Manor house estate blocked. Instead follow the road down into Great Durnford. 3.9 km from start —

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    35. [REQUIRED DIVERSION] Beginning the road detour into Great Durnford. 3.9 km from start —

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    36. [REQUIRED DIVERSION] First corner. 3.9 km from start —

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    37. [REQUIRED DIVERSION] After rounding the second corner, now arriving into Great Durnford. 4.1 km from start —

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    38. Exit of the now-blocked Slow Ways route through the manor house estate. 4.2 km from start —

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    39. Road through Great Durnford. 4.3 km from start —

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    40. Road continuing through Great Durnford. 4.3 km from start —

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    41. Road continuing through Great Durnford. 4.4 km from start —

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    42. Left turn onto Jubilee Hill road which has a upward moderate gradient, no pavement to speak of but is wide, quiet and visibility is good. 4.6 km from start —

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    43. Beginning of ascent up Jubilee Hill road. 4.7 km from start —

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    44. Halfway up the Slow Ways route suggests leaving Jubillee Hill passing through a couple of pedestrian gates to travel along a parallel footpath along an earthwork for 200m before joining the road again. 5 km from start —

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    45. [OPTIONAL] Second pedestrian gate. 5 km from start —

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    46. [OPTIONAL] First section of footpath. 5 km from start —

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    47. [OPTIONAL] Rounding up an incline. 5 km from start —

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    48. [OPTIONAL] Footpath narrows. 5.1 km from start —

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    49. [OPTIONAL] Near-scramble onto the earthwork. 5.1 km from start —

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    50. [OPTIONAL] Footpath ascending along the earthwork. 5.2 km from start —

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    51. [OPTIONAL] Dirt track rejoining the Jubilee Hill road. 5.2 km from start —

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    52. Continuing the ascent up Jubilee Hill road. 5.4 km from start —

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    53. Reaching a T-junction, the route turns right for 100m along High Post Road. It is unmarked, has no pavement and has more traffic than the earlier roads through Great Durnford, though it is wide enough with good visibility in both directions. 5.8 km from start —

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    54. Surface along High Post Road. The track to turn onto can be seen on the left. 5.9 km from start —

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    55. Joining a level, wide, traffic-free concrete track on the hills above Netton. 6 km from start —

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    56. Surface of the concrete track. 6.5 km from start —

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    57. [REQUIRED DIVERSION] The small RoW indicated on the Slow Ways route has long been tilled over. Follow the track around instead. 6.6 km from start —

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    58. Turning left onto a wide dirt track. 6.7 km from start —

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    59. Dirt track begins to give way to partial gravel. 7.4 km from start —

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    60. Surface after crossing the track junction. 7.4 km from start —

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    61. Track meets a junction of footpaths under tree cover. Pedestrian gate no longer in use. 7.9 km from start —

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    62. Track through the footpath junction. 7.9 km from start —

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    63. Track surface following the footpath junction. 7.9 km from start —

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    64. Route converges onto a more grassy track. 8 km from start —

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    65. Route gives way to gravel track. Just before Keepers Cottage it there is flint build-up at the final approach and quite is steep. Signage warns of slipping. 8.6 km from start —

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    66. Old tarmac surface at the track junction after Keepers Cottage. 8.7 km from start —

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    67. Uneven old cobblestone road on an incline. Exercise caution in poor conditions. 8.8 km from start —

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    68. Track gives way onto dirt and gravel track toward the summit of the ascent. 9 km from start —

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    69. On the descent to Old Sarum. Note the middle verge that follows as the track surface changes. 9.1 km from start —

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    70. Track terminating at Phillips Lane road. This can have a lot of traffic at times so care should be taken, but it is regularly used and has good visibility in both directions. 10.4 km from start —

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    71. Bridle gate onto Phillips Lane road. 10.4 km from start —

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    72. Target footpath across the road. Narrow (<50cm) but well-worn. 10.4 km from start —

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    73. Footpath is fairly overgrown with nettles. 10.5 km from start —

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    74. Pedestrian-gated exit onto Old Sarum 10.9 km from start —

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    75. Rounding the corner following the traffic entrance into Old Sarum. Potential to meet slow-moving vehicles passing through. 10.9 km from start —

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    76. Exiting the traffic entrance through a pedestrian gate onto a gravel footpath which can be uneven in places. 10.9 km from start —

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    77. Following the gravel footpath is another pedestrian gate. 11 km from start —

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    78. Posts on the gravel path exiting onto a green space footpath. 11 km from start —

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    79. Footpath along the top of the green space. 11.1 km from start —

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    80. [OPTIONAL DIVERSION] Path leading up to a second green space to avoid the first section of the Portway footpath that the Slow Ways route suggests. NOTE: I took this path in error and ended up avoiding the first section of the Portway footpath. Whilst this diversion is altogether a gentler descent it does have a bridle gate and later a kissing gate. To assist I have included these in the photos that follow. 11.2 km from start —

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    81. [OPTIONAL DIVERSION] Bridle gate onto the next green space field. 11.3 km from start —

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    82. [OPTIONAL DIVERSION] Green space track descent bypassing the first section of the Portway parallel to the left. 11.3 km from start —

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    83. [OPTIONAL DIVERSION] Approach to the Portway footpath where the track turns to gravel. 11.5 km from start —

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    84. [OPTIONAL DIVERSION] Kissing gate to join the Portway footpath. 11.5 km from start —

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    85. Descending the Portway footpath. Narrow with loose stones and a little overgrown. 11.5 km from start —

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    86. Overhanging branches on the Portway footpath. 11.6 km from start —

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    87. Footpath meetings gravel driveway on the approach to Stratford Road. 11.8 km from start —

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    88. Driveway surface onto Stratford Road. 11.8 km from start —

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    89. Arriving at the semi-residential Stratford Road. Look to cross the road when safe to do so. 11.8 km from start —

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    90. Pavement after crossing Stratford Road. The Salisbury City Trail will be found further on the left. 12 km from start —

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    91. Shared pedestrian and bicycle trail toward City Centre and the meeting point. 12 km from start —

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    92. Unmarked section of the Salisbury City Trail. 12.3 km from start —

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    93. Marked section of the Salisbury City Trail. 12.7 km from start —

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    94. [REQUIRED DIVERSION] Short-term diversion from the City Trail owing to the wider Salisbury River Park project. This section is due to be restored in Jul 23. As the signage suggested I turned left the trail, walked along the pavement on Hulse Road then turned right onto Ashley Road to rejoin. 12.9 km from start —

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    95. Zebra crossing at Ashley Road to rejoin the City Trail and the Slow Ways route. 13.1 km from start —

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    96. [REQUIRED DIVERSION] Second and longer-term diversion owing to the Salisbury River Park project (Phase 1 due to be completed Spring 2024). Instead turn left onto Castle Street, thereon making a beeline toward the Salisbury meeting point Both of the short- and long-term diversions here were well-signposted and fully serviced by pavement and zebra crossings where crossing a road was required. 13.4 km from start —

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