Leighton Buzzard — Dunstable
Leidun two
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By Derick Rethans on 26 Aug 2024
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LeiDun 1 was so badly drawn. This is a redrawn one, with also a few changes where paths were either not accessible, or full of too inquisitive cows
LeiDun 1 was so badly drawn. This is a redrawn one, with also a few changes where paths were either not accessible, or full of too inquisitive cows
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Geography information system (GIS) data
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Maximum elevation
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Start and end points
Leighton Buzzard
Grid Ref
SP9193524997
Lat / Lon
51.91593° / -0.66472°
Easting / Northing
491,935E / 224,997N
What3Words
nest.much.mint
Dunstable
Grid Ref
TL0185621886
Lat / Lon
51.88625° / -0.52145°
Easting / Northing
501,856E / 221,886N
What3Words
silver.device.marked
| Leighton Buzzard | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SP9193524997 |
| Lat / Lon | 51.91593° / -0.66472° |
| Easting / Northing | 491,935E / 224,997N |
| What3Words | nest.much.mint |
| Dunstable | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | TL0185621886 |
| Lat / Lon | 51.88625° / -0.52145° |
| Easting / Northing | 501,856E / 221,886N |
| What3Words | silver.device.marked |
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Derick Rethans
26 Aug 2024I walked this on a warm and mostly sunny morning from Leighton Buzzard to Dunstable. It had rained in the past 24 hours.
After walking around some residential streets in LB, you soon cross a bridge (photo #1) across the Grand Union Canal (photo #2), which the route the follows for 3 miles. It's quiet and peaceful, albeit a little monotonous. Then it is across and along a few fields with crops (photo #3), before going around a little recreation ground near Slapton. After going past its church (photo #4), there are a few more fields. After crossing a little bridge, the path disappears for about 200 metres (photo #5), and I had to push through tall grass. On the other side, the path was nice again (photo #6).
After a while you get to a quiet lane, followed by a busy road into Northall (photo #7). This was quite annoying, although there was a pavement for the last bit (photo #8). Because of this (and the last stretch along Tring Road) I am marking this as a three star. The original LeiDun 1 has you going through fields, but there is a gate that is closed, and even after you scale it there are way too many cows in a field. Hence me deciding to go around this.
Then you make your way to Eaton Bray along a quiet lane, with little traffic. The town itself has pavements again (photo #8). On its north side the path is a little tricky, with taller grass again (photo #9), and after going across a field (photo #10) you end up on Tring Road, which is a long slog into Dunstable (photo #11, #12).
PitDun 1 also goes from Eaton Bray into Dunstable, and is a much more suitable route, avoiding Tring Road. I'll suggest that as LeiDun 3 (with some other modifications).
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