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Male
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3h
17m
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The "five valleys" is home to some excellent trails and this loop takes in many of them. Plenty of vert (830 meters in total), and an easy-ish final 10K of flat-trail for tired legs, I couldn't think of a better loop to lay down an FKT.
I was blessed with unseasonably good weather for October and would recommend packing extra fluids if you're going to attempt this in the spring/summer. If you're going to give it a go in autumn/winter, watch out for the technical descents into Toadsmoor!