Warwickshire Canal Loop (United Kingdom)

Submitted by Elliott Line on Wed, 07/07/2021 - 09:19am
Description

A complete loop of canal, primarily in Warwickshire but also passing through West Midlands, Northamptonshire and Staffordshire. The canal loop includes the Coventry Canal, between Fazeley and Hawkesbury (north of Coventry), then the North Oxford canal past Rugby to Braunston junction, the Grand Union canal through Leamington, Warwick and Solihull, to Aston junction, and the Birmingham and Fazeley canal to complete the loop.

Ochils 500 (United Kingdom)

Submitted by brnvandijk on Wed, 07/07/2021 - 03:17am
Description

This is a 40-mile round of the Ochils taking in the 35 named peaks above 500m put together by Jack Bloodworth and run by him in 11 hrs 47 mins on 11th August 2018.

While Jack's round came about through time lost to injury leading him to downscale from planned attempts on Tranter's Round and more, it has resulted in an attractively accessible 'baby' or 'warm up' round (to quote his own modest adjectives for a hefty excursion!) as well as a clearly worthwhile '12-hour' challenge in its own right.

The 35 peaks are:

Gunung Serapi (Malaysia)

Submitted by Khoo Kay Hao on Wed, 07/07/2021 - 01:41am
Description

Gunung Serapi is located in Kubah National Park and is near to the Matang wildlife sanctuary. At 911m, it is the tallest peak in the Kuching area. It can easily be climbed in a single day, as most hikers complete the trek in 5 hours or less and it is a very popular jogging spot. The mountain is actually known as the Matang range, and Serapi is the highest peak of the range.