The Marlow Donkey

The Marlow Donkey

The Marlow Donkey is a Thames Valley LDWA challenge event based at Liston Hall in Marlow, Bucks. The routes run around the Hambleden and Stonor valleys and include a new figure-of-eight route through the Chilterns with the longest route extending to Bix. Distances offered are:

• 25 km
• 40 km
• 50 km

The event is intended to be completed on foot within published maximum time periods: 8 hours for the 25 km route and 11 hours for the longer routes. Thames Valley LDWA provides drinks and snacks at the start and at outward checkpoints, with minimal provision at Bix (CP3), and a simple meal of daal curry at the finish. The food cannot be guaranteed free from allergens. Timed e-certificates will be available after the event via SI Entries and entrants receive a free badge.

Entry is limited to 150 participants; a waiting list operates once full. LDWA members have preferential entry until 1 September. Entry fees are listed as £15 for LDWA members and £20 for non-members. There are no on-the-day entries and no refunds. Car parking is available in nearby town car parks and Marlow train station is about a ten minute walk.

Entrants must carry required equipment including a personal drinking container, a plastic mug, sufficient food and drink, a paper route description or mapped GPS, mobile phone, whistle, basic first aid, suitable footwear and waterproofs, and the specified Ordnance Survey maps or equivalent electronic maps. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.

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