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ROAM Free: The South Downs Way – 100 miles of gravel terrain on the southeast coast of England

Last summer 4 friends took on the South Downs Way – an ancient 100-mile ridgeline that spans the southeast coast of England. Starting in Winchester and finishing in East Bourne the historic chalk path has over 3500m of climbing and not a car in sight, just rolling steep hills as far as the eye can see – perfect gravel terrain!

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