Summer Handicap
Following on from the success of the Spring handicap here is the Summer event. Starting and finishing at Portchester Castle on Tuesday 14th July with an 8.00pm finish time, followed by refreshments in the Cormorant Pub. Usual rules apply, no watches, sat navs, hour glasses, sun dials etc, just your uncanny knack of being in the right place at the right time.
Start in the car park at Waterside Lane by the green lampost No 2.
Exit with the Castle on your left, turn right then left into Hospital Lane, at the shore turn right. Follow the path keeping the sea on your left, (that last bit is for Suzie).
After a while the path goes into a wooded area then turns right, at the fork go left onto the beach. Go through the boatyard rejoining the beach at the blue tractor. Leave the beach at Wicor recreation ground, follow the tree line keeping to the left, go through the gap in the trees and continue following the shore right then left to the head of the inlet.
At the two green metal posts do a U turn, and go left through the gap in the hedge. Follow the edge of the field to the chain link fence, go right at the fence then across to the car park. Exit the car park through the yellow barrier, follow the road and turn right at the roof warehouse. Turn left onto the footpath past the brick reclamation yard, say hello to the horses, keep right at the fork then go left.
At the wooden barrier keep right and rejoin the shore path. Follow the shore path back towards the Castle, (keeping the sea on your right this time Suzie). At the blue bin turn left into Hospital Lane, at the green turn right towards the Castle then left by Castle House onto the footpath, follow the track to the field, then follow the line of the wires, up the slope and onto the shore path, turn right towards the Castle. When you get to the sailing club gates go left and circumnavigate the outside of the Castle. The finish is at the green lampost No 2.
Good luck.