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The longest straight line in Great Britain (without crossing a public road)
In short, I believe I've found a longer straight line without crossing a public road than the line identified by Ordnance Survey in 2019. Im...
I'm from the Highlands, know lots of this area pretty well from my days cycling around it on my mountain bike when I was a teenager, as well as loads of other trips over the years for all sorts of reasons. I can get a distance over 74km (straight line) this wayBut with my glasses on I could see a potentially longer route, that just missed a couple of public roads, this time to the west of the A9 instead of the east. From the A9 to near Fort William, a nice walkI've added terrain to this one, to show how tough this would beHere's a height profile for anyone mad enough to be thinking about doing this route.
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