Dark Dorset 10

With the start and finish in the park in front of Eastbury House runners will follow an entirely off-road route taking them through woods into the park at Chettle.

Route highlights

• Bloody Shard Gate

  Turning back towards Eastbury House the eerie journey continues through Bloody Shard Gate, scene of a bloody skirmish between soldiers and the King's chase keepers, which resulted in a sergeant losing a hand.

• The restless hand

  This was then buried in a local church yard but frequently becomes restless and can be seen searching for its owner in this corner of the Cranborne Chase.

• The midnight ghost

  Then it's past the Chettle Long barrow before returning to the Eastbury Park, where the drive also has a ghost, a headless horseman driving a coach pulled by headless horses. Fear not, this only happens at midnight, so all the more reason to up the pace whilst out on the course!

Event HQ

Tarrant Gunville
Blandford Forum
Dorset
DT11
UK

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