Transcript Oxfam Trailwalker 2007 - Hong Kong Medical Association

Oxfam Trailwalker 2010
Dr. Chow Yuen Hon Francis
Suggested itineraries
18hrs 20hrs 25hrs 30hrs 35hrs 40hrs 45hrs
CP1
2:20
2:30
3:15
4:10
4:30
5:00
5:50
CP2
3:40
4:00
5:05
6:25
7:00
8:00
9:00
CP3
5:45
6:10
8:05 10:05 11:00 12:30 13:40
CP4
8:20
9:00 11:20 14:05 16:00 19:00 21:00
CP5
10:00 10:50 13:40 17:05 19:15 22:30 25:00
CP6
11:00 12:00 15:20 19:05 21:30 25:00 27:30
CP7
13:10 14:25 17:50 22:20 25:00 29:00 34:10
CP8
15:10 16:30 19:45 24:50 28:00 32:30 38:10
CP9
16:20 18:00 22:15 27:20 30:45 35:30 41:30
CP10 17:50 19:50 24:35 29:50 33:30 39:15 44:50
18hrs 20hrs 25hrs 30hrs 35hrs 40hrs 45hrs
CP1
2:20
2:30
3:10
4:05
4:30
5:00
5:50
CP2
3:40
4:00
4:55
6:15
7:00
8:00
9:00
CP3
5:45
6:15
7:45
9:50 11:00 12:30 13:40
CP4
8:15
9:00 11:00 13:50 16:00 19:00 21:00
CP5
9:50 10:45 13:15 16:45 19:15 22:30 25:00
CP6
10:50 11:55 14:50 18:45 21:30 25:00 27:30
CP7
12:55 14:10 17:20 21:55 25:00 29:00 33:30
CP8
14:50 16:20 19:10 24:20 28:00 32:30 32:50
CP9
16:00 17:40 21:40 26:50 30:45 35:30 40:45
CP10 17:50 19:50 24:35 29:55 34:30 39:15 44:50
The new route in 2009
Shortcut
Turn right at DP 185+
(exit from the reservoir)
Walk in the opposite direction as you
used to do in the past
View of Tai Lam Chung Reservoir
on your right
Upslope all the way in the forest
for 20 minutes
arrive at a hairpin turn
Leave the road and enter a trail
Follow the sign to Tai Tong
If you find yourself walking downhill,
turn back immediately
You must have missed the trail
The trail to Tai Tong
A view of the reservoir
Walking through a forest
After a low mountain pass, you are looking
at the valleys of Tai Tong
then you come to a trail intersection
On your left is the ruin of a temple
On your right is the shortcut leading up from
DP 179
Again follow the sign to Tai Tong
Go straight ahead and upstairs
You may soon see a road ahead
You will soon come to the road
Total walking time on the trail 30-45 minutes
After walking gently up along the road for
10 minutes you come to a T-junction
Follow the sign to Wong Nai Tun Tsuen
Tai Tong bus stop
and take the road on the left
15 minutes later you see some
buildings & a football pitch on your left
It is a country park management centre
Exit by a gate that restricts the traffic
On your right is a BBQ site
After the country park management centre
you will come to another building
Then the road goes down,
straight ahead is a large BBQ site
You have a view of Yuen Long
and Shenzhen
The large BBQ site
Enter the BBQ site by either way
to reach the toilet at the far end
Enter a forest behind the toilet
descend a short flight of stairs in the forest
Join the road again and go downslope
The finish is a short distance ahead
Takes 20-30 minutes from the T-junction to
the Finish
As there is no public transport, you have to
walk out along the road
Pass the ‘Lychee Villa’
The final stretch of downslope
you come to a more major road at this Tjunction
There is a store on your right
At the junction is a bus stop
bus K66 (to Long Ping, Yuen Long)