Starting at the path in the corner of the car park at the bottom of Salters Lane within Sandwell Valley Country Park, you first cross the motorway bridge over the M5. Once over the bridge carry straight on towards the ruins of Sandwell Prioy and past the well from which Sandwell gets its name. Go straight on past these monuments up a steady incline (can be quite muddy in this section). At the top of the incline turn left at the end, just before Park Lane. This takes you through park land for about 1km then turn left down the path towards stunning Swan Pool. Run anti-clockwise around Swan Pool. When you get to the cross-path at the south-eastern corner of Swan Pool take a left up another steady incline. At the top take a left and repeat the course as before until you come back to the cross-path at the south-western corner of Swan Pool (you should now have completed one and a half laps of Swan Pool). Instead of turning left like before, continue straight on. This will lead you to another steady incline. Continue to the top of the incline and then right, back over the motorway bridge and down to the finish line.