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opposite direction
This also helps you learn the route, I find.
My normal approach to a brand new route is map and compass (carrying map in hand), then same route again with map in bag/hand depending on confidence in memory, then without map if I could remember the way easily on the previous run or map in bag, then run it reverse.
Once you build up an understanding of paths, roads and landmarks then you can explore an area without a map with a good idea of where you are.
Arducius
Can’t wait to access some new areas, I’ve been using the same closest trails throughout this lockdown repeatedly. It’s amazing how different a route can look and feel if you run it in the opposite direction though so have changed it up a few times.