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by mikejd
Wed Nov 02, 2022 8:16 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Editing gpx files - split & merge
Replies: 5
Views: 339

Re: Editing gpx files - split & merge

Thanks for the suggestions, guys.
I'll check out some of them. I have used RWGPS but not for this.
by mikejd
Wed Nov 02, 2022 2:11 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Editing gpx files - split & merge
Replies: 5
Views: 339

Editing gpx files - split & merge

I know this has probably been asked innumerable times before, but I'm having a bit of difficulty editing a route. I would like to end up with a file for a route which I have ridden in sections but not one go. I have three gpx tracks which cover the full length, and I would like to separate out the i...
by mikejd
Sun Oct 09, 2022 3:06 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: What powerbank
Replies: 13
Views: 1011

Re: What powerbank

+1 for Anker
by mikejd
Wed Jul 27, 2022 12:40 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Pubs off tarmac
Replies: 22
Views: 1525

Re: Pubs off tarmac

The Old Forge, Inverie, Knoydart.
by mikejd
Fri Apr 08, 2022 1:39 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Proper bothy
Replies: 24
Views: 2026

Re: Proper bothy

Mangersta bothy (aka Eagle's Nest), Isle of Lewis
https://lindanorgrovefoundation.org/mangersta-bothy/
by mikejd
Fri Apr 08, 2022 1:02 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: OT Heat Pumps and Solar
Replies: 16
Views: 1314

Re: OT Heat Pumps and Solar

Not replacing existing gas, but renovation of an old stone built croft cottage. Installed ground source heat pump system. It only really works in this context if completely renovating including insulation to current standards and using an underfloor heating system. This is working well, house is usu...
by mikejd
Wed Mar 16, 2022 11:47 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Do you ever ...
Replies: 30
Views: 3793

Re: Do you ever ...

Reading this thread, I am relieved to find that I am not as strange as as I was thinking I might be.
by mikejd
Sun Feb 13, 2022 8:19 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Spot tracker - free (if you feed the bear)
Replies: 5
Views: 709

Re: Spot tracker - free (if you feed the bear)

You've got mail
by mikejd
Sun Feb 13, 2022 8:13 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Spot tracker - free (if you feed the bear)
Replies: 5
Views: 709

Re: Spot tracker - free (if you feed the bear)

I'll take it.
P.M. details
by mikejd
Sun Jan 23, 2022 5:56 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Carrying a fatbike
Replies: 4
Views: 609

Re: Carrying a fatbike

Used plastic gutter for my trailer

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by mikejd
Tue Nov 23, 2021 3:37 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Calling all Scottish packrafters
Replies: 3
Views: 409

Re: Calling all Scottish packrafters

I think there is a place to get out just by The Old Bridge Inn. Scotroutes will know
by mikejd
Fri Nov 12, 2021 2:36 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Something on telly
Replies: 20
Views: 2019

Re: Something on telly

There's a guy, Jake Williams, lives in Clashindarroch Forest in Aberdeenshire, also described as a hermit. He featured in a Ben Fogle documentary - 'New Lives in the Wild'. Also a short film by Ben Rivers called 'Two Years at Sea'. Probably not as extreme, he has a cottage on a forestry road about 3...
by mikejd
Wed Aug 25, 2021 10:09 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Electric cars - impressive.
Replies: 65
Views: 3955

Re: Electric cars - impressive.

I'm with darbeze on this. Too many unknowns with electric vehicles: Battery materials and their disposal, provision of sufficient charging points, locations for charging points where they are needed. Electricity generation: wind power is not the answer. Unreliable, unpredictable, needs huge areas fo...
by mikejd
Fri Aug 13, 2021 8:40 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Using a smartphone instead of a Bike Computer
Replies: 11
Views: 1351

Re: Using a smartphone instead of a Bike Computer

+1 for Backcountry Navigator
by mikejd
Tue Jun 08, 2021 12:35 pm
Forum: Routes
Topic: Software for editing gpx files
Replies: 10
Views: 2568

Re: Software for editing gpx files

Thanks @thenorthwind
by mikejd
Tue Jun 08, 2021 11:46 am
Forum: Routes
Topic: Software for editing gpx files
Replies: 10
Views: 2568

Re: Software for editing gpx files

@K1100T I am trying to build a gpx file for a long route from bits of other rides. In gpxstudio I can upload individual files and crop out the sections I need and can open multiple tracks at the same time. Haven't quite got the hang of merging these into one track yet, but, hopefully, just a questio...
by mikejd
Mon Jun 07, 2021 9:20 pm
Forum: Routes
Topic: Software for editing gpx files
Replies: 10
Views: 2568

Re: Software for editing gpx files

@K1100T
Had a quick look at that. Looks promising for what I'm looking for. A bit of practice and I think I can use it. Thanks
by mikejd
Mon Jun 07, 2021 7:05 pm
Forum: Routes
Topic: Software for editing gpx files
Replies: 10
Views: 2568

Re: Software for editing gpx files

@scotroutes
Thanks for the suggestion. slight difficulty is that I don't normally use Windows. My desktop and laptop do dual boot Linux/Windows but I haven't used Windows for years. If I don't find something else I could try this.
by mikejd
Mon Jun 07, 2021 6:33 pm
Forum: Routes
Topic: Software for editing gpx files
Replies: 10
Views: 2568

Software for editing gpx files

Hi guys, I'm looking for a website that I can upload gpx files to then edit them. I think I used to be able to do this with gpsies.com but that is no longer available. I want to be able to split a gpx file and join with another. I know this is technically possible by editing the xml code in the file...
by mikejd
Wed May 19, 2021 11:21 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: 3LW - problems?
Replies: 96
Views: 8622

Re: 3LW - problems?

Just seen this link to an interesting blog and discussion around the problems with W3W.

[https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2019/03/why-b ... hree-words
by mikejd
Wed Jan 27, 2021 4:59 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Films to watch while isolating
Replies: 291
Views: 60628

Re: Films to watch while isolating

Reminded of this one by the latest episode of Ben Fogle on Channel 5

'Two Years at Sea'
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mbA_sOQDGgA

Edit: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Two-Years-Sea- ... B00G5K3MAE
by mikejd
Fri Jan 22, 2021 10:33 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Running watch
Replies: 24
Views: 2709

Re: Running watch

No problem Sean.
by mikejd
Fri Jan 22, 2021 10:24 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Running watch
Replies: 24
Views: 2709

Re: Running watch

@asposium Thanks for the offer but I have already ordered a Garmin.
by mikejd
Fri Jan 22, 2021 7:10 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Running watch
Replies: 24
Views: 2709

Re: Running watch

Hi guys, after checking around I decided on a Garmin Forerunner 45. Found one for £125. Now wait for delivery. .Only downside might be import charges, it's a Danish website.