WRT original weekend (Fri 8th & Sat 9th May) back garden camp out

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here you go ton, bloody hell it's urban around where you live. hope they're interesting places.
Some great place names in there :-bd
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cheers mate. i will get plotting.

and yeah it aint very inspiring round here.
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Only just come across this after john mentioned it on a facebook thread , gutted ive missed the boat :( .. will have to just go and ride for a few days ... cant even bivi as just reseeded the grass !
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Plotted my routes tonight and in normal WRT tradition, John has given me a bonus post box grid reference... that is about 300 meters off shore in the River Dee!

Going to struggle packing my kayak on the bike so I'm going to miss that out otherwise hopefully it'll be a full house. 😁

Cheers John and happy riding/camping everyone
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RIP wrote: Wed May 06, 2020 6:35 pm Sent :smile:
Thanks Reg! Normally I'd plot and do routes on the PC, but this time I've dug out my old Romer (anyone else got one of those?) and plotted the points the old fashioned/proper* way. I'll make up routes as I go!

Just hope the pub doing takeout is open today!

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barney wrote: Fri May 08, 2020 12:47 am Plotted my routes tonight and in normal WRT tradition, John has given me a bonus post box grid reference... that is about 300 meters off shore in the River Dee!
You're lucky! The bonus GR he gave me was about a km off Flamborough Head :lol: I've been listening to the shipping forecast :???:
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Hope everyone's all set? Looking forward to hearing all the stories and capers. May as well kick off the Trips thread... see you over there
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cheers techno, did half the checkpoints this morning, and the rest tomorrow.


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ton wrote: Sat May 09, 2020 10:44 am cheers techno, did half the checkpoints this morning, and the rest tomorrow.


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Nice one ton. Looks a pleasant day out :cool:
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(Moved to the trips and adventures thread)
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Landslide wrote: Sun May 10, 2020 10:43 am women by howling wind at 4am.
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Aside from the new riding this has also been educational. I’ve now found a really good route plotting solution. Plot using ViewRanger on my, phone/ computer- share as GPX to garmin connect on my phone then wirelessly sync to the garmin. Works a treat, I do need to be online but it’s definitely an easy option.
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BigdummySteve wrote: Sun May 10, 2020 10:52 am
Landslide wrote: Sun May 10, 2020 10:43 am women by howling wind at 4am.
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Ha! Must've been banshees!
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