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WRT Grid Ref's.....

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The WRT grid refs come out tomorrow.

Where do we think Stuart going to be sendus us this year?

I guess more to the West.

And is it too early to check the long term weather forecast? :wink:
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No idea but with your pack rafting, you’ll be able to get to the traditional grid ref out to sea or in the middle of a lake!

Personally, I’ve got a few places I’d like to visit so I might disregard them totally!

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JohnClimber wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 9:28 pm And is it too early to check the long term weather forecast? :wink:
You ask that every year but still do it anyway :grin: . And of course it's always completely the opposite on the actual day!
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RIP wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 10:19 pm You ask that every year but still do it anyway :grin: . And of course it's always completely the opposite on the actual day!
I only ask it as I know it annoys people like you Reg :wink:
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JohnClimber wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 10:31 pm
RIP wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 10:19 pm You ask that every year but still do it anyway. And of course it's always completely opposite on the actual day!
I only ask it as I know it annoys people like you Reg :wink:
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As I'll likely be solo this year I'm hoping for some interesting sights / nice views. Will try and get a good chunk of them.
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JohnClimber wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 9:28 pm The WRT grid refs come out tomorrow.

Where do we think Stuart going to be sendus us this year?

I guess more to the West.

And is it too early to check the long term weather forecast? :wink:
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Its ok Taylor , John won’t be going anywhere near them , as other years it’s usually In the opposite direction and he’s taking his pack raft . :lol:
Best get them bags ready for your feet John :-bd
Also I do believe we owe you a stoning ( the life of Brian ) style for something you did last year , I will bring my bag of gravel
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This years GR are now winging their way through cyberspace. If you haven't received yours by tomorrow, then:

Have a look in your spam folder.
Have a look at the email accounts that you never use.
Have a look at the account linked to paypal.
Consider whether you used someone else's paypal account to enter and ask them.

Still nothing, then get in touch.
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If anyone feels like putting all of those into a mapping program and saving everyone else a bunch of time... please feel free!

:lol:

Edit - Also, is there a theme at all to this year? Wasn't anything mentioned in the email.
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Edit - Also, is there a theme at all to this year? Wasn't anything mentioned in the email.
Themes are for Winter Events. WRT is always about dressing up as a panda.
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Fair enough, they all sort of blend into one after a while. :lol:
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Richard G wrote: Fri May 14, 2021 5:07 pm Fair enough, they all sort of blend into one after a while. :lol:
All the events are themed on a different film.

WRT: Solaris
BB200: Misery
Winter Event: Ice Station Zebra
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Richard G wrote: Fri May 14, 2021 5:00 pm If anyone feels like putting all of those into a mapping program and saving everyone else a bunch of time... please feel free!

:lol:

Edit - Also, is there a theme at all to this year? Wasn't anything mentioned in the email.
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....... and not a single one in the sea, not one :-bd
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Okay what's going on. These have been wild for over 3 hours and no one's started moaning ... makes me suspicious. :wink:
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JohnClimber wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 9:28 pm I guess more to the West.
Couldn't have been more wrong could I?
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Good stuff. :-bd
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Was just trying to use Strava (due to Veloviewer heatmap) to create a route. Is it my imagination or does it not support waypoints? I can't seem to work out any way to get them into it (I've got a GPX file with the waypoints in and that works fine in most route builders, but not that).
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Much more fun and dare I say ultimately rewarding if you ignore heat maps. Just because a few people have ridden something doesn't mean that it's good or bad ... some published guidebooks contain some of the worst trails I've ever had the misfortune of :wink:
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One of the things I'm trying to engineer into our route is doing the gridrefs *downhill*, as Stu wouldn't point us to a fine section of hikeabike climbing...would he... :lol:
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Also, there's a few on-road refs that I'm thinking might just be great viewpoints? As I can't see any obvious trails just off the road
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Bearbonesnorm wrote: Sun May 16, 2021 1:50 pm Much more fun and dare I say ultimately rewarding if you ignore heat maps. Just because a few people have ridden something doesn't mean that it's good or bad ... some published guidebooks contain some of the worst trails I've ever had the misfortune of :wink:
Veloviewer heatmaps are where I've been, not where others have been. It's so I can square hunt.

Vaguely related, I just found this site and I'm finding it to be one of the best GPX creators that I've used: https://gpxstudio.github.io/
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Don't want to be a tell-tale teacher's-pet but I think the GRs are publically viewable in this thread which I believe is not, er, standard practice before the "off" :wink: .
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After messing around with three different mapping sites I've now got my first revision of a route. Looks like quite a lot of hike-a-bike / path not found in it so I reckon I'm also going to have to work out a few short cuts for when it inevitably turns out I've bitten off more than I can chew.

Got a decent amount of the waypoints in it, though as I'm mostly square hunting I'll be skipping those places I've been before.
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