If the weather turns nasty, at the last minute 3/4 of those on the list will mysteriously remember other more pressing appointments!
We are getting dangerously close to the point where the present twenty somethings can't read a map.Or, there's a new fangled thing where all the roads and stuff are printed on a big piece of paper, you can draw the route on it with a pencil. Called 'a map', I think....
Or, there's a new fangled thing where all the roads and stuff are printed on a big piece of paper, you can draw the route on it with a pencil. Called 'a map', I think....
You are forgetting the thrill of chasing the map down the road once the force 10 gale tears it from your grasp. When you finally catch up with it, you discover that the torrential rain has now reduced it to a sodden pulp!
One of the lost riders on the Cheshire audax that I mentioned was using a GPS. I saw him going off in the wrong direction a couple of times and finally had a chat with him when he caught up at one of the checkpoints. It turned out that he was using his routesheet and was trying to refer it to a miniature OS map on his GPS screen - he didn't realise that you are supposed to load the route into the GPS and get it to show you the way!Not completely against gps by any means, but the number of times I have been on a ride where gps has taken us into a cul de sac, down a farm track, wrong way on a one way street.....Even I seem to recall, something like 8 people with gps in conflict as to the correct route on a certain 100 mile ride.
In all seriousness we will be getting a gps, of some kind, but for sure it will not be a garmin, too much of a love in going on there, and way too expensive [the person who sold out their company to Garmin is a friend of ours]. Looking at o-synce navi2coach or something along those lines, but must have a heart rate monitor.
I checked the first 2 and they seem fine. I assume that the 3rd is correct since it is just the other 2 joined together!
Ok - it would be nice to see you and o.f.f. again if you chaps can make it.Saturdays are bad for me, but you'd best stick me down as a "possible".
I mean - it would be rude not to turn up after all this time
I checked the first 2 and they seem fine. I assume that the 3rd is correct since it is just the other 2 joined together!
The only odd thing I noticed is that you are apparently going to call in at the Inn at Whitewell after only 18.3 km - do you think you might be in need of early refreshments ...?
