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[tallliman]

Yeah, that's the one. I think when I looked at Google maps, the edge of the square is the edge of the airfield. Might be worth checking that the footpath is open....

4 new squares for me to complete Rutland Water. Needed nearly 70miles riding for 4 squares though....I can't wait until we can use trains again!

 

[Solocle]

Went from 7x7 to 15x15 over lockdown, including moving it to a different part of the country... can't say that there were any particularly hard tiles to get if avoiding the trunk road. But I did do 50 miles on an MTB two weeks ago to nab some bridleway tiles that extended my max cluster.

 

[ukbabz]

I started at 12x12 and have upped it to 19x19. With the dry weather some of the bridleways have been passable on my roadbike too so has helped tick off random tiles that I've missed. Trickiest part is finding time for long enough rides to get to new tiles now but it's a nice way of finding new places to ride.


2745 tiles, average of 6.106 km per tile
Max square 19x19
Max Cluster: 556

 

[Global Nomad]

Hi Everyone, i've managed to do a few long rides now and can focus on filling in the squares within the M25, have a route to do the a full lap too once i can align weather and a day pass from mrs nomad...all rides from home and planned on strava + google maps/streetview) - too much trouble to get turn by turn so just follow the line and stop and check when necessary, as ukbabz noted some paths are dry enough to go across fields on a road bike with tubeless..last years london revolution is the big loop showing..

 

[Global Nomad]

PS -- thats an all time map rather than 2020

2930 tiles, average of 9.148 km per tile
Max square 16x16
Max Cluster: 494

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Got a square raid planned tomorrow. Should clock up about 130km. I’ve made the out and back sections left, right, left etc. To make it easy when navigating on the road. Current square 17x17. This raid may make a jump but to be honest I’m trying to be efficient about collecting squares in an area rather than nibbling at edges of current max square. The jumps will come anyway.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Got a square raid planned tomorrow. Should clock up about 130km. I’ve made the out and back sections left, right, left etc. To make it easy when navigating on the road. Current square 17x17. This raid may make a jump but to be honest I’m trying to be efficient about collecting squares in an area rather than nibbling at edges of current max square. The jumps will come anyway.

That's how I do it, all of a sudden you get to a point were a couple of squares gives you a massive jump, then back to area filling for a while before another jump.

 

[Solocle]

17 more for my max cluster.

 

[tallliman]

@Solocle, are you trying to get anywhere with your spurs to the west and the south?

 

[13 rider]

4 new squares today . Filled in a couple of surrounded squares and a couple linked together around Tamworth to cover the town .max cluster went up by 18 to 2021

 

[Solocle]

@Solocle, are you trying to get anywhere with your spurs to the west and the south?

Not really, although I might eventually make a push for Exeter. South isn't going anywhere... the real trick will be pushing north to Oxford, where I have another cluster ready and waiting!

 

[Global Nomad]

Did some 'area filling ' yesterday around Rainham and North Ockendon but the blocked roads and paths on my route lead to a lot of on the fly exploration across gravel tracks and fields ( with a road bike) and dropped the average speed, cut out some loops as a consequence so will have to return to fill. have already dropped my idealism in respect of 'properly' going through tiles rather than just crossing the boundary briefly...

 

[tallliman]

Not really, although I might eventually make a push for Exeter. South isn't going anywhere... the real trick will be pushing north to Oxford, where I have another cluster ready and waiting!

I spent a few months connecting my cluster in the East Midlands to Central London.....it was good fun with some jeopardy as if I missed a square, it was a long way back to get it!

 

[13 rider]

@Supersuperleeds how did you get the square with the A5 diagonally through it . Did you ride the A5 can't see a cycle path in Street view

 

[Supersuperleeds]

@Supersuperleeds how did you get the square with the A5 diagonally through it . Did you ride the A5 can't see a cycle path in Street view
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I did It on the A5 from the north. Got into the square and turned round and went back up to the roundabout to get off the A5