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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2015 9:07:08 GMT
I hope somebody is taking notes..  Pity Zulu is not coming. He could print Off the instructions and get them laminated. We'd be fine then He did that at Afan and to be fair, it came in useful towards the end.. He still looked a twat though |
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Post by notsarkyadam on Feb 24, 2015 10:20:58 GMT
Laminated maps... That's ghey'er than Gaz's Lycra!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2015 12:02:44 GMT
I looked like a trail boss, steely eyed, lantern jawed, sat calmly astride my trusty steed, laminated A4 map of Afan in hand and gazing heroically with grit and determination into the far distance at the uncaring and harsh Welsh mountains, whilst all around me were lost and without hope....
.....yeah, I did look a bit of a twat, as it goes.
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Post by hodgy on Feb 24, 2015 12:18:56 GMT
Surely not ...I'm no gay boy ..and I have been known to laminate maps in the past ...and will without doubt in the future ..thinks Arran trip ...,
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2015 12:34:23 GMT
Well said Hodgers! we can't all afford (or even understand) these new fangled Garmin things. Laminaters of the world unite!
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Post by notsarkyadam on Feb 24, 2015 12:53:11 GMT
Plenty of apps and gps available on most phones also, and there's always Coggers Compass!..
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Post by hodgy on Feb 24, 2015 17:24:29 GMT
Plenty of apps and gps available on most phones also, and there's always Coggers Compass!.. This is very true ..the maps I laminate are usually the ones that come out of the magazines ..which also have route instructions ..turn left or right here etc I usually carry a relevant O.S Map too ..but the tool which has got me out of a lot of trouble since downloading it to my I-phone is the View Ranger App ..which with the relevant OS map downloaded as well gives you an exact location on the map as well as a grid ref ...and the app itself is for nowt ... You can't be too careful out there !..... |
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Post by notsarkyadam on Feb 24, 2015 17:33:55 GMT
Plenty of apps and gps available on most phones also, and there's always Coggers Compass!.. This is very true ..the maps I laminate are usually the ones that come out of the magazines ..which also have route instructions ..turn left or right here etc I usually carry a relevant O.S Map too ..but the tool which has got me out of a lot of trouble since downloading it to my I-phone is the View Ranger App ..which with the relevant OS map downloaded as well gives you an exact location on the map as well as a grid ref ...and the app itself is for nowt ... You can't be too careful out there !..... Too right!.. Specially around Snowdonia, often they have hikers getting lost!.. |
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Post by lowcogger on Feb 24, 2015 19:00:41 GMT
Plenty of apps and gps available on most phones also, and there's always Coggers Compass!.. I`ll be slipping this little gem in my camelbak in future
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Post by notsarkyadam on Feb 24, 2015 20:30:40 GMT
Ahhh going for the upgraded compact model this time ?
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Post by lowcogger on Feb 25, 2015 15:55:58 GMT
I've checked every weather app I've got installed but I can't find one that says it's not going to rain on Saturday.  I may bring my sonar device instead of the compass  |
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Post by notsarkyadam on Feb 25, 2015 17:19:14 GMT
It's the lakes, it's winter... It ain't gonna be anything other than shitty!..
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Post by lowcogger on Feb 25, 2015 18:38:24 GMT
It's the lakes, it's winter... It ain't gonna be anything other than shitty!.. actually the seasons have no relevance in the lakes,it`s likely to piss it down anytime. now the Yorkshire dales on the other hand never sees any bad weather at all |
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Post by notsarkyadam on Feb 25, 2015 18:57:57 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2015 19:00:57 GMT
Yep defo looking like a wet one character building ride lol |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2015 19:29:15 GMT
Better bring me some spare clobber then!
I might buy myself a flask too.. Gotta have me brews in the car, like!
It's gonna be weird being a passenger. I've been going up and down the M6 for the best part of 10 years but never as a passenger!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2015 19:40:51 GMT
Gonna be a shit weekend all round weather wise, but it is Feb, tbf. I haven't been out since the S/S ride on the blue - it's just shoite out there.
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Post by lowcogger on Feb 25, 2015 19:44:49 GMT
no such thing as bad weather,just bad equipment
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2015 19:45:29 GMT
I've got some, but wish I had got the 3/4 version now.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2015 19:45:54 GMT
I don't think I've ever ridden in rain before...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2015 20:28:01 GMT
You'll probably melt....
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Post by lowcogger on Feb 25, 2015 20:48:53 GMT
You'll definitely get wet.... |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2015 20:53:44 GMT
It'll have to be raining hard to get Jay wet.
The only bloke I know who is so thin he has to run around in the shower to get wet..
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2015 20:56:35 GMT
It'll have to be raining hard to get Jay wet. The only bloke I know who is so thin he has to run around in the shower to get wet.. Hahahaaaa.. Even though that's at my expense..... Tis funny! Seriously though.. I've put a bit of weight on  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2015 20:56:58 GMT
My fear is that we do what Rach suggested and we end up in Scotland or summat! Mind you, Gaz does have a fancy Garmin! He don't know how to use it though I've been watching you tube clips ive learnt how to turn it on now after 3mths  |
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