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by Piano Tuner
Wed May 22, 2013 5:01 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: WRT GR are out!
Replies: 133
Views: 20062

Re: WRT GR are out!

Good idea, I've been warming up too - I'm already in Wales, doing a three week bikepacking tour from Llandudno down to Pembrokeshire and possibly out to England via Cardiff and Monmouth, visiting friends and doing the WRT along the way. I carry my piano tuning and repair tools with me in case there ...
by Piano Tuner
Wed May 15, 2013 9:35 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: WRT GR are out!
Replies: 133
Views: 20062

Re: WRT GR are out!

Thanks for your help lads, in the end forum member restlessnative kindly sent me a GPX file that Memory Map for Android had no problem opening. It was necessary to export the file in GPX format from Memory Map on a PC (or for older versions, export in whatever format is available then use a program ...
by Piano Tuner
Tue May 14, 2013 8:49 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: WRT GR are out!
Replies: 133
Views: 20062

Re: WRT GR are out!

Yes, it is ridiculous... from what I can gather it is only the desktop PC versions of Memory Map that understand OS grid refs, whereas the iPad or Android versions will only take lat/long coordinates. I might be mistaken
by Piano Tuner
Tue May 14, 2013 4:27 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: WRT GR are out!
Replies: 133
Views: 20062

Re: WRT GR are out!

Thanks for the tips and the comments, having a bit of trouble finding out where the WRT will be from the grid references, looks like I might have to buy a paper map after all. I don't like buying paper maps because I'm a nomad so I've got nowhere to keep them afterwards, seems such a waste. Also unn...
by Piano Tuner
Thu May 09, 2013 9:58 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: WRT GR are out!
Replies: 133
Views: 20062

Re: WRT GR are out!

Hi all, first post, first bikepacking event of any kind. Really looking forward to it, will be on a 'cross bike. I've never used grid references and I don't use paper maps. I'm more used to lat/long coordinates - is there a list anywhere with accurate conversions of the fifteen way points? Or better...