January's Virtual Winter Event 2021 (Covid lockdown edition) Jan 9th and 10th

[JohnClimber]

Help!!
As a newbie. I have sent two messages one to RIP and one to my partner both are sat in my ‘outbox’ with nothing in sent? Have I done something wrong??
Thanks

Don't stress, and it's a great point.
They stay in your outbox until the other person logs on to the forum and can read them.
They will/should get an email to say that they have a message in their inbox.

[ScotRoutes]

Help!!
As a newbie. I have sent two messages one to RIP and one to my partner both are sat in my ‘outbox’ with nothing in sent? Have I done something wrong??
Thanks

Nah. They stay there until they're read.

[Bearlegged]

Messages sit in your outbox until the recipient reads them. It doesn't mean they've not sent.

[Charliecres]

PM sent to Tim/trob6 with my selected area:

[summittoppler]

....Bugger....Nicely done chaps....Bugger....

I’m a pussy cat.....meooooooow

For info, I'm moving from Snowdonia to Norfolk!

[Copperbottom]

Thanks for the replies

[JohnClimber]

For info, I'm moving from Snowdonia to Norfolk!

Today Summittoppler wins the internet

[shutuplegs]

Message sent.

Thanks to JC and Reg for organising!

[Bearbonesnorm]

I didn't think it was worth contacting Sam until after the weekend

[Stumpym4]

Cheers to all involved in sorting this, Looking forward to it

Stumpy

[redefined_cycles]

Message sent.

Thanks to JC and Reg for organising!

Yes... thanks indeed John and Reg... History in the making is this. Just one thing, Jon, yoh said to check through the past x amount of pages to get pointers/tips/rules. I think...

Is it not possible to give the bottom line. Don't think I'll be able to decipher all the code you see please... Ta

[whitestone]

Appropriate PM sent - local area adjusted to avoid Keighley

[JohnClimber]

Is it not possible to give the bottom line. Don't think I'll be able to decipher all the code you see please... Ta

Ok, No problems
The main info links are here
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=18491
Area you ride map
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=18491&start=250#p242346
More GR finding help here
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=18491&start=125#p239411
Or you can use Bing maps for a different typre of GR if it helps you
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=18491&start=125#p240471


A quick overview guide.
You now have until Christmas Eve to swap your 10 grid refs (or see link's 3 & 4 above) with your chosen virtual partner.

Link 2 above shows my area which I have emailed to my virtual partner, is shows my home, my hopeful bivi spot, the area that I don't want to travel to, so anywhere in this area is fair game for GR's as long as they are legal. Swap a map like this with your virtual partner or just a simple instruction of no more than XXkm from my home which is post code XXXX XXX

Once you have your GR's then have until Jan 9th to work out your route to take in all/some/non of the given grid refs, it's up to you.

Head out on the 9th, if you are bivi'ing at your garden, you are allowed to "stash" your gear somewhere safe at your chosen location rather than carry it around over hill and dale.
As we normally end up in a warm pub for evening meals or a bothy with a fire going (I'm guessing we will be in a post Christmas 3rd lockdown during this event) for this event you ARE allowed to eat your Saturday evening meal in a warm part of your house while drying out your normally wet and smelly gear.
BUT THE ONLY RULE IS THAT YOU CAN'T SLEEP IN YOUR HOUSE ON SAT 9th JAN OVER NIGHT.
If you do return to home you can only sleep in your garden, shed or garage

Take photos of your GR's, your evening meal, your bivi spot and don't be a dick
Over that weekend (9th & 10th Jan) we will start a "How It Went" thread in the "Your Trips & Adventures" section of the forum for all 60 of us to share our stories, our new finds and our bivi photos.

Oh and there will be a link to vistaprint to a mug to buy for those interested in a souvenir from your adventures


Stuart's Bivi a Month guidelines and mapping guides
BaM 2020 Emergency Rules - Reinstated.
1/ Your own garden will now count. However, no running back off inside at 3am if it starts raining.
2/ Trips 'on foot' will now count. My reasoning is that it's perhaps easier to practice sensible social distancing when not restricted by a limited RoW network. Before anyone from Scotland says anything - yes we know, thank you.
Emergency rules reinstated for all areas under lockdown restrictions.

Stuart's mapping link Part 1
https://bearbonesbikepacking.blogspot.c ... art-1.html
Part 2
https://bearbonesbikepacking.blogspot.c ... art-2.html

For inspiration
Here's the link to the "how it Went" thread for last years Virtual Welsh Ride Thing that we did over the 1st Bank Holiday weekend my May when the official WRT was cancelled (later delayed) and a few of us did a test run swapping local grid ref's like we are doing here and now
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=17048

And finally
One quote from the virtual WRT that rang true with a lot of us
Charliecres wrote: Fri May 08, 2020 4:18 pm
Well I’ve found a homely camp spot after a fantastic ride through largely unfamiliar territory. Big thanks to Sean for pointing me towards some cracking riding I’d never have found on my own.

[redefined_cycles]

Thanks so much Jon. That was most kind of you and very much apppreciated

[Borderer]

Well done guys - very happy with our pairing - inspired to put us with another parent/child combo.
Also glad we don't have to sully ourselves with looking at English or Welsh OS maps....

[Jay_ACWR]

In the spirit of full disclosure what’s the rules regarding a mate riding it with me but who’s not entered the event, I’ll sack him off if not allowed but the photos would be better Cheers

[RIP]

That was a lucky first draw B, we thought it was nice too! The number of combinations of you 6 is fairly limited . The Fife/Gorms folks were obv then 50/50 chance (my probability skills are rubbish btw). Anyroad, have fun selecting some of the more choice GRs in inner Glasgow for the guys .

[tobasco]

Thanks Reg and John. Spookily although I’m based in Shropshire my partner is in Newcastle, which is where I spent the first 21 years of my life.

[JohnClimber]

In the spirit of full disclosure what’s the rules regarding a mate riding it with me but who’s not entered the event, I’ll sack him off if not allowed but the photos would be better Cheers

There are no rules apart from the one where you sleep outside of your own house.
How you interpretate the non rules are up to you as long as you are fully Covid compliant then what the hell.
My "bothy" is a 2 room bothy with two entrances, so another off here is joining me for the night at a 6m social distance.

[summittoppler]

Its a bit much selecting your bivvy spot on your map John.
Me and Dave have swapped our home postcodes and the rest is what will be......

[Asposium]

tried to create my area in viewranger

before i send to my partner, please someone view and let me know if the idea work.

ta

https://my.viewranger.com/route/details/MzU5ODM0Ng==

[Boab]

tried to create my area in viewranger

before i send to my partner, please someone view and let me know if the idea work.

ta

https://my.viewranger.com/route/details/MzU5ODM0Ng==

Looks like you're going to need a wetsuit...

[Asposium]

tried to create my area in viewranger

before i send to my partner, please someone view and let me know if the idea work.

ta

https://my.viewranger.com/route/details/MzU5ODM0Ng==

Looks like you're going to need a wetsuit...

that's okay
if i need a wetsuit then my partner will be needing a plane.

maybe its a shame i don't yet have my packraft.

[thenorthwind]

Thanks John and Reg - sterling work!

A quick google turned up this site which you might find useful. It allows you to draw a circle with a set radius from a given centre point quickly, and you can share the results with your partner with a link if you want to do it that way.

https://www.mapdevelopers.com/draw-circle-tool.php

I've gone for 40 miles. Since the radial distance is as-the-crow-flies, it's a bigger area than it sounds (obviously it's 80 miles across), even though, in my case, half of it's sea.

[techno]

Thanks John and Reg - sterling work!

A quick google turned up this site which you might find useful. It allows you to draw a circle with a set radius from a given centre point quickly, and you can share the results with your partner with a link if you want to do it that way.

https://www.mapdevelopers.com/draw-circle-tool.php

I've gone for 40 miles. Since the radial distance is as-the-crow-flies, it's a bigger area than it sounds (obviously it's 80 miles across), even though, in my case, half of it's sea.

That is bloody useful, thanks!!