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

[Taylor]

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's quite useful that link is.

[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

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.

Cheers, thought so, nice & relaxed

[JohnClimber]

Come on Brothersmith check in to see my message.

Anyone else waiting for their virtual partner?

[RIP]

Yah, Reg. What's absolutely hilarious is at this rate you and me will be doing each other's GRs again like last time!!

[RIP]

I might just send you to exactly the same ones .

[woodsmith]

Anyone else waiting for their virtual partner?

Yep. My message is still sitting in my outbox.

[sean_iow]

Anyone else waiting for their virtual partner?

Me, but to be fair I only PM'd them this morning.

[Bearlegged]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_MaJDK3VNE

[Stumpym4]

As yesterday was a total washout up here in east Yorkshire ! , I decided to see what's involved in sorting some grid reference's out for my Virtual winter event partner.

After a quick message with my virtual partner we decided on a 25km radius around our homes , and while it doesn't sound a lot , when u draw a circle on the map, you just think wow, that's a big area !

Anyways as id never set any GR out for someone before, I had a look around at what i could use to assist me, firstly something to set my radius out , after a few different sites I came across this https://2kmfromhome.com/ .... works great, easy to use, can vary distance required etc.
Secondly an OS map so i can check if its legal, bridleway or track etc for this I used https://www.bing.com/maps ,drop down menu and selecting ordnance survey ….. look around said area, find something you fancy, right click on map and boom grid reference sorted ...
And lastly i used https://gridreferencefinder.com/ … to input the GR and check things etc

I seem to have sorted a lot more grid ref than we agreed on and so i need to go through them again and whittle them down to a more suitable number !

Have to say that I've learned a lot and thoroughly enjoyed looking at online maps of another area and finding places that I hope my virtual partner will enjoy.
I'm really looking forward to see what my partner has found and got in store for me, considering we've only moved up here a year ago and hardly got out this year to explore. Really sad I know but I'm excited to see what happens in the new year

Stay safe out there

Stumpy

[summittoppler]

Well I showed my hand first and sent Dave his GR's. As said above due to a very wet day yesterday morning I managed to get it done easily, riding it may prove otherwise! I shared them via Google Slides with an image of the location with the GR.
I used Grid Reference Finder, Geograph, Bing maps (OS mapping) & Google maps.

[Verena]

Come on Brothersmith check in to see my message.

Anyone else waiting for their virtual partner?

Nope, Dave and I are good

[redefined_cycles]

Well I showed my hand first and sent Dave his GR's. As said above due to a very wet day yesterday morning I managed to get it done easily, riding it may prove otherwise! I shared them via Google Slides with an image of the location with the GR.
I used Grid Reference Finder, Geograph, Bing maps (OS mapping) & Google maps.

So me and Ollie can try and keep up with the 'big boys', Jeff, please may I ask how many GPs you sent out. Ollie, no muddy slodge please (if you're listening) as thats only for the elites...

[redefined_cycles]

Same or similar Q for any of the other crazy lot. How do you know if you're crqzy... well, you probably get called it often enough..

[thenorthwind]

I believe 10 is the allotted number. Eleven shall not thou count, nor shall thou count nine... etc.

[JohnClimber]

I believe 10 is the allotted number. Eleven shall not thou count, nor shall thou count nine... etc.

10 was a guide, as 10 are possibly achievable over a dark January weekend, it's about fun not suffering (that's what the BB200 & 300 are for)

If you give someone say 20 GR's that are not possible to get to them all, that person will chose the ones that they know and do a loop or two around the Grid Ref's in their comfort zone.

10 GR's will mean you may know where half are already but the other half is new to you, and as there are only 10 you don't have that much of an excuse not to go to them...... That's my thinking anyway

[Dave Barter]

Well I showed my hand first and sent Dave his GR's. As said above due to a very wet day yesterday morning I managed to get it done easily, riding it may prove otherwise! I shared them via Google Slides with an image of the location with the GR.
I used Grid Reference Finder, Geograph, Bing maps (OS mapping) & Google maps.

A model of restraint and great presentation. Now i’m off to Google Welsh horror story trails

[summittoppler]

...Now i’m off to Google Welsh horror story trails....

*gulp

[Bearlegged]

When I set GRs for the Where-You-Are Ride Thing, I simply googled "funny* place names [name of starting point]"

*Or was it "rude"?

[RIP]

Good to hear that things are cracking on. Nice work there Stumpy - it's lovely to know that you're enjoying it and learning new stuff etc.

Re 10 GRs, I quite like the 'purity' of accepting what you're given and just knuckling down and getting on with it. Ignoring some seems to remove a bit of the fun (but anyone who's ridden with me on WRTs etc knows that's completely at odds with my normal attitude, hey ho)

You out there in the ether somewhere Ang? .

[RIP]

Oh, and working out the 'what3words' equivalents of your GRs is entertaining too (well it is if you're entertainment-starved like me). Gridreferencefinder.com automatically shows what3words codes. I had some very amusing ones on the V-WRT earlier this year.

[Taylor]

John ignores any Welsh ride thing GR's he given anyway.

[sean_iow]

John ignores any Welsh ride thing GR's he given anyway.

Exactly, in fact he's usually decided where he's going even before the GRs are given out? So this made me chuckle

.....as there are only 10 you don't have that much of an excuse not to go to them......

[JohnClimber]

I'm gonna have you in court for telling such lies............



Although you do have a good point, I do try and do at least 2 or 3, some times

[RIP]

Although you do have a good point, I do try and do at least 2 or 3, some times

Or indeed the same 1 two or three times .

[summittoppler]

Well Dave and myself have exchanged grid references. Both of us shared a Google doc/slides with GPS and with mages on.

I've had a quick plot of a route for mine and it comes out at 110 miles with 11,000 feet of climbing.

Don't think I'll take the fat bike!