Lands End to Dover

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However, I would now love to see (and show others so that they stand some
chance of understanding) what THAT day actually entailed. If any of you
have "Memory map" or "Tracklogs" for Callington (in Cornwall) to Seaton
(in Devon), I'd be really really grateful if you could send me the profile
of my route in a "Word" document. (I'd buy it myself but have no other
use for it living as I do up here in Leicestershire

At a guess, the profile is something like this:

/\ /\ / (repeat for
/ \ / \ / every estuary
/ \ / \ / crossing until
/ \ / \ / knackered)
/ \ / \ /
/ \ / \ /
/ \/ \/

:-)

cheers,
clive

My email - should you be able to make the profile is (and without any spaces
or the word DOT of course)

jbirkby @ btinternetDOT com

thanks again

JB

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"JB" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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However, I would now love to see (and show others so that they stand some
chance of understanding) what THAT day actually entailed. If any of you
have "Memory map" or "Tracklogs" for Callington (in Cornwall) to Seaton
(in Devon

In a straight line? What was the route? That can make a huge difference to
the profile, even a few dozen yards can make a significant difference in
that part of the world.

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

However, I would now love to see (and show others so that they stand some
chance of understanding) what THAT day actually entailed. If any of you
have "Memory map" or "Tracklogs" for Callington (in Cornwall) to Seaton
(in Devon

In a straight line? What was the route? That can make a huge difference to
the profile, even a few dozen yards can make a significant difference in
that part of the world.

He gave all the road/route info in the post, did you only read the
first half? 🙂

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JB said:

I have just completed my "Lands End to Dover" ride that some of you may
remember me planning way back near Easter time. The weather was fantastic

Good show, glad you enjoyed.

Quoted message said:

However, I would now love to see (and show others so that they stand some
chance of understanding) what THAT day actually entailed. If any of you have
"Memory map" or "Tracklogs" for Callington (in Cornwall) to Seaton (in
Devon), I'd be really really grateful if you could send me the profile of my
route in a "Word" document. (I'd buy it myself but have no other use for it
living as I do up here in Leicestershire

I've done it for you in MemoryMap, using 1:50k mapping.

Kelly Bray to Seaton:

Total distance: 65.7 Mi
Total ascent: 7253 ft
Total descent: 7875 ft

I have the route saved, and will email you the details in a .txt file
(sorry, I don't have Word installed).

Although I have MemoryMap, I don't actually use it all that often and
am not too familiar with it, so I'm not positive that what I'm sending
you is exactly what you want.

It's the list of the route waypoints, giving cumulative mileage,
position and point elevation at each one. I've used lots of waypoints
to try and make the route details as accurate as possible. If you need
something else, then just let me know and I'll try and figure out how
to do it.

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JB said:

My email - should you be able to make the profile is (and without any spaces
or the word DOT of course)

jbirkby @ btinternetDOT com

thanks again

Oh, yes.

Well I sent the first one to the email address shown in your "from"
field, but I see that's just bounced back to me.

You might want to do something about that.

Anyway, second one sent to you at BTinternet. Shout up if it doesn't
arrive.

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"JB" <[email hidden]> writes:

[...]

Quoted message said:

However, I would now love to see (and show others so that they stand some
chance of understanding) what THAT day actually entailed. If any of you have
"Memory map" or "Tracklogs" for Callington (in Cornwall) to Seaton (in
Devon), I'd be really really grateful if you could send me the profile of my
route in a "Word" document. (I'd buy it myself but have no other use for it
living as I do up here in Leicestershire

I did it as far as Exeter. I'm not sure if the profile is actually any
use - if you do it to true scale, it looks like a flat line (they all
do) and if you set it to any other scale, it's impossible to imagine the
hills anyway. Having said that, the auto-scaled profile is at
http://flat222.org/keith/profile.JPG

If it's any use, I make the stretch to Exeter 45.7 miles, with 5498 ft
total ascent and 5993 ft descent. Damned impressive.

(of course, I wasn't as careful as I could be, so Your Mileage May Vary
(hah!))

--
Keith Willoughby http://flat222.org/keith/
"The future's so dull I've got to sing torch songs"

Call me Bob said:

Quoted message said:

However, I would now love to see (and show others so that they stand some
chance of understanding) what THAT day actually entailed. If any of you have
"Memory map" or "Tracklogs" for Callington (in Cornwall) to Seaton (in
Devon), I'd be really really grateful if you could send me the profile of my
route in a "Word" document. (I'd buy it myself but have no other use for it
living as I do up here in Leicestershire

I've done it for you in MemoryMap, using 1:50k mapping.

Kelly Bray to Seaton:

Total distance: 65.7 Mi
Total ascent: 7253 ft
Total descent: 7875 ft

I have the route saved, and will email you the details in a .txt file
(sorry, I don't have Word installed).

Hmm, it's occurred to me that you want the graphical image of the
route profile, not the elevation details in text format.

I'm afraid I don't know how to get that for you. I can print it here,
obviously, but that's not a lot of use to you. Besides, I'm not
terribly impressed by the MemoryMap graphic profile thingy, you can
make a route seem as impressive or flat as you like by altering the
scale to suit. At true scale any route looks as flat as a pancake.

If you know what scale you want it at, and can tell me how I might get
that image out of MemMap and into Word, I'll install Word and email
you the document.

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Keith Willoughby said:

Having said that, the auto-scaled profile is at
http://flat222.org/keith/profile.JPG

Oh yes, of course, screen cap.

I've put the auto-scaled profile of the full route here:

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/gareth.evans490/Taifun/Kelly%20Bray%20to%20Seaton.bmp

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"JB" <[email hidden]> writes:

[...]

Quoted message said:

However, I would now love to see (and show others so that they stand
some chance of understanding) what THAT day actually entailed. If any
of you have "Memory map" or "Tracklogs" for Callington (in Cornwall)
to Seaton (in Devon), I'd be really really grateful if you could send
me the profile of my
route in a "Word" document. (I'd buy it myself but have no other use
for it living as I do up here in Leicestershire

I did it as far as Exeter. I'm not sure if the profile is actually any
use - if you do it to true scale, it looks like a flat line (they all
do) and if you set it to any other scale, it's impossible to imagine
the hills anyway. Having said that, the auto-scaled profile is at
http://flat222.org/keith/profile.JPG

If it's any use, I make the stretch to Exeter 45.7 miles, with 5498 ft
total ascent and 5993 ft descent. Damned impressive.

So you started 500 feet above sea level, or ended 500 feet
below? /Damned/ impressive, either way!

Quoted message said:

(of course, I wasn't as careful as I could be, so Your Mileage May Vary
(hah!))

Uhuh. I think it may...

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At true scale any route looks as flat as a pancake.

You live in Norfolk and ICMFP. Hang on, pancakes? Maybe the Netherlands
then.

Thanks to Keith and CallmeBob for the profiles. Anychance you could email me
them? The links to the web addresses don't show the height on the vertical
axis. Is that because the software doesn't, or is it just lost in the screen
capture?

JB
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in message <[email hidden]>, Keith Willoughby

(') said:

"JB" <[email hidden]> writes:

[...]

Quoted message said:

However, I would now love to see (and show others so that they stand
some chance of understanding) what THAT day actually entailed. If any
of you have "Memory map" or "Tracklogs" for Callington (in Cornwall)
to Seaton (in Devon), I'd be really really grateful if you could send
me the profile of my
route in a "Word" document. (I'd buy it myself but have no other use
for it living as I do up here in Leicestershire

I did it as far as Exeter. I'm not sure if the profile is actually any
use - if you do it to true scale, it looks like a flat line (they all
do) and if you set it to any other scale, it's impossible to imagine
the hills anyway. Having said that, the auto-scaled profile is at
http://flat222.org/keith/profile.JPG

If it's any use, I make the stretch to Exeter 45.7 miles, with 5498 ft
total ascent and 5993 ft descent. Damned impressive.

So you started 500 feet above sea level, or ended 500 feet
below? /Damned/ impressive, either way!

Quoted message said:

(of course, I wasn't as careful as I could be, so Your Mileage May Vary
(hah!))

Uhuh. I think it may...

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Tumbleweed said:

Quoted message said:

> However, I would now love to see (and show others so that they stand
> some
> chance of understanding) what THAT day actually entailed. If any of you
> have "Memory map" or "Tracklogs" for Callington (in Cornwall) to Seaton
> (in Devon

In a straight line? What was the route? That can make a huge difference to
the profile, even a few dozen yards can make a significant difference in
that part of the world.

He gave all the road/route info in the post, did you only read the
first half? 🙂

oopsy, seems so :-)

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1:50 000 scale would be just great btw

JB
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Call me Bob said:

Quoted message said:

However, I would now love to see (and show others so that they stand some
chance of understanding) what THAT day actually entailed. If any of you
have
"Memory map" or "Tracklogs" for Callington (in Cornwall) to Seaton (in
Devon), I'd be really really grateful if you could send me the profile of
my
route in a "Word" document. (I'd buy it myself but have no other use for
it
living as I do up here in Leicestershire

I've done it for you in MemoryMap, using 1:50k mapping.

Kelly Bray to Seaton:

Total distance: 65.7 Mi
Total ascent: 7253 ft
Total descent: 7875 ft

I have the route saved, and will email you the details in a .txt file
(sorry, I don't have Word installed).

Hmm, it's occurred to me that you want the graphical image of the
route profile, not the elevation details in text format.

I'm afraid I don't know how to get that for you. I can print it here,
obviously, but that's not a lot of use to you. Besides, I'm not
terribly impressed by the MemoryMap graphic profile thingy, you can
make a route seem as impressive or flat as you like by altering the
scale to suit. At true scale any route looks as flat as a pancake.

If you know what scale you want it at, and can tell me how I might get
that image out of MemMap and into Word, I'll install Word and email
you the document.

"Bob"
--

"I will refuse to register for an ID card and will donate £10
to a legal defence fund but only if 10,000 other people will
also make this same pledge." Phil Booth, NO2ID

Join the Pledge !!

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"JB" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Thanks to Keith and CallmeBob for the profiles. Anychance you could email
me them? The links to the web addresses don't show the height on the
vertical axis. Is that because the software doesn't, or is it just lost in
the screen capture?

thats because MM doesnt let you put a scale of your own choosing in which is
a great pity (you get a choice of 3 IIRC, 2 of which are no use unless you
are cycling up mount everest). What I did, when I produced the profiles of
our E2E, was put the cursor at the highest point, which then shows you how
high it is in text on the screen,and then screen capture whilst that it was
showing.

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JB said:

If you are able to profile me the route, the journey was thus:

That's my local stomping ground :-)

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Kelly Bray (just a few miles north of Callington) round Kit Hill via B3257,
joining A390 and on into Gunnislake.

Slight uphill to St Anns Chapel, then long downhill through Gunnislake
to crossing the Tamar into England.

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Out of Gunnislake the A390 snakes to start with. However there are2 cut
throughs that local traffic takes. I took the first cut thru and then
re-joined the 390 to wind my way to the top.

That's the easy way up. I call the second cut-through the "relentless
route", as it's steep and a lot longer than the first one. But it's a
fair old hill either way.

Next time, cut through Horsebridge, Chipshop(!) and Mill Hill instead.
It's more hilly, but *much* quieter and more scenic.

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Stay on A390 into Tavistock

Down the hill again to cross Lumburn, then across another small hill.

Quoted message said:

Out of Tavistock on B3357 straight up over Dartmoor. Turn left at Two
Bridges taking B3212 to Moretonhampstead.

Long uphill to Princetown, broken by the Walkham valley. Then down to
Two Bridges, and more moderate up&down across the moor. That's the best
on-road west-east route across the moor: any other is much longer
and takes you down - and back up - very steep valleys on the south,
or the ghastly A30 to the north.

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Stay on this road into Exeter

Hmmm, I don't tend to go off the far side of the moors on day rides.
IIRC the road into Exeter itself is not so nice - unless you found
something better.

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In Exeter take B3183 and make way towards jnctn 30 of M5. Then take A3052
virtually to Colyford, turning down into Seaford via Seaton Down Hill (of
the 3 majorish roads into seaton, it's the middle one.

Only ever been there when touring; can't recollect much, except more
up&down, and stopping to gorge self on blackberries.

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As that's quite a long journey (can't believe we did it in one day with
panniers!), perhaps the route could be split across 2 pages with the divide
at Exeter?

Hehe. Try Bath to Gunnislake against a strongish southwesterly wind and
with full panniers (IIRC that's my longest ever single-day ride).

--
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"JB" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Thanks to Keith and CallmeBob for the profiles. Anychance you could email
me them? The links to the web addresses don't show the height on the
vertical axis. Is that because the software doesn't, or is it just lost in
the screen capture?

thats because MM doesnt let you put a scale of your own choosing in
which is a great pity (you get a choice of 3 IIRC, 2 of which are no
use unless you are cycling up mount everest). What I did, when I
produced the profiles of our E2E, was put the cursor at the highest
point, which then shows you how high it is in text on the screen,and
then screen capture whilst that it was showing.

I, uh, just found the option to print the axes values 🙂

Tumbleweed, if you right click on the profile, you can select the "axes"
option . . .

I've replaced the graphic on my webspace
http://flat222.org/keith/profile.JPG

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"Some cursed, some prayed, some prayed then cursed"

Keith Willoughby said:

I, uh, just found the option to print the axes values 🙂

Tumbleweed, if you right click on the profile, you can select the "axes"
option . . .

Or Bob, even . . .

/me got confused

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Tumbleweed said:

"JB" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Thanks to Keith and CallmeBob for the profiles. Anychance you could
email
me them? The links to the web addresses don't show the height on the
vertical axis. Is that because the software doesn't, or is it just lost
in
the screen capture?

thats because MM doesnt let you put a scale of your own choosing in
which is a great pity (you get a choice of 3 IIRC, 2 of which are no
use unless you are cycling up mount everest). What I did, when I
produced the profiles of our E2E, was put the cursor at the highest
point, which then shows you how high it is in text on the screen,and
then screen capture whilst that it was showing.

I, uh, just found the option to print the axes values 🙂

Tumbleweed, if you right click on the profile, you can select the "axes"
option . . .

Must be a version difference, I have v3.1.1, right click on a profile gives
just auto, fixed 200m, and true scale, and there is no 'axes' option or
anything else :-(

[I hope I'm wrong and its finger trouble, please tell me it is]

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