Popout Maps

you know? said:

Thanks to my New! IMPROVED! Popout Map (As Seen On URC), I got from
Paddingtown to St Mary Axe (helpfully labelled Swiss Re Tower, aka The
Gherkin) with only one minor and short-lived deviation. I have also I
think finally cracked the secret of navigating in London: ignore the
little roads!

have I mentioned how much I :heart: popout maps?

Just zis Guy said:

Thanks to my New! IMPROVED! Popout Map (As Seen On URC), I got from
Paddingtown to St Mary Axe (helpfully labelled Swiss Re Tower, aka The
Gherkin) with only one minor and short-lived deviation. I have also I
think finally cracked the secret of navigating in London: ignore the
little roads!

I have never been able to follow a signposted cycle route through
London. I always either get lost because the relevant sign post is
missing or in 1 inch high letters on a sticker on a pole for a
different street sign, or I get fed up with so much arsing about and
deviation that I just get on the main roads anyway.

Rule of thumb: Every left turn effectively adds 20m to the ride. Every
right turn 100m. Every get off and walk, 200m.

...d

David Martin said:

I have never been able to follow a signposted cycle route through
London. I always either get lost because the relevant sign post is
missing or in 1 inch high letters on a sticker on a pole for a
different street sign, or I get fed up with so much arsing about
and deviation that I just get on the main roads anyway.

When I started commuting between Twickenham and Sutton I noticed that
route 75 ran that way. I decided to try it out and it became a personal
challenge to follow it without resorting to maps. It took me 3 weeks of
almost daily attempts before I finally managed to work out where it all
was and follow it completely in both directions. Mission accomplished I
went back to the sensible route, saving about 20 minutes each way.

--
Dave...

dkahn400 said:

David Martin said:

I have never been able to follow a signposted cycle route through
London. I always either get lost because the relevant sign post is
missing or in 1 inch high letters on a sticker on a pole for a
different street sign, or I get fed up with so much arsing about
and deviation that I just get on the main roads anyway.

When I started commuting between Twickenham and Sutton I noticed that
route 75 ran that way. I decided to try it out and it became a personal
challenge to follow it without resorting to maps. It took me 3 weeks of
almost daily attempts before I finally managed to work out where it all
was and follow it completely in both directions. Mission accomplished I
went back to the sensible route, saving about 20 minutes each way.

I've still not managed to follow NCN route 1 through Dundee..

...d

audrey said:

On 21 Jul 2005 08:39:01 -0700, "Just zis Guy, you know?"
<[email hidden]> wrote:

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Quoted message said:

have I mentioned how much I :heart: popout maps?

fold, unfold, fold, unfold :-)

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Quoted message said:

audrey said:

On 21 Jul 2005 08:39:01 -0700, "Just zis Guy, you know?"
<[email hidden]> wrote:

[snip]

Quoted message said:

have I mentioned how much I :heart: popout maps?

fold, unfold, fold, unfold :-)

You do realise that it's bound to rain all weekend now...

Cheers, helen s ;-)

"David Martin" <[email hidden]> of http://groups.google.com

Quoted message said:

I've still not managed to follow NCN route 1 through Dundee..

And no-one can legally follow the Trans-Pennine trail going west through
Northenden (south of Manchester), because it goes the wrong way down a one
way street. And that street has been one way, in that direction, for the 30
years I've lived in the area.....
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