tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post6219616993578144049..comments2024-03-28T13:06:29.793+00:00Comments on conradwalks: Welsh Boundary Walk - Anchor to BucknellSir Hughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-20402621154436086832011-05-20T18:28:53.010+01:002011-05-20T18:28:53.010+01:00is is legitimate to comment on a comment on a comm...is is legitimate to comment on a comment on a comment - actually, the OS have a site in which one can make maps of 'anywhere' at upto 50000 - and thus have field boundaries - seems a bit sluggish but it works - and keeps the borders static - and one can save them and/or print them off.<br />I haven't gone further with this yet but appears definitely promising - but, knowing you, you have probably explored it and pronounced it deficient in some obscure yet vital aspect.<br />I too was exercised by your use of toads as a form of progress but withheld reporting you to the RSPCA in deference to local custom and/or fear of dragons and other reptiles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-36618217576574136202011-05-20T11:36:02.786+01:002011-05-20T11:36:02.786+01:00Gimmer - Suggest you buy Memory Map at 1:50 for wh...Gimmer - Suggest you buy Memory Map at 1:50 for whole of England, Scotland, and Wales. Not sure of cost. Perhaps £150 or so, but well worth it. Not sure if it can go on Mac, but you can run it on Parallels or similar. Almost any name that occurs on the os map can be searched for and pinpointed, and os grid references the same plus many other attributes. Anybody with your interests would never regret it. Another great advantage is that you can print off any area you want to visit at different magnifications rather than carrying a large, unwieldy map around 90% of which you do not need at that time.<br />BB - navigating on a toad: I see one of those cartoon pictures on the front of a sci fi mag with a character sat on a huge toad clad in some bizarre armour trying to level the horizon, or whatever is the appropriate expression, with an eccentric looking kind of sextant.<br />I understand about the use of adjectives which fail to convey what was presumably in the mind's eye of the writer, but I used this adjective in a list of generalities and it did not refer to a specific scene that could have been more graphically described.<br />I will phone you today, hopefully, re the question of proximity-it depends on having a proper signal. I am writing this in cafe in Presteigne with no signal. Heading for Walton.<br /><br />Sent from my iPhone<br />Sent from my iPhoneSir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-78850312020556202742011-05-20T06:52:05.629+01:002011-05-20T06:52:05.629+01:00What have you got against toads? But then the scen...What have you got against toads? But then the scenery was picturesque (Aaargh!) and perhaps you imagined some form of reaction was necessary. And I suppose they were Welsh toads.<br /><br />Knighton isn't too far away.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-48469703688098138372011-05-19T20:04:48.986+01:002011-05-19T20:04:48.986+01:00on your last point - when looking at your route da...on your last point - when looking at your route day by day on Bing maps (a much-lamented substitute for Multimap) the marked border leaps about like something from eastern Europe in 1919 as one changers scale - even putting Lake Vyrnwy in England at higher magnifications - so it is hard to know where you are or are going - Fishguard i hear it said - and the places themselves move about so very unwise to use Bing as a guide - back to the old OS I think.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com