... You should have stayed in Scotland - I had a very pleasant sunny Monday on Meall nan Caorach and Meall Reamhar plus Dumyat (a late decision). "Pleasant" is...
Hello everyone As some of you will know I've been living in Jakarta since January - a fantastic place despite what you might read on wikipedia! Myself and...
Chris wrote ... Congrats, Chris ... This is known as the Tomkins effect; apparently it works in Norway too. ... According to R4 tonight it'll be a very cold...
Jonathan wrote ... http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/portals.html But it was some time ago. I am not sure if they all still work. Excellent page, Jonathan -...
After five days battling with storms, floods, and Baggershambles, Andy Tomkins and myself yesterday climbed Peel Fell to complete my English Marilyns. We took...
Thanks to those who offered tips for the top of Craig of Monievreckie. Their combined efforts worked a treat and saved us having to get our torches out on...
Some time ago I collected and uploaded several links to http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/portals.html But it was some time ago. I am not sure if they all...
Fortunately I am not up there for 2 weeks. The floods are due to climate change, we will have to get used to it. DMGT ________________________________ From:...
Hope anyone in the group in Cumbria is ok after the floods. Ann's site shows some unbelievable sights http://www.keswick.u-net.com/ldp.htm Also some incredible...
Bert wrote ... www.grough.co.uk/magazine/2009/11/17/os-mapping-to-be-freed-–-but-not-for-the-outdoors So it's just the 2x2km 1:25 postage stamp for a while...
David Stone and I have now published the next in our Mainland Europe series of mountain lists - of the 2000m peaks of Germany to 140m of drop. The list is...
... They were on trip when I went there - got that one. Richard At 17:13 18/11/2009, you wrote: At 08:51 18/11/2009, jonathan.woods wrote: We were picked up ...
Thank for info Ken. Can anyone tell us if the data to be released will include freely downloadable (as opposed to merely accessible) digital elevation data,...
... Many thanks Jonathan This has just reminded me that when we "did the Shiants" none of us was interested in Humps - Oh Dear ! Gordon +Z [now having a great...
There has been a somewhat confused report in The Guardian also. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/nov/17/ordnance-survey-maps-online The official...
Well here's a turn up for the books; go to http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8366190.stm Free maps from 2010! With a few caveats naturally. KVC __________...
... JW ... 1) starting at the N end of the Shiants, traverse of the Marilyn , via the connecting isthmus to the Hump, and back to the isthmus to be picked up. ...
... it cost you please. We were picked up from the N side of the Scalpay ferry (lots of parking - and this suited most of us as we were travelling from Tarbert...
... Brings back happy memories: thanks Brent Just for the record, could you remind us where you sailed from and what it cost you please. Best regards Gordon +Z...
Useful info, thanks John. I need to go back for the trig and have arrowed my LR57 accordingly. I remember joining the open ridge fairly early, probably at its...
Alan Castle has a booking with Sea Harris to visit these two islands on 2-3 June 2010 (3rd June if poor weather on the 2nd). He is after 3 more to make up the...
I sought advice from one of the guys at the forestry commission for this. I parked at the FC car park (NN542006)Â east of the golf course and followed the red...
A very long time ago, we went up via the track towards the mast , turning off it at the last stream a few hundred metres before the mast. Thence NE & E to the...
Any clues for this little Trossachs top? None of the tracks appear to break out of the forest apart from the one to the mast to the west. Are there any easy...
Do the curvey maps match the contour lines? Cincluscinclus ________________________________ From: Gordon Adshead <gordon@...> To: rhb@yahoogroups.com ...