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Beginners' Basics - Route Planning
By Jon on 30/06/2005 14:53:52
We help you get down and dirty with realistic advice on how to plan your route for a day on the hills in the real world.
.Whichever map you choose, make sure it covers the entirearea you're planning to walk through.Along with your map, youneed a compass which allows you to transfer bearings to andfrom the map.Increasingly outdoors peopel are using electronic navigationalaids like
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Monday Tip - Plan Your Escape Route
By Jon on 04/03/2013 11:53:01
This week, make your day in the mountains safer by planning ahead.
So you're off for a day in the mountains. You have your route roughly outlined - maybe you've nabbed it from a guidebook, downloaded it online or simply got out your map and planned it yourself. You're good to go, right? Visualise Your RouteWell, up
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Satmap Online Route Planning Soon
By Jon on 02/10/2008 13:12:34
Satmap announces imminent online route-planning facility and it looks good.
Satmap isabout to launch the beta of an on-line route planner, which will allowyou to plan and store your routes using the Satmap web site.We've been using Satmap's excellent Active 10 unit - review update soon- and its one weakness is that while
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Forest Sell-Off Plans Abandoned?
By Jon on 17/02/2011 09:16:24
BBC reports government U-turn on forestry plans with announcement due tomorrow.
The BBC is reporting that the Government is on the brink of halting the plan to sell off state-owned forests, with an announcement due to be made tomorrow, Friday.The Beeb understands that the current consultation will be halted and a new panel
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Snowdon Summit Plans Get Public Airing
By Jon on 24/01/2002 10:38:15
Public meetings have been held to discuss plans for the redevelopment of the Snowdon summit café, so what's it going to look like then?
New proposals for a redevelopment of the eyesore summit buildingon Snowdon have been released at public meetings by the SnowdoniaNational Park Authority.Despite the enduring hatred the existing structure engenders inmany walkers and climbers - even if most of us have snuck in for...
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Scenic Super Quarry Plans Blocked Again
By Jon on 13/01/2004 11:56:35
A decision by a Scottish court has blocked a 'backdoor attempt' to revive plans to construct a massive super quarry on the island of Harris, a National Scenic Area
planning and legal possibility. Now theScottish law lords have confirmed that only a tiny part of the sitehas a valid existing permission. It's time for Lafarge to withdrawgracefully before they are rebuffed yet again."Lafarge's bosses claim
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British Climber Plans Radical Line On Everest
By Jon on 11/01/2006 12:25:27
A little-known British mountaineer is planning a radical new line on the world's highest mountain in a move which could revolutionise Himalayan mountaineering at a stroke.
There's precious little that's genuinely new in mountaineering, soit's especially refreshing to see a little-known British climbercommitted to undertaking an exciting new line on the world's highestpeak.Whatmakes it even more remarkable is that Mary Woodbridge is a sprightly85 an...
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Last Chance To Object To Peak Road Plan
By Jon on 02/05/2006 11:44:43
You have until the end of this week to formally object to a planned bypass that will cut through the Peak Park destroying sensitve moorland habitat and massively increasing traffic in the area.
the Peak.The bottom line is that you have until the end of this week toregister an objection to the plan. You can find more details atwww.saveswallowswood.org.uk.Objections can be made by e-mail, use the subject line 'OBJECTIONS TOTHE A57/A628 MOTTRAM
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New Garmin Route-Planning App OS Compatible
By Jon Doran on 10/09/2010 12:37:21
The latest version of Garmin's BaseCamp software allows on-screen route planning using familiar Ordnance Survey mapping.
GPS specialist Garmin has launched updated free route-planning software called BaseCamp which allows you 'to view and organise your maps, waypoints, routes and tracks then send directly to your Garmin device' and is compatible with Ordnance Survey
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Cairngorm Safaris Planned
By Jon on 26/07/2000 11:44:00
They shoot walkers don't they?
Utter madness from The Scotsman, who have a breathtaking featureon a plan to introduce safari-style holidays with a difference to theCairngorm area, they take up the story:'The plan is to provide outdoor holidays on a safari basis, whereclients
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