Member Since: 19 Nov 2006
Location: Oakley, Hampshire
Posts: 938
Need to play somewhere!
Can anyone help?
Does anyone know of any good green lanes/fords or off road places immediately around and inside the London M25 area? I sometimes have an afternoon or morning free in between jobs, but don't know where to go play and splash around.
I realise that one of the world's biggest cities is unlikely to yield many spaces, but there might be a few lurking.
Also is there a current, comprehensive guide to green lanes anywhere? I have tried looking, but have only come across sketchy information. Please help!
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5th Mar 2007 4:19 pm
SN
Member Since: 03 Jan 2006
Location: Romiley
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Member Since: 19 Nov 2006
Location: Oakley, Hampshire
Posts: 938
Thank you
5th Mar 2007 5:21 pm
fisherman
Member Since: 16 Jan 2007
Location: Hornchurch Essex
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Ok I admit it, I'm a bit thick on this subject.
I have registered with Wayfinder and now don't have a clue what grid references to enter to find lanes near me.
Any help would be much appreciated before I kick my PC to death!
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5th Mar 2007 8:26 pm
DiscoStu
Member Since: 09 Apr 2006
Location: London
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Member Since: 16 Jan 2007
Location: Hornchurch Essex
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Oh Stu me old mate, don't tell anyone I asked that will ya!!!
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5th Mar 2007 8:36 pm
bluebarchetta
Member Since: 25 Oct 2005
Location: Aylesbury
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You need to get some OS maps of your area, you can relate the Wayfinder information to your maps. You need to learn the OS Grid reference system to pin-point the tracks. There is help with this on the Wayfinder site.
Join GLASS or CRAG and use the local representative for information (Green Lane Association, or CRAG = Countryside Reacreational Access Group).
If you want to be really clever, you can buy Memory Map OS or Fugawi for your PC, you can then download routes and information as overlays, link your laptop or PDA to a BT GPS receiver, and have real-time moving maps on your device in the car, with the Wayfinder info overlaid.
One thing is for certain though, no matter what the map says, the signs on the ground should be heeded. If it says TRO or CLOSED, then don't drive it. Always best to ring up the local ROW officer and ask them if a doubtful route is open. Ignorance is no defence.
5th Mar 2007 8:37 pm
fisherman
Member Since: 16 Jan 2007
Location: Hornchurch Essex
Posts: 1789
I think I'll have to spend some time on this when I can spare it.
I really fancy the opportunity to get far from the madding crowd with the family and a picnic.
Might need to wait for the weather to warm up so that my picnic excuse isn't immediately seen as a thinly veiled attempt to go off road. All looks like code at the moment, but I'm up for a bit of learning.
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5th Mar 2007 9:03 pm
DiscoStu
Member Since: 09 Apr 2006
Location: London
Posts: 11412
Sounds like we need a 'real' South East meet, rather than a West South East one
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Location: Hornchurch Essex
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Stu, get it organised fella.
We're just one short of a crowd, anyone else out there wanna do a meet?
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5th Mar 2007 9:12 pm
DiscoStu
Member Since: 09 Apr 2006
Location: London
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Might have to get someone a bit more experienced along, although I'm intending to do my LR Levels soon. I'll have a word with few of the 'old hands' at the weekend about how to organise a route, and we can check out the stuff Gareth suggested. I reckon Kent is probably better than Essex?
Member Since: 16 Jan 2007
Location: Hornchurch Essex
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I think you're probably right as "the garden of England" has a bit more up and down than the flatlands of Essex. Some experience would certainly be appreciated by me in the way of beer for knowledge bartering. I wonder if we'll find anyone?
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5th Mar 2007 9:30 pm
DiscoStu
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You know this lot a bit better than I do, I thought that they'd all be useful but it seems you know better. I'll have to wait for you to give me the nod before I squander my hard earned on the less deserving. Gareth already has a pint at the bar considering his "wayfinder on my PDA" knowledge!
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