Sofa Jockey
Found walking a year ago after losing 8 stones having been a couch potato much of my life. Mature guy.
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Part of the problem with tickboxes or something marked 'safer' would be how to determine what counts as qualifying, given that there are so many factors at work here with a good deal of subjectivit...
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If multiple people review you want a small number that are representative of the route. My gut is four. (three isn't quite enough. Five would make so many after a few reviews)
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I was out walking a route today and came across some surprises. I don't think there's a substitute for walking the route even if you think you know it. Personally I would only really trust a route ...
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I actually prefer the off-road path information in AllTrails (I have free access) to OS maps, but AllTrails won't load on Slow Ways so I make an AllTrails GPX, upload it into OS maps, save it again...
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If someone makes a small change improving a route but uses mine as the basis, what does it matter that their name is on it if the route is improved even by a small amount. A route I made built up t...
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I reviewed (and photo surveyed) the old route pointing out the problems. Posted a new route and then surveyed that because I know it well and have photos. It's less subjective because the survey is...
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I noticed it took a little while to load when I submitted mine. Maybe look again now to see if it's there?
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A Slow Ways person may chime in at some point, but I presume a GPX is used because it contains various data concerning terrain type and and altitude, so I'm expecting the answer will be no. But I t...
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I'm using the OS maps app to do that and successfully made a GPX file and posted it as a new route. https://osmaps.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/ I had tried a 'free' site (AllTrails) but their GPX files w...
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Am I right to think that many of these routes were (and I mean this kindly) banged together at speed during the initial building process? I'm expecting that many of these routes will be superseded ...