Remarkable websites

[Fnaar]

Well, I am still impressed with cycle.travel! (I usually overrule a few of its choices but it comes up with some interesting ideas for new routes and is very quick and easy to use.)

That's excellent! Thank you for the link

 

[ColinJ]

That's excellent! Thank you for the link

Site developer @Richard Fairhurst is a fellow CycleChat member and is happy to receive any feedback!

 

[classic33]

I had planned a forum ride to Wray last year but thunderstorms were forecast for the area so I put the ride back from the Saturday to the Sunday. I checked out what was happening on our route on the Saturday and this is what we avoided!!!

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With you planning rides have you ever used roadworks.org?

Upto 12 months notice of planned work and updates on if work will overrun.

 

[Globalti]

This is a good one for wasting time: http://www.wetroads.co.uk/

 

[Bobby Mhor]

The internet has brought us some incredible benefits. Have a look at these sites:

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:4.2/centery:25.2/zoom:2

Track any ship in the world. I wonder if there are more or fewer ships now than there would have been 100 years ago?

https://www.flightradar24.com/44.47,1.41/4

Track any large aircraft in the world.

https://www.strava.com/heatmap#4.94/-4.31363/49.98466/hot/all

See where in the world people have got the energy, time and money to run around for fun or buy expensive bikes and ride around for fun.

Why not do your own?

an AIS one Firth of Clyde earlier..

 

[MontyVeda]

On that note...

http://www.testcardcircle.org.uk/
http://www.pylonofthemonth.org/

tempted to send this photo to Pylon of the Month...

...then i can boast to my friends and family that I've had one of my photos featured on Pylon of the Month

 

[Globalti]

Impressive constructions, I would definitely send it.

 

[MiK1138]

Thats like the ultimate Pylon family portrait Get it sent

 

[nickyboy]

This is a good one for wasting time: http://www.wetroads.co.uk/

I think our own @Richard A Thackeray posts on there doesn't he?

 

[Ian H]

zombo.com
You need flash enabled (and it has its own wki page.

 

[MontyVeda]

Site developer @Richard Fairhurst is a fellow CycleChat member and is happy to receive any feedback!

Cool... unlike Google maps, I can plot most of my extra-flat route to Knott End on that site, but not all of it (takes in footpaths which don't seem to be plotted).

 

[andabby]

Has it got a lot of followers ?

Up here near Aberdeen it does

 

[Arjimlad]

Wikipedia: I grew up with large, heavy copies of The Encyclopedia Brittanica.
Youtube: TV? Who needs that?

... and just a random one, but hilarious because of its effect on your vision (but you will recover in a minute or two, I promise):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkRHN0rnfME

My pork pie is crossing the sodding desk !!

 

[MontyVeda]

Impressive constructions, I would definitely send it.

Thats like the ultimate Pylon family portrait Get it sent

Sent and got a reply! "I'll use the photo in the next few months ..."

 

[Deleted member 1258]

This is one of my favourites, a different picture every day, in the past they've done pictures from mars taken by the rover thats on the planet.

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/