GuyBoden
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Blindly following an electronic gadget and not really knowing where I am, scares me, but doesn't seem to bother most riders.
Just tried that & failed, I wanted to add a track between 2 exiting tracks & no idea how nor can I find help on howtoMost cycle mapping sites/apps use OpenStreetMap which is user-editable, so sign up for OSM and add them!
Blindly following an electronic gadget and not really knowing where I am, scares me, but doesn't seem to bother most riders.
On the occasion I mentioned, when finalising the route I even remember thinking that I didn't know there was a road there, that's really useful! What a silly blot.My January imperial century, I messed up on the final checks. I'd managed to take the route down a non-metalled road that was too steep to ride down. It was obviously a watercourse in rainy weather and was badly rutted, so it was difficult to even walk down. I was cursing myself.
On 9th March (weather permitting) I'm going to follow a route from somebody on here, I have no prior knowledge other than the .gpx file. I'm currently deciding should I buy the OS map of the area?If you've created the route (and I don't mean just copied someone else's route) then you'll know where your gadget is taking you.
Go to gpxeditor.co.uk, choose OS mapping (top left), right-click on the map and choose load... upload your file.On 9th March (weather permitting) I'm going to follow a route from somebody on here, I have no prior knowledge other than the .gpx file. I'm currently deciding should I buy the OS map of the area?