A week away in Cornwall with the bike saw me gain 15 new squares total now 5336. I've stayed at the same village Holywell bay since I've started riding again in 2014 which is right on the coast so you only have 3 directions to play with . I now have a nice arc covering virtual every square within 16 miles of base making square grabbing rides 50km + . There are few little bits of headlands with no roads left to walk or find a way to ride
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Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
Ride out to Uttoxeter and back saw me grab 14 new squares, total now 6.286 and the cluster increased by 7 to 4,660.
steverob
Guru
- Location
- Buckinghamshire
Having taken the train to get some tiles to the north west of my main cluster last week, on my ride yesterday I took the train & tube south east this time to fill in a bit of a gap in my map - almost (but not quite) linking it up with my tile bridge between the Home Counties and London.
40 new tiles in all and coincidentally also 40 added to my main cluster at the same time.
Turns out SW Hertfordshire and the NW London suburbs are a surprisingly lumpy area - there were no notable climbs (just three short sharp lumps) and yet I somehow managed almost 60ft of climbing per mile, which is more than I normally get riding into the Chiltern hills. Legs definitely feeling it this morning, even though I only did 50 miles of riding.
40 new tiles in all and coincidentally also 40 added to my main cluster at the same time.
Turns out SW Hertfordshire and the NW London suburbs are a surprisingly lumpy area - there were no notable climbs (just three short sharp lumps) and yet I somehow managed almost 60ft of climbing per mile, which is more than I normally get riding into the Chiltern hills. Legs definitely feeling it this morning, even though I only did 50 miles of riding.
Today's imperial ride saw me target my bottom right corner around the town of Kettering . Added 32 squares total now 5368 ,max cluster up 40 to 2821 . Had 1 tricky square which took 3 attempts to nab couldn't get to Dry Brooke reservoir via the gravels tracks due to multiple locked gates so ended up heading back up the hill on to a Bridle path over rutted bone dry soil which was interesting
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Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
I got that square going over this gate and riding into the square. Not sure how I missed all those keep out signs
I was temptedI got that square going over this gate and riding into the square. Not sure how I missed all those keep out signs
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Probably because they were all out of focusI got that square going over this gate and riding into the square. Not sure how I missed all those keep out signs
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I'd forgotten about this thread; I've been busy 'finishing off' Cornwall this summer. There are a few small bits of coastal path left but all the middle is done. There were some very tricky tiles in Bodmin Moor.
My max square is now 27x27; Dartmoor (and the sea) effectively stop me from enlarging it, sadly.
Next challenge is to extend my cluster beyond Bath or Bristol
My max square is now 27x27; Dartmoor (and the sea) effectively stop me from enlarging it, sadly.
Next challenge is to extend my cluster beyond Bath or Bristol
Blimey, and there was I thinking it would be a challenge to extend towards Land's End!
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
127 miles today for a record breaking (okay, maybe not) collection of 8 new squares
Spartak
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- Location
- Bristolian
3 new squares this morning, ran the Llanerchaeron Parkrun in Ceredigion, Wales.
Lovely route along an old railway line.
Lovely route along an old railway line.
