tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177918675979573010.post1895354347720793329..comments2024-03-23T20:59:24.568+00:00Comments on northern pies: The Dodd, Middle Rigg and a Bare BumMike Knipehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12792636586674245725noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177918675979573010.post-37369879037668570422011-01-19T15:45:19.782+00:002011-01-19T15:45:19.782+00:00'Course its tongue in cheek, I hardly know som...'Course its tongue in cheek, I hardly know some of them at all.. anyway that particular garmin is quite old - probably 7 years + and doesnt do maps. It does show a kind of a diagram of your current location in relation to any waypoints that have been entered.<br />It does give you a grid ref - in this case, I'm at NY79231 45862 - or about 120 metres NE of the 614 spot height shown on the North Pennines map.<br />It does other stuff too, in a navigational kind of way. <br />Its main useful use is to give you a grid ref in the fog if you dont know where you are. Sometimes the results can be surprising, but its helpful to believe what it's saying, I find.Mike Knipehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12792636586674245725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177918675979573010.post-58209605870713955532011-01-19T14:40:13.834+00:002011-01-19T14:40:13.834+00:00"Some of the sheep are my personal friends......"Some of the sheep are my personal friends...."<br /><br />was that said tounge in cheek ?<br />Hi Mike<br />Doe's your Garmin voodoo joby give you a map ref. ? i.e. SD 72630 – 60717 for where you are ? and how much Parraffin doe’s it use ?<br />I tend to print a section of 25k:1 map (ye olde style with field walls marked) for the area I’m off to, then print a larger scale of target area on back, A4 and laminate. If I don’t use it as a map, it gives me a clean surface at dinner stop<br />cheers DannyQDanThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07274667057351850895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177918675979573010.post-17884810243720589892011-01-19T10:24:03.813+00:002011-01-19T10:24:03.813+00:00Brian's cat, which only has the one serviceabl...Brian's cat, which only has the one serviceable eye due to a misunderstanding with another cat, was out slaughtering the local wildlife, I think - or possibly snoozing somewhere warm...<br />I don't often use the GPS thing, but its good as a last resort. After spending forty-odd years up the Pennines, though, I tend to know where stuff is anyway and I barely use a map nowadays.<br />Some of the sheep are my personal friends....Mike Knipehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12792636586674245725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177918675979573010.post-7802847589381762052011-01-18T23:21:50.654+00:002011-01-18T23:21:50.654+00:00Bl**dy Ell your killer Dawg ate Brians Cat never m...Bl**dy Ell your killer Dawg ate Brians Cat never mind the cat not being too happy how's Brian ? maybe Al Gore will eat your Dawg to fudge the global warming figures.GPS thingy<br />never seen one, seem like electronic Voodoo ? bet Shackleton never had one. I did have my 3/6d x2 box top lids Mickey Mouse compass out in the low cloud today ! just to check the Met. office's NorthWesterly was actually blowing from the South all day<br />cheers DannyQDanThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07274667057351850895noreply@blogger.com