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• #1127
Following yesterday's chat about farm trespass, took a lunchtime run to take advantage of the frozen floodplains today and nab a group of 5 that's been annoying me. Underestimated how much melting had taken place, so a lot of squelching in freezing calf-deep mud in between jumping gates. But, 16 new tiny squares in all, and no gets catched by frmr.
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• #1128
Winning
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• #1129
So, today took advantage of the school holidays and sneaked into an obscenity of a public school on the edge of town - looked like fucking Hogwarts, swimming pool, all manner of sports pitches, tennis courts, cricket nets, field of what I assume were polo ponies, private lake, acres and acres of beautiful parkland - and this is a primary school.
Anyway, Ruperts - all your squares are belong to me. 35 added to the yardinho.
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• #1130
Somerhill? I was planning to wait for the next kids football tournament there so I could trespass legitimately with the hoi polloi.
I forgot to record when my boys played rugby at Tonbridge School (the plebs are allowed to play them once a year), otherwise my Tonbridge yardinho could be more impressive.
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• #1131
The London Cyclocross League have a round at Somerhill every year. Spectators are welcome.
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• #1132
Somerhill indeed. When leaving, I found that you can get in easily through the A21 entrance (saw another runner come in that way), but I came in from Tudeley Rd by the main castle - tbf, nobody around, so that was also pretty easy.
You can easily get all the Tonbridge School squares just by walking around the pitches - they allow you to do that, even if you're just walking the dog. There's a public right of way coming in from London Rd. Judd School is my big issue - there's a square fully in their grounds that is majorly blocking my square growth, but they lock up tight.
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• #1133
I've got two boys at Judd. Waltz in and tell them you talked to someone on lfgss with kids at the school. They'll roll out the red carpet for you and your Garmin.
Alternatively, there are plenty of open days and evenings. I'll give you the nod if I see anything suitable before the forum goes tits up.
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• #1134
Thanks for that - ironically, my boy's rugby has been moved from TJ's to Vizard's tomorrow, but that doesn't get the square...
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• #1135
You're all speaking in tongues. I didn't wanna risk ice yesterday so we walked along the coast from Hove to Worthing. Pretty chill but walking fucking broke us. Legs are fuxxored.
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• #1136
I've only just realised you can switch the Squadrats map to satellite view - this may demonstrate that I'm a borderline moron, but has also allowed me to plan some ways into tricky spots when the floodwaters recede. Got a few more little'uns tonight going down private roads, but there's not much more that can be done legally and safely round here.
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• #1137
I used RWGPS and the plugin - you can use all kinds of map options then. I mostly use OSM and flip to Satellite for those random corners of fields, etc.
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• #1138
yes, the satellite view is very handy - used it for a couple of tricky little squares where komoot couldn't plan due to roads being 'inaccessible'
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• #1139
I don't really understand techie stuff, but downloaded Komoot yesterday, which seems to do similar stuff.
Wanted to test out my new headtorch tonight with some offroad stuff I'd pinpointed on the map view, but the Medway seems to be 200 metres wide right now.
There are various plug-ins you can use - either VeloViewer or Squadrats integrate into the usual route plotting apps to show tiles already bagged and highlight new ones on routes you are plotting. I use Strava.