The joy of map reading.

I love maps too.

I love the way that every last detail fails to correspond to any conceivable feature in the immediate (or, indeed, distant) vicinity.

I love the way hours of examination are followed by almost total absence of recall the moment the map is folded up.

I love the way a fully-opened map is, even in a mild breeze, the only foolproof method of achieving manned flight so far discovered.

I do, however, have just one modest improvement to suggest to maps; that being an automatically-operated, illuminated, mobile arrow, saying 'You are here' as is provided in places like the London underground tube stations. :)

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Originally Posted by Ady In Accy

Maps have always been and still are pieces of art. Pouring over them is similar to reading a book. I think it is a man thing though because the wife still can't read the atlas in the car to let me know which juncton I should use and I know many other men who have found similar translation problems with their female partners - female fell runners excluded obviously!

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Glad you said that last bit - there are some brilliant lady navigators out there!!

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Originally Posted by socks

Glad you said that last bit - there are some brilliant lady navigators out there!!

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Mind you some have problems with Rocky Knolls just like the rest of us!:D

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Originally Posted by Swoop

Mind you some have problems with Rocky Knolls just like the rest of us!:D

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Hey Up'!
Hope you are not suggesting my map was wrong.....???
That Rocky Knoll is well known for wandering in the the murky Kinder mist!!

What is it with knolls? They're so often the at the root of of problems and/or controversy, whether rocky or grassy...

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Originally Posted by daz h

im very good with maps but not with a compass

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Daz I've come to the conclusion that a compass is an instrument for establishing that you are lost. :confused:

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Originally Posted by bill

What is it with knolls? They're so often the at the root of of problems and/or controversy, whether rocky or grassy...

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I do believe that 're-entrants' often mark the beginning of the "WTFAW?" stage of many a mountain marathon.

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Originally Posted by Luv Shack

That Rocky Knoll is well known for wandering in the the murky Kinder mist!!

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That wasn't a rocky knoll, that was a sheep. It's hard to tell the difference in the mist :rolleyes: .

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That wasn't a rocky knoll, that was a sheep. It's hard to tell the difference in the mist

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Sheep-shaped knolls? New one to me, though have heard of ewe-shaped valleys...

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Originally Posted by david

That wasn't a rocky knoll.......

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A rocky knoll.............like Knoll Gallagher!