Quote Originally Posted by GeoffB View Post
I'm a good bit older than Stagger (born in the fifties), but have used kilometres and metres for years. Your OS maps must be very old if they still use miles and feet!
HaHa. Yes, I have lots, most of them in the attic, but I do use the Mid Wales ones now and again.

The largest number of OS maps I have are the series where the contours on the map are every 50 feet but the heights are shown in metres. Spot heights also in metres. Having regularly used the latest OS maps for many years it can be confusing using the older series as the numbers on the contours don't follow a pattern.

Although I always use feet and miles for planning and recording running, walking and cycling activities I do confess that when navigating and pacing on the hills I do work to 12 min per kilometer but its still an hour for every 1,000feet of ascent!