Horizons Unlimited UK Meeting

[nick]

<p>It rained most of the morning riding to Ripley, but fortunately the sun came out in time to put up our tents. The campsite got pretty crowded, pretty quickly!</p>

<p Align=Center><img src="http://www.freewebs.com/my2wheels/horizonsunlimited/hu01-campsite.jpg"> <img src="http://www.freewebs.com/my2wheels/horizonsunlimited/hu02-afternoontea.jpg"> <img src="http://www.freewebs.com/my2wheels/horizonsunlimited/hu03-campsite.jpg"></p>

<p>The weather was kind to us on Friday and we explored some great off-road tracks.</p>

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<p>We even got to meet some of the locals!</p>

<p Align=Center><img src="http://www.freewebs.com/my2wheels/horizonsunlimited/hu07-locals.jpg"></p>

<p>Some of the trails got pretty difficult. Lose momentum going uphill and the innevitable happens (it's not me). We had to turn around and come back down this track.</p>

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<p Align=Center><img src="http://www.freewebs.com/my2wheels/horizonsunlimited/hu10-offroad.jpg"></p>

<p>No problems for Simon, me or Martin .... but Tim's F650GS needed a little encouragement.</p>

<p Align=Center><img src="http://www.freewebs.com/my2wheels/horizonsunlimited/hu11-offroad.jpg"> <img src="http://www.freewebs.com/my2wheels/horizonsunlimited/hu12-offroad.jpg"> <img src="http://www.freewebs.com/my2wheels/horizonsunlimited/hu13-offroad.jpg"></p>

<p Align=Center><img src="http://www.freewebs.com/my2wheels/horizonsunlimited/hu14-offroad.jpg"> <img src="http://www.freewebs.com/my2wheels/horizonsunlimited/hu15-offroad.jpg"></p>

<p Align=Center><img src="http://www.freewebs.com/my2wheels/horizonsunlimited/hu16-offroad.jpg"> <img src="http://www.freewebs.com/my2wheels/horizonsunlimited/hu17-offroad.jpg"></p>

<p>The weather was not so good on Saturday, but it gave us a chance to attend some interesting presentations on subjects ranging from Round The World trips, efficient packing, GPS use and even cooking Roadkill !</p>

<p Align=Center><img src="http://www.freewebs.com/my2wheels/horizonsunlimited/hu18-roadkill.jpg"> <img src="http://www.freewebs.com/my2wheels/horizonsunlimited/hu19-campfire.jpg"> <img src="http://www.freewebs.com/my2wheels/horizonsunlimited/hu20-hu.jpg"</p>

 

[Deleted account 211025001]

Nice photos

and those look really nice trails - don't suppose you know where they were or have a GPS 'track' of them by any chance?

Andres

 

[nick]

Certainly do ....

 

[Deleted account 211025001]

Certainly do ....

I've just started laning around there so that is absolutly brillliant - thanks Nick

Andres

 

[simondippenhall]

HUBB

Ottomunch

I can also recommend the chip shop in Matlock Bath we all visited....but given the number of bikes outside, you probably know this place already.

 

[Deleted account 211025001]

Ottomunch

I can also recommend the chip shop in Matlock Bath we all visited....but given the number of bikes outside, you probably know this place already.

Do you mean this one by any chance?

Mind you, there's quite a few to choose from and they are all good

Andres

 

[simondippenhall]

chip shop

Do you mean this one by any chance?

Mind you, there's quite a few to choose from and they are all good

Andres

Andres I think I mean the one just to the left (looking at the picture).
regards
Simon

 

[Dave Ford]

Certainly do ....

If I understand correctly .gdb is a Garmin file format? I want to access this file but don't yet have a GPS for the bike (we have TomTom Go for the car). Any suggestions gratefully received.....

 

[nick]

Tom Tom - great for telling you how to get from A to B and a great fashion accessory for the car.

Not so great for plotting routes, planning trips, keeping a tracklog or sharing routes.

Buy a Garmin !

 

[Dave Ford]

Tom Tom - great for telling you how to get from A to B and a great fashion accessory for the car.

Not so great for plotting routes, planning trips, keeping a tracklog or sharing routes.

Buy a Garmin !

Thanks - very helpful

 

[Paul Rochdale]

Those who attended this year couldn't help but notice the professional looking camera crew interviewing lots of people there. Susan Johnson tells me that a four DVD boxed set of the meeting will be available from HU about Christmas.

 

[charlied]

dave.
I am struggling to do all thuis stuff with my rider 2. Surely it is possible!. Its made slightly complex by teh irish co-ordinate system.
Let me know how you are getting on. I am not giving up yet

 

[chrisjk]

This program does a reasonable job of allowing you to pre plan routes etc on yout Tomtom like the Garmin.

http://www.janboersma.nl/gett/index.php

 

[charlied]

Thanks for that Chris

next question have you any idea how to convert the irish grid system to lat / long - save the jokes ok!!!.