memory map / help / lanes info

hi all,
just wounded if you would share some info into some good lanes, and the best way to plan a trip ?
just got memory map and would like to use it !!
iv been on a few trips with others and understand it can be a lot of work starting out. so im trying to cheat !!!
that's why im coming to people like yourselves who i have been out with in the past and know the best places to go.
i know i need to do a lot of research into this before i take a group out, but any hints tips or routes would be good.



thanks stuart

Join the next local day out on here,most will not tell you publicly on here for fear of the ****witts seeing it and spoiling it for everyone

fanatic said:

Join the next local day out on here,most will not tell you publicly on here for fear of the ****witts seeing it and spoiling it for everyone

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i understand that completely, and would not expect anyone to post on an open forum.
but if anyone would pm me any info, i would keep it for myself and pm anyone that helps me out 1st refusal to any trip i go on, i do have some routes only 4 that i will share with the right people

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f13/finding-gree-lanes-what-i-do-80111.html

Further to that .. it's pretty easy with memory map, I use it all the time. I start with large scale road map, zoom in to an area I want to find lanes in, then draw a freehand rough square around the area using the track tool.



Then zoom in to a 1:50k map, then zoom right in to top left corner so that all roads can be easily seen and you only have four or so grid squares vertically. I find this is the largest resolution that's small enough to spot potential lanes, and large enough to cover an area quickly. Depends on monitor etc, on my large monitor I can cover a larger area, but on the laptop this is about right.



then use the cursor keys to scroll right until I find an area that might be of interest, lots of contours, few main roads a few minor roads, hopefully some green lanes.



Then right click and in to larger scale map to change to1:25k, zoom in and see what lanes/roads/features are there .. So now it looks like there are a few lanes, in this case not green lanes with a cross but unfenced lanes, marked with dotted lines, that are worth checking out. Mark the 'potential' lanes as a track in a bright colour, put your cursor over the start of a potential lane and get the grid reference written down to refer to the local council with.



If I live close enough I'll drive out and check them, they may just be someone's drive and not accessible to public, but I'd also try to find out via the local council website, Parks authority if it's in a National Park, or even use local newspapers to find out who owns the land and send 'em a letter! If I find they're legal to drive, worth driving etc I mark them a different colour, then when I actually drive them and find they're good, bad, whatever I change the colour again to green for good, with notes in the route/track properties so I can refer to them later.

Then carry on, right click and back out to the larger scale as it's easier to spot areas on, scroll right till I get to the edge of the box I marked, then scroll down a few grid boxes and start scrolling left to continue the process ...

Time consuming, but works. Only thing it doesn't do is give you the local knowledge, that's where going laning with someone who knows the area helps.

it makes it look easy after reading that paul

thanks paul very helpful






as always

Glad you liked it ..

Finding them on the map is simple .. it's the legality of using them that's hard to pin down.

My son is training as a computer games designer and as a project I've asked him to look into automating the search for Byways to start with. Thinking he might be able to take a qct file, run it through a program and automatically trace a track, or highlight any byways .. then extend it to other types of route maybe ..

Be good if he can do it!