Dave's la(te)st buggy build...

Whilst some of the other "Jimny Jauntz" group members were spending the weekend going east to west coast across Yorkshire, I was a little closer to home continuing with "Project 116"...

jimnybuggy.com/2021/07/18/project-116-18-07-21/

Enjoy!

Looks like you had a good day out.

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Looks like you had a good day out.

Thanks, yes, a nice leisurely pace …

I didn’t finish my full planned route, so those ‘lanes will get popped onto another run out soon

Yeah! A good day today, and it's only one o'clock :lol:

I've spent a good few hours recently, culminating with a late night last night and an another hour after walking the dogs this morning... "finishing" my Project 116... this was . is a long time goal to drive all the rights of way possible on my local OS Landranger Sheet 116, but now re-written to being drive them all in the buggy, not just counting ones I've historically driven! So the map and spreadsheet of all the RoW are now complete -

 

LOTS of map pins -

The big yellow one is my house..
The (big) green ones are one's I've driven so far in the buggy (36)
The (big) red ones are one's that aren't driveable according to my research so far...
The (big) blue ones are Fords, some big, some just streams... (8 to date but need to check wetroads.co.uk)
The little yellow pins are ones I still need to visit and (attempt to) drive! (83*!)  

* I think!... job to count on the map itself, but I bought a bag of a 100 map pins and there's 17 left in the bag! :lol: 

Then, out into the garage (as it's persisting it down here) and an hour lying under the buggy to find the source of the annoying rattle I've had the last few trips... finally traced it to a loose shock absorber guard on the rear passenger / nearside, a couple of nips with the spanners and all good again... A weird one to trace, as every little bump caused a rattle when driven, but with the buggy stationary no amount of shaking and cycling the suspension at each corner would replicate it! :lol: Sorted now though, that will save my sanity, as I've been thinking "is it this, is it that, are the wheels about to fall off..." :lol:

Next job is a shower then, and then sit down and plan a route for Sunday if and when the weather clears up
 

You might like to try www.rowmaps.com , this site has links to the 'Definitive Rights of Way' in each council area, downloadable as a kml (Google Earth) or GPX (most mapping systems). Download as different types and you can just select the BOATs.

Then install OSMAnd app, that allows you to import 3 map areas for free and you can then import the GPX file in to OSMAnd and hey presto, you have all of the BOATs in your area overlaid on OpenStreetMap. OSMAnd also works as a SatNav, to help you get to the BOAT quickly.

Robin

Thanks DrRobin, but that only shows a fraction of he Rights of Way in my area... just the BOATS (Byway Open to All Traffic for anyone new to this out there), where as we can also drive ORPAs (Other Routes with Public Access) mostly on UCRs (Unclassified County Roads), if we take a look at my area of interest (OS Landranger Sheet 116) on the GLASS (GreenLaning ASSociation) "Trailwise2" website resource -



The red routes are BOATs, but they are far outnumbered by the blue ORPAs...

If I filter to just BOATs -

 

It wouldn't take me long to catalogue and drive them...

And with my local knowledge, 8 of those BOATs are not currently driveable... some are Bridleways on the ground, and some are closed / impassable, despite being on the council's definitive maps...

 

1. Locked steel girder gates each end  
2.  Bollards either end
3.  Currently "Road Closed"
4.  Closed for ages due to subsidence
5.  Ditto, don't think it'll ever get repaired...
6.  Tarmac access to a farm!
7.  Blocked by farmer on the south side, and nature on the north side
8. Across a field, but there's no way out of the field...

LOL :lol: So the definitive map (data) is never right / up-to-date...

Dave