...have you noticed recently that googlemapswalking has become more footpath oriented around large towns?? ...
reason being Mike is that google has switched its data supplier and presumably the new data has got much more data on what footpaths are available.
OK, serious question - if a diy route includes a ferry, am I right in assuming that (a) the distance the ferry travels doesn't count (i.e. it's assumed one dock is the 'same place' as the other for distance calculation), (b) the time DOES count, and (c) that given (a), it doesn't matter how long the ferry journey is?
I know some existing calendar/perm audaxes include ferry trips but they are usually intra-britain and fairly short. But what if i wanted to route a diy across the channel? I know there are a lot of cases where it wouldn't be practical due to the time spent not cycling but some of the cross channel routes are only a couple of hours, or available as overnight services, which you would want to sleep anyway.
oh and Rich, I don't suppose you managed to find out about my question about the 200km a day slowest randonneur speed for distances >= 2,499km? (which was do all days have to be >=200km, or is it just average)
Am I safe in presuming it's "average" - as if it were the former, then I might as well just submit each day as a separate DIY?
If so, do I always have to be "in credit" so to speak?
I'm planning my summer tour carefully to try to maximise my points-per-days-of-annual-leave-used-up but at the same time keep it as tour-like as possible