VeloViewer Explorer Score and Max Square

[Bilfred]

Hey gang. I’ll be forever pursuing, but I’ve finally got my max square up to where I want to be for now. A house move West from Brighton last year opened up more exploring opportunities. I’d best move North next, ha.

Max Square :: 31x31
Tiles :: 4054
Max Cluster :: 1801

[sg37409]

Sneaked up to 14 square on Monday with a quick south-side detour on my way to the pub
Cluster is 790, 8709 tiles

[Deano]

Jeez, West Yorkshire is hilly. But I pushed my square up to 56x56

[Bilfred]

Jeez, West Yorkshire is hilly. But I pushed my square up to 56x56

Wow, can we see it?

[L CC]

Assuming Deano is enjoying a well-earned lie in

Something a lot like this:

[JonBuoy]

Assuming Deano is enjoying a well-earned lie in

Something a lot like this:

Not bad but he really needs to pull his finger out and ride the road from East Witton to Coverham and do a little bit of trespassing just north of Brafferton 

[D.A.L.E.]

Thinking about getting a cheapo android phone just for the app. There's definitely no Apple version, right?

[L CC]

I think citoyen had an apple app?

[lissotriton]

There is an iOS version of OsmAnd. Should be able to add Veloviewer tiles as a layer? Maybe this will work. https://vv.fork.pl/

[Zed43]

For IOS there is Tile Hunter. I find refreshing of your tiles rather cumbersome and a tad unreliable though. If it's just for displaying I'd recommend just using the statshunters website on your mobile.

[Deano]

Jeez, West Yorkshire is hilly. But I pushed my square up to 56x56

Wow, can we see it?

Here we go (I must still have a few squares where my route through is private, hence the gaps when other folk have a skeg):

[imajez]

Jeez, West Yorkshire is hilly. But I pushed my square up to 56x56

Yorkshire is pretty lumpy in general, bar Doncaster. But Donny is best avoided if possible. 

[D.A.L.E.]

Trying to colour in East Lothian at the minute, what a fantastic place to ride bikes.

[paddyirish]

East Lothian is superb, lthe Go East Lothian Trail by Markus Stitz is good for getting a lot of tiles between North Berwick aooknd Dunbar. Look out for tiles that are uncovered at low tide too!.

[quixoticgeek]

Went out on another tile hunt. An 86km ride from Breda upto Rotterdam, filling in some gaps. Most importantly around the river. Result is that my cluster now reaches south of the river.



I think I'm one ride away from getting my cluster across the Belgian border. Then it will span 3 countries.

J

[JonBuoy]

Yesterday's MTB Orienteering event from Sibford Gower has added a significant amount of mud to the inside of my car 11 tiles and created an unattached mini-cluster just west of Banbury.



I reckon it would only take 5 more tiles to attach this to the main cluster

[Rod Marton]

A quick update on my progress. My aims this year were to attach my Reading mini-cluster to the main cluster, get the main cluster to over 1500 tiles and the square to 30x30. So:

Not only did I attach the Reading mini-cluster, I also pushed the main cluster out in the other direction as far as Abergavenny. Admittedly it now looks a bit like Mr Tickle, but whatever.

Largely due to the above, my cluster total is now well over 1600.

The square proved to be the difficult one. I was sitting at 29x29 for a long time, and I had a ride planned to push the square out a bit further. One of the roads just brushed the edge of a tile, and unfortunately a bit of GPS wander meant that my track didn't quite get into it. So it failed. Today I have finally been out that way again and went up the dead end on the other side of the tile to make sure it would register. So, 30x30 achieved. Whilst I was out that way I thought I might as well bag another tile to push the square up to 31x31, and after a bit of comedy off-roading along a very squelchy path I have that too. So targets achieved.

Now I just have to think what to aim for next year...

[Peat]

I have 'cheated' somewhat by moving house to the eastern edge of my original Max Square last summer. (it wasn't the primary motivation, I assure you)

South West corner is bulwarked by Salisbury Plain, North East currently difficult because HS2. Still, I have been able to flesh out the middle and am up to 40x40. Once so big, it definately loses it's luster, i find. The rides take more planning, I often drive out and do a loop rather than trudge over the same old roads there and back, which of itself makes it feel a bit silly.

nevermind, we must press on!

[sparklyfish]

Greetings fellow square enthusiasts. 

I will be starting 2023 with a max square of two 48x48s and am harbouring an aspiration to get to 50x50 by the end of 2023.



not looking forward to Luton, but more Chilterns will be nice! Any interesting square-based plans for the year ahead?

[D.A.L.E.]

I'm looking forward to working on the tiles in and around Edinburgh, this part of the world seems a cracking place to ride bikes.

[paddyirish]

2022 was a moderate year for tiling- more walking than cycling, with a bit of kayaking thrown in



started like this



and ended like this



Also got a to 9x9 in Norfolk and about 100 new tiles in France (too fragmented to be more than 4x4)

[Zed43]

The state of affairs after my new-years-day DIY



Cluster now 16008, after visiting 6870 new tiles in 2022.

[psyclist]

The state of affairs after my new-years-day DIY

Cluster now 16008, after visiting 6870 new tiles in 2022.

That's impressive. Two more regions to explore and then you'll be jumping up your max square quite significantly.

[Jack_P]

The state of affairs after my new-years-day DIY
Cluster now 16008, after visiting 6870 new tiles in 2022.

Thats impressive Peter 
I make you the top cluster improver of 2022, looks like the 100x100 is on the horizon, great riding.

This might interest you and other Tile hunters, the top dogs.
https://www.strava.com/clubs/279168/posts/23009456

[Solocle]

Wowza!

Meanwhile this is my state of affairs. I began work on extending my cluster down the spine of the country, it's tantalisingly possible.

But a couple of big rides a long way from home are needed.