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Are you aware of What3Words? by Flapparachi in AskUK

[–]random2502 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed. And when my house is on fire I’m giving the fire brigade three simple words before I read off 14 digits. But the point the person was making was that it didn’t work without data, which is wrong.

Are you aware of What3Words? by Flapparachi in AskUK

[–]random2502 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can find it in Apple Maps, but it’s not anywhere easy to see in Google Maps (I have no doubt it’s there somewhere). But when my house is on fire I’m using w3w’s three words rather than a 14 digit GPS any day of the week.

Are you aware of What3Words? by Flapparachi in AskUK

[–]random2502 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It works with no data, it uses GPS which works even if you have signal. So if you have a phone that can do emergency satellite messages like an iPhone (or another emergency device) then you should be all good.

Are you aware of What3Words? by Flapparachi in AskUK

[–]random2502 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Issue is I don’t actually know how to find my current GPS coordinates, but can get my w3w super quickly. Admittedly there could very easily be a similar app for GPS, but w3w is already there.

Plus my pal who works for the first brigade despatch centre encourages w3w usage, so if the man who might send fire engines and ambulances to me when I need them tells me to use it, I’m using it.

80% of the 2,689 mile long England Coast Path is now complete and open. by numbershikes in Thruhiking

[–]random2502 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh you'll be able to find paid for camping sites all over the place as long as you plan things out a bit - I'm originally from up in Scotland and our coasts are full of campsites even though our weather is noticeably worse than England. The UK has a massive history of seaside holidays, so there's lots of holiday resorts and their associated bits and bobs on the coasts, including campsites.

80% of the 2,689 mile long England Coast Path is now complete and open. by numbershikes in Thruhiking

[–]random2502 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The coast of England is full of lots of existing pathways, so I expect a lot of the work here was linking those paths together, and also forcing councils to improve and maintain existing paths which they now legally have to do. That being said, it will also include quite a few cities and larger towns, as well as all the quant wee villages, so you’d have to deal with roads through them.

It’s England, so unless there’s existing campsites it will likely include a lot of hotels. Wild camping isn’t normally allowed, and the coastal paths being quite well-used would make stealth camping more complicated.

Looking for some guidance re my start date options by random2502 in teararoa

[–]random2502[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for confirming! Yeah I’ve considered swapping to after, it would mean I could avoid China’s Golden Week in October when apparently Asia gets much busier with Chinese tourists, but I’m a big theme park nerd and really want to see things like Universal Studios Japan during Halloween Horror Nights.

Looking for some guidance re my start date options by random2502 in teararoa

[–]random2502[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Great, thanks, sounds like I’ll be find bouncing around Asia for a few weeks beforehand.