19/02/2024
We are organising a ride out and scatter rally this Saturday 24th from the Barley Mow Inn Wimborne BH21 7AH.
The ride out will be a led ride to the coast and on to Sammy Millers Motorcycle Museum for lunch and a ride back through the lanes to the Barley Mow.
The scatter rally is as follows and takes in local green lanes some of which are not suited to big bikes.
NAVIGATION SCATTER RALLY riders will require...
1. A Sat-Nav (Garmin), (Tom Tom)
2. A GPS unit (must support BNG coordinates).
n.b. Using 'Additional Navigational Devices' is perfectly acceptable... Different riders will have different preferences when it comes to navigating a route in order to collect in waypoint clues!
How a 'Scatter Rally' works!
The ‘Rally-Organisers’ visit locations and Places of interest on a map and set 'Waypoint Clues'.
Riders will then attempt to visit as many Waypoints as possible (within a set time limit) and provide answers to questions at each location!
The Cluesheet contains a question and the location for each waypoint.. in 'BNG coordinates'!
Whilst 'Road-Clues' are relatively straightforward to locate with a satnav, riders will be expected to possess a GPS unit, in order to 'hone-in' on the exact location of the Waypoint-Clue, (especially where 'Green-Lane' clues are concerned).
Riders who wish to have all waypoint clues downloaded onto their Sat-Navs, need to understand that organisers use 'BaseCamp' software, which will only work with Garmin satnav's & 'BNG coordinates'!
Furthermore, GPX files can be sent to a rider’s email address, in order for the rider to download waypoint locations onto their preferred navigational devices/software!
So, just to recap…
· Arm yourself with a Garmin, Tom Tom, Sat-Nav
· Arm yourself with a GPS
'Bring the lead for your device.
· Maps are not mandatory, as a fully marked up map is available to view at the event!
Using the ‘Event-Map’, Plot a route to gather in your Waypoints…
Select the WP number on your Sat-Nav and off you go!
There will be a briefing at 9.30 at the Barley Mow Inn on Saturday morning.
There is room to park vans and motorhomes in the carpark on Saturday and you are welcome to overnight on the Friday and Saturday nights. There is a toilet block open 24hrs with sinks.
Breakfast will be served in the carpark from 8.30am on Saturday and around 9am on Sunday. Please let me know if you require breakfast. Please do not expect cordon blu! This is a field breakfast.
We will be having dinner and a few beers on Saturday night in the Barley Mow Inn. Please join us and support the Barley Mow Inn.
