New Sites Directory and Handbook

Posted on 10/01/2021 19:49 by EmilysDad

I'm sure that if he could be 'steered' towards the advantages of the web he'd see how he'd be able to use it. My Dad is 84 this year & uses the web pretty well ... he's had a mobile phone since the days of full sized SIM cards, not quite as early as the original bricks but not far off.

Posted on 11/01/2021 07:56 by

For me, at certain points paper is superior. 

When we are planning a tour we spread out the CMC paper map and pick out some of the sites we wish to use using a sticky label to highlight their location. A sheet of paper to hand to note them down. I find at that stage a paper map is best. If I want to note postcodes and location later a paper handbook is is best. Far quicker to pick the info from a book flicking through for 7 or 8 sites than navigate through web pages IMO. 

When we are away the maps stay home. The hand book goes on passenger side door. When we are approaching a site I will just ask OH for final directions. and she finds it far easier to reach into the door, open book at marked page and read than to locate it on a webpage  using an electronic device in a moving car.

Posted on 11/01/2021 08:42 by Rocky 2 buckets

Use what3words ET it will give you directions to the door of the wardens hut if you want👍🏻, it’s a wonder to behold no more post codes that have vast areas to check.

Posted on 11/01/2021 08:57 by

It isn't about arriving at a site location though, as that is generally simple, it is about the route chosen to get there.

If I put a post code in satnav and ask for campsites nearby that normally gets me to the door. 

Posted on 10/01/2021 23:59 by Phishing

Change is necessary, totally agree so why then do you question the viability of me questioning a document that has not fundamentally changed for decades and is no longer fit for purpose.? 

I am not attempting to speak for the rest of you, I am one of you, and my opinion is as valid as any other member.  I have not told you to do anything. 

 

I am not attempting to tell you and the club to do anything,  I am pointing out that the real world out there has changed. Print media has declined to a point where it is no longer significant in society. It is costly, polluting, out of date before its printed and there are better alternatives.

You choose not to accept my supposition, good luck. 

Posted on 11/01/2021 09:00 by Rocky 2 buckets

W3W can be linked to satnavs for the accurate journey too👍🏻