Well done Jimmy Dunne...

[The Bedlington Terrier]

I wonder which hi-Tec person actually invented the GPS thingy?

[1959_60]

Here you go BT.

Three blokes called Roger L. Easton, Ivan A. Getting and and Bradford Parkinson (me neither)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System

[alfinyalcabo]

I wonder which hi-Tec person actually invented the GPS thingy?

http://geoawesomeness.com/who-invented-the-gps/

[alfinyalcabo]

You beat me to it 59/60..lol

[Supersub6]

My grandson says it was me --he calls it Grandpa's Positioning System because it is all in my head! Well ---something has to be!

[1959_60]

Bloody hell, same minute as well Alf!

[sinkov]

Having said that, it is enjoyable to go for a bit of a wander - if the weather is good and you are aware of where you are.

That's true as well of course, that walk I mentioned before, Hallin Fell and walking back on the path round Ullswater, you don't really need a map or guide book, you'd have to be a right numpty to come to any harm doing that walk.

[Supersub6]

That's true as well of course, that walk I mentioned before, Hallin Fell and walking back on the path round Ullswater, you don't really need a map or guide book, you'd have to be a right numpty to come to any harm doing that walk.

They are around, sinkov, nothing ever surprises me when I read about some of the situations which our rescue services are involved in.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

That's true as well of course, that walk I mentioned before, Hallin Fell and walking back on the path round Ullswater, you don't really need a map or guide book, you'd have to be a right numpty to come to any harm doing that walk.

Bloody hell sinkov Hallin Fell is only a hill, I doubt if it's much more than a 1000 foot up?

[sinkov]

Bloody hell sinkov Hallin Fell is only a hill, I doubt if it's much more than a 1000 foot up?

I know BT. There are some serious mountains in the Lakes, and some afternoon strolls, Hallin Fell is in the latter category, which is made perfectly clear if you'd read the thread.