Paul Webster wrote:Thanks for the feedback. We could make this available - but would you want to download a route that isn't something that's actually been walked? Having looked through, those drawn with the GPS planner are often very rough, go over crags etc... a couple of folk have asked for this, but would you want a route file that had only been put up by sketching on a PC?
I'm ready to make the change if people want it, just want to understand.
As one of the couple of people who've asked about this, I'd like to see it available again. As BP said, it's pretty handy for borrowing (ok, stealing
) routes that others have used to get to places that aren't currently covered by WH descriptions, or for alternative routes. If there's not an accompanying "official" GPX file, I pay close attention to where the route actually does go -- that is, if it's just a straight line drawn between point A and point B that goes straight over a cliff, I'll take that into account, and know that the original walker probably didn't actually go that way, and that I need to find my own way for that particular section. It's all part of my research and planning, but these freely drawn routes often offer a good starting point -- and the only one, if no officially-walked GPX has been uploaded.
(does that all make sense?)