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Well its been a "mare" of a month.
The computer gave up the ghost a few days after the start of the Breckland TT -
the first couple of days of which I missed anyway, because I was away. This
situation necessitated my having to buy a new computer, and then it took several
days to install it and get back online. Consequently, although I was able to
spend a little time puzzling my way through the plots, I have not been able
to complete the course. Because I was at first unable to read the Update page, I
was unaware for some time that the roads around the Motorway were re-usable
following their use on the Five Diamonds stage, and this itself was a
hindrance to my plotting. Even when I found out, it wasn't a lot of help,
because I had tidied up the former route in ink, and couldn't see the junctions! So far so good - time isn't running out so
fast! enjoying it so far - onwards to plot further! Seems a bit easier than the last
one ... I think! Many thanks for another very
challenging, and enjoyable event. Most of the route cards required a lot of
thought, and I still havent got a clue about Route Card 12. Hopefully I wont
have made so many route check counting mistakes this time! Definitely seemed less 'daunting' than the
last round - all the sections looked 'do-able' at
first glance (even if at second glance they were more
tricky!) I actually got most of the sections plotted
quite quickly, but didn't do the route checks straight away.
I found the route checks almost as demanding as the actual route!
Resisted the temptation to send things in as soon as I had
done them, so I could see how other people were getting along.
Route card 1 seemed to give problems as many people got low
marks so decided to write a program to find if there were any
multiple answers with the various spot heights available. Many thanks once again for all
your effort in producing another thought provoking event. I hope to get some new
glasses soon so that I should be able to tell which roads are yellow or not! Well another one done. Either this one was
easier or I'm getting the hang of your mind set,
unfortunately I think it was the former. It was nice to get straight
in and begin plotting. Everything just seemed to click on the meaning
of the sections (unusual for me) and had fun plotting (well most of the
time) the route. |
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