Panglossian Rally 2010

Route Card 5 (Say Hello to Arecibo)

Route Card 5 (Say Hello to Arecibo)
Display Map Solution     

Plotting Boundaries: (E 233673, N 75356) to (E 245094, N 67276)

Part 1 (Masters, Experts and Novices)

TC1 at 37226874

Proceed via

38536800  38656900  40166916  40056788  41836827  40907014  41536959  42866998  43356959  43197115

TC2 at next junction.

Part 2 (Masters Only)

Continue to TC3 via the following unordered points

(GS3574)   (GS3569)   (GS4172)

TC3 at last plot.

Route Card Commentary

Part 1 was finding the shortest route between points, given in sequence, and expressed as grid references. Two places on the route needed your full attention: first, the shortest route from point 5 to 6 to 7 was north up through the w of Harrowbarrow then back south on the yellow to the immediate left of Norris Green (some of you took the longer route north up through the r of Harrowbarrow); second, you could not get across the railway line on the white NTR in 4269.

The easiest way to solve part 2 was to google Arecibo message which took you to here where there was an explanation of the Arecibo numbers. They didn't give a code for zero so I used my own interpretation for that as just the least significant digit marker. The solution map has been amended due to a much shorter route through Callington, pointed out by Andy Gibson. Also David Bell came up with an alternative route (see the forum for full details) which was within 1% of my final shorter route adjustment. This lead to a second set of answers being accepted and gained him the route card win.

There was some lively debate about a junction that I ruled to be a crossroads and there will be a Regs update as a result.

RC3 - Useful for me as I could see the different routes chosen but with the inevitable discussion of whether or not letters qualified, combinations were allowed with and without the t in Settlement and with or without the v of Cleave etc.

Route Card winner: David Bell

Route Check Questions & Answers

Alternative answers are shown on separate lines.
Alternative sets of answers are shown with dividers.

NoQuestionAnswer NoQuestionAnswer
1SH499 6Ch9
7
2RO1 7T5
6
3letterso,e,l,t,n,v,a,e,l,w
o,e,l,n,v,a,e,l,w
o,e,l,t,n,a,e,l,w
o,e,l,n,a,e,l,w
o,m,e,l,t,n,v,a,e,l,w,e
 8Y>W6
5
4Y>W1 9^9
12
5^9 10GGYY6
3