Rimmington Challenge

Fitzwilliam Explorers – Rimmington Challenge 2008





Your starting instructions for the explorer challenge Saturday 13.9.8





Location



The point on Carr lane, where it becomes Westwood Lane, about half a mile

west south west from the village of Pilley, South of Barnsley, East of Java

etc. in the kingdom of South Yorkshire. (Standing on the pavement, not the

road!)



At that location you will see a bad bend in the road and a track that leads

off past a lodge through Wortley chase towards Wortley. Your future lies

down that track.



The landranger reference is SK328996; the postcode is S75 3BG.



Directions from M1 Junction 36: take the A61 south towards Sheffield. After

¼ mile turn right towards Pilley (Westwood New Road). At the T junction

turn left on New Road and continue for half a mile or so until you enter

Pilley (past Marrens Factory Shop if you know it!). Keep the doors &

windows locked and ignore the zombies. Continue on the same road (now

called Carr Lane) & leave the village heading towards Howbrook, After half

a mile or so you will see the bad left hand bend and the lodge & track.

There will be swirling mist.





How to get a Map showing the start point



There are 2 useful websites:



Streetmap.co.uk type 'SK328996' (the landranger reference) into the

search box and click the 'landranger' button. This will

give you a large-scale map that you can zoom in and out.

If you want to play, find the 'convert/measure' function

and see how useful this website really is for mapreading:

find your own house on the map, click on it & then use

the 'convert/measure' function to find out the

landranger, the grid ref. & even the latitude &

longitude.



Maps.google.co.uk search using the postcode 's753bg' – you will get a

street map with a pointer on it – this is the 'centroid'

for that postcode



For mapping purposes each postcode is assigned a

fictitious point called a centroid & this is why the

postcode search shows you a pointer – usually somewhere

near a group of houses. In fact, there is no such thing

as a postcode 'area' – things with letterboxes e.g.

houses & buildings are simply lumped together and

assigned a postcode for the convenience of the postie.

Ideally a postcode search should bring back a map with

the relevant buildings highlighted, unfortunately

map-resolution limitations mean that we have to put up

with a daft arrow – the 'centroid' – usually somewhere in

the middle of a road. This is why SatNav systems can

sometimes be misleading with postcodes – they 'snap' to

the nearest centroid, (which might be in the next

street), to give you a postcode & this isn't always

correct for the buildings that you might be standing next

to.



Click on the 'satellite' button and you'll get an aerial

photograph (with street names – very useful!) click and

drag the picture to navigate south west out of the

village and you'll find the location – you can even see

the lodge on the corner.



Starting times



Group 1: 12:20 (George, Ian M, Adam B, Ian U)



Group 2: 13:00 (Dale, Andy, Kieran, Ben)



Group 3: 13:40 (Ben W, Nathan T, Nathan L, Adam C)



Kit List



Rucksack

Personal clothing incl. weatherproof gear (note that this is a survival

exercise – keep it to a bare minimum – less weight!)

Bivvy Bag

Sleeping bag & mat

Water bottle

Folding pocket knife (except Nathan)

First aid kit

Torch

Spoon

Mug & Bowl

Pencil & paper

High-energy snacks

Sharp penknife

Compass, Whistle

Warm clothes

Hat/Gloves



Each team will also need one (fully charged, with credit!) mobile

telephone, a map-case, sufficient ponchos to make an overnight shelter





Collection time – end of event.



You should arrange to be collected from Silverwood by midday Sunday

morning. The weakest of you will have been eaten; the survivors might be

very muddy!