Drive with the girls today...

[Duncan Grimmond]

Excellent stuff!
Does anyone have plans for a safe distance mobile gathering for Drive it Day?

[Ruairidh Dunford]

Nobody should be leaving their homes unless it is for essential travel Duncan.

Stay at home, park the car in your drive and stay safe my friend.

[Gordon Puzey]

As the tulip route book is all prepared we are going ahead with our Drive It Day run down in Hampshire. 
Meeting at 10.30 for coffee (on line) Tulip route and treasure hunt clues will be emailed out at 11.00. 
Entrants will drive the route on Google Maps and search for treasure hunt answers using Street View. 
First to send in the most correct answers wins a free lunch when the rescheduled event is held.

[Ruairidh Dunford]

Please stay at home Gordon - you should only be driving if the journey is essential at the moment.

[Roland Alcock]

He is staying at home as is everyone else. It’s a virtual run.

Entrants will drive the route on Google Maps and search for treasure hunt answers using Street View

[Ruairidh Dunford]

That is great news - thank you for explaining Roly.

It's been a very long and tiring week for me! See you at the quiz tomorrow!

[Roland Alcock]

Looking forward to it and the technical challenge as I am a Zoom virgin!

[jpsmit]

As the tulip route book is all prepared we are going ahead with our Drive It Day run down in Hampshire. 
Meeting at 10.30 for coffee (on line) Tulip route and treasure hunt clues will be emailed out at 11.00. 
Entrants will drive the route on Google Maps and search for treasure hunt answers using Street View. 
First to send in the most correct answers wins a free lunch when the rescheduled event is held.

this sounds fascinating! I am trying to imagine the 'getting to' portion - or do you just have a list of spots with questions?

Would you be willing to post even part of this (even after) just so I can visualize it?
thanks
JP

[Gordon Puzey]

Hi JP
It works like this. 
You run Google Maps on line. 
On your PC screen you have a map. Find your start point using a post code This allows you to then plot your course and measure distances between junctions from your tulip route book as you would on a paper map.
The treasure hunt is based on the old method of driving along in our Austins looking for house names etc. The clues are scattered around the course. When you think you have reached a clue location you switch to Street View on you Google Map. You can now look around or start virtually driving along the road searching.
The road event did not include a treasure hunt and was estimated to take approx one hour. I have estimated the on line version will take upwards of 1.5 hours.
Gordon

[andrew34ruby]

Can we drive an Austin to Morrisons for the week's groceries on Drive it Day?