http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Man cycles 500km in wrong direction" en Tue, 19 May 2026 12:39:39 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17379#post-241682 Fri, 27 Jan 2017 10:45:47 +0000 crowriver 241682@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yeah, it was touching that the police had a whip round to buy him a train fare home.</p> <p>"Perhaps the gentleman involved was a bit simple? "</p> <p>Or maybe just with poor map reading skills. Anyway we shouldn't be too complacent: in this age of satnavs and smartphones there are fewer and fewer in this country who can read a map...</p> <p>Cue apocryphal tales of drivers following satnav directions over cliff edges. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17379#post-241666 Thu, 26 Jan 2017 22:22:54 +0000 nobrakes 241666@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I thought it was a heart-warming story with a nice ending. The enormity of the error is quite amazing though. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17379#post-241650 Thu, 26 Jan 2017 19:52:38 +0000 I were right about that saddle 241650@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Perhaps the gentleman involved was a bit simple? Lovely that he tried to get home and lovely that people helped him out when he was lost. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17379#post-241648 Thu, 26 Jan 2017 19:27:48 +0000 crowriver 241648@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"I respect his audaciousness". As do I. Apparently though the fellow could not read a map. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17379#post-241642 Thu, 26 Jan 2017 17:32:48 +0000 neddie 241642@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I presume he couldn't navigate by sun nor stars due to the pollution clouds :-( </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17379#post-241639 Thu, 26 Jan 2017 16:48:00 +0000 DrAfternoon 241639@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I plotted this on google maps expecting some journalistic unkindness, that he'd drifted and ended up 500k off, but no, sure enough he was 500k in the exact opposite direction. </p> <p>Thirty days is a long time though, must have been some crazy route. I respect his audaciousness, but he might have at least got hold of a compass. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17379#post-241594 Wed, 25 Jan 2017 22:39:32 +0000 nobrakes 241594@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Quite a long way to go before realising your mistake!</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-38748373" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-38748373</a> </p>