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Doug,
As George mentioned, it is not quite clear what you are looking for. If you
would decide to go hiking in England, George's place is actually well
located with the Chiltren Hills to the East and the Cotswood Hills to the
west. In addition to hiking you even could go with a boat along the Themse.
When I was living there something more than 20 years ago, I often
went rambling in the Cotswoods around High Wycombe, e.g. over the hills
around Skirmett with a wind mill on one of these hills. The Cotswoods
e.garound Stoud, are even more picturesque.
At the time I was hiking there, I bought booklets where
people described hiking trails in these areas. Following the instructions
given there and using an Ordnance Survey maps, I tried to find my
way. Since these hiking trails were not marked or signposted and also not
specially indicated on the map, orientation required more time than I was
used from hiking in Switzerland.
If you shouldn't know, the Swiss are a nation of hikers and ramblers.
(Except may be the Alinghi crew.) The country is covered with well marked
and signposted hiking trails which are maintained by hiker clubs in the
area. There are special hiking maps for the different regions. These maps
are based on the national Survey maps but indicate also the hiking trails. I
am not a biker, but I think there exist also special maps for them.
Having read George's reply, I should add, that the Swiss Survey maps are
also gridded, depending on the scale, e. g. 1km by 1km or 4km by 4km. The
grid refers to a coordinate system where the origin has been select in such
a way that latitude and longitude can not be mixed-up; the smaller value is
always latitude and the larger value always longitude. The edge of the map
shows the global lat/long coordinates both, the one from the geoid used and
in addition also the GPS coordinates.
Marcel
