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Amy

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• May 31, 2013

• #1

http://www.sarmonster.net/UK.htm

Super cool! So yeah...our caving region is the size of the entire UK prettymuch.
Just thought it was fun to share. Whenever we host uk cavers everyone is always shocked at distances. We think nothing of driving a few hours oneway clear across to other side of our caving region for a day trip. Just interesting to note if ya ever visit ))

 

graham

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• May 31, 2013

• #2

Is this anything to do with my comment about Mammoth not getting into the top ten deepest caves on Mendip?  :-\

 

droid

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• May 31, 2013

• #3

More likely something to do with 'remoteness'....

 

bograt

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• May 31, 2013

• #4

Aah, but they don't have 40 mile long traffic jams like the M5 over there

 

Laurie

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• May 31, 2013

• #5

We should be a little further north than that  :

 

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dunc

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• May 31, 2013

• #6

Laurie said:

We should be a little further north than that  :

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Must be global warming 


I'm not shocked about driving long distances, I don't have time to do it and the bloody excessive cost of fuel makes it shocking in this country!!

 

bograt

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• Jun 1, 2013

• #7

Yeah, well, the Americans invented petrol, didn't they ?

 

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Amy

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• Jun 1, 2013

• #8

No not at all graham I've just been trying to explain how big the US is to Brit people lately who seem to have no concept. I liked that map because you can drag the UK Around. I don't think it's supposed to be latitude accurate looks like its centered on my brouser to start with pre-drag.

 

ChrisJC

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• Jun 1, 2013

• #9

My take on it is that the UK is very small, and amazingly we can't all manage to get along - viz. Scottish independence, Welsh independence, the Cornish piping up, the Irish problem etc etc.

I don't mind driving across the UK for a caving trip - I drove 4 hours each way a couple of weeks ago, so I think some people do travel outside their region.

Chris.

 

simonsays

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• Jun 1, 2013

• #10

My recent trip to mendip was a 6 hour drive each way.

 

Les W

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• Jun 1, 2013

• #11

simonsays said:

My recent trip to mendip was a 6 hour drive each way.

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The queues on the M5 can be murder...  :tease:

(actually, 6 hours from the north east isn't too bad...)

 

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owd git

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• Jun 1, 2013

• #12

Amy said:

No not at all graham I've just been trying to explain how big the US is to Brit people lately who seem to have no concept. I liked that map because you can drag the UK Around. I don't think it's supposed to be latitude accurate looks like its centered on my brouser to start with pre-drag.

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it's not how big it is that counts Amy.
nor how old eh?:Bograt,
we invented superiority, surely/ :  unlike that self belief thing t'other side of t' pond..
O.G.

 

ah147

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• Jun 1, 2013

• #13

To be honest I'm quite disappointed. I thought the USA was (relatively) alot bigger than that! I thought most states were bigger than the UK.

 

bograt

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• Jun 1, 2013

• #14

ChrisJC said:

My take on it is that the UK is very small,

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Don't tell the Texans that!, doin' the draggin' they look a similar size

 

bograt

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• Jun 1, 2013

• #15

owd git said:

we invented superiority, surely/ :  unlike that self belief thing t'other side of t' pond..
O.G.

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We never invented it, it was already ours by right!.

 

tony from suffolk

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• Jun 1, 2013

• #16

simonsays said:

My recent trip to mendip was a 6 hour drive each way.

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I used to have a car like that.