Thursday 14 January 2016

Wed Jan 21 Hatton Country World – Hampton on the hill 4.5 Miles (Parking amended)

Parking directions are more detailed than those in our Info magazine.

Wed Jan 21           Hatton Country World – Hampton on the hill   4.5 Miles
Leader Peter & Esther Wadsworth Tel. 429029 or 07789472853
Explorer Map 221 GR 236663
  
Turn left off B4439 Shrewley Road and left again into Hatton Country world. Turn left into the first car park. (New Walk)



Smartphone owners - request for help

 There have been 2/3 incidents recently on rambles where ambulances have been called. WDU3A are thinking about the best procedures to follow. I wonder, if you have a smart phone, you could download OS Locate app (info below) and let me know what you think. Often we don't know the postcode when on a ramble. No need to ring for an ambulance!!!!

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The West Midland ambulance service can use a grid reference as well as a postcode to find you in an emergency.

Ring 112 on your mobile or 999

Give the map reference of where you are in the form AB XXX XXX where A and B are letters and the Xs are numbers.
Example.  SP 244 545

If you have a smart phone a quick way to find the map reference of where you are standing is to use the app OS locate produced by the Ordnance Survey.  Use your smartphone to download OS Locate from Google Play or from the link just below.

https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/shop/os-locate

When you open OS Locate it simply displays your map reference. It can also act as a compass.