Shaun and I went to map the NCN51 between Bedford and Milton Keynes. >From the west, the signage stopped at a metal plaque in the ground which marked the crossing of NCN51 and NCN6
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.04972&lon=-0.73357&zoom=17&layers=00B0FTF you would not be able to follow sustrans signs beyond that point. After some exploring, we happened upon a lone NCN51 sign in the woods: http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.04413&lon=-0.71929&zoom=17&layers=00B0FTF but it didn't lead to any further signs (we wondered if they were having problems with the landowners of Willen Lake prohibiting signs?) Following the route from the east, the last NCN51 sign was outside the Wavendon Arms: http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.026696&lon=-0.668013&zoom=18&layers=00B0FTF That leads onto a cycle path (painted onto the sidewalk) leading into Woburn Sands, but there were no further signs. I think there may have been a 'cyclists dismount' or 'end of cycle route' sign as it approaches the level-crossing in Woburn Sands, not a great encouragement to anyone following a national cycle route. I had to follow trunk roads and road-signs to get into Milton Keynes from there. We later followed the road into Wavendon, in case this helps anyone exploring the area, and found no NCN signs along that road: http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.02504&lon=-0.67369&zoom=17&layers=00B0FTF The cycle paths between those two ends of NCN51 show some of our attemps to locate the cycleway. There are many cycle paths in that area, but none with red sustrans "51" signs. Our conclusion that day was that NCN51 was undefined through that part of Milton Keynes. Later we looked at the Sustrans PDF map which showed the area as a grey "proposed route", which correlates with the lack of signage we saw. I think the really big message from our day trying to find NCN51 was: please let people know when the route stops. If some blue sign really is the *last* blue sign for 10 miles (e.g. through Cranfield which isn't signposted from the east either) then have a sign to say 'this is the end of our signage' and preferably display a map to show people how to reach the next section of NCN route. But in terms of OSM mapping, maybe Shaun can confirm this but I believe our coverage of NCN51 through Milton Keynes accurately represents what exists (as of summer 2008) On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Richard Fairhurst <rich...@systemed.net> wrote: > - NCN51 (Oxford-Cambridge-Felixstowe). Newmarket to Bury St Edmunds > looks to be missing - perhaps not open yet? - and also bits around > Milton Keynes and Sandy. _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
