A chain of people......

[MaC]

You know that idea that we're only so many steps removed from anybody on the planet ?
Well, we live on islands here. Two great big ones and a wheen of smaller ones, from the Shetlands and Orkneys to the Isle of Wight.

Theoretically, could we do a meet up chain of people among ourselves ? and how far would anyone have to travel to meet another one of us ? and what sort of time frame would it take ?

Discounting Kev and Sean, I mean it's taken them years to pass along some fishing kit.

I have the M74, the M8 and the M9/A9 in very reasonable distance.

Who else is on that network ?

M

 

[E. By Gum]

Not me. I need special permission to leave Yorkshire.

 

[MaC]

I do travel to York, but it's a long way. Sort of three ordinary travel distances down for me.

So, anyone around an hour of either of us ?

M

 

[BorderReiver]

I'm out on the edge with the nearest motorway 40 odd miles away. I'm not within two or three hours of anyone on here.

 

[MaC]

I did wonder if it were do-able.

We used to do chains like this to shift kit on t'other side, well up here we did, with occasional forays down to the Lakes, Yorkshire and the like.

I just thought that if we had an ad hoc kind of network we could pass stuff along like that. I have a workshop needing cleared, I have too much kit, too many books, that kind of thing, and I know I'm not alone. Besides, there's booze and jam, and occasionally a glut of something or other too.

M

 

[Woody Girl]

I think my nearest person would be Southampton, unless anyone else is nearer to the south west than that.
I do feel a bit out on a limb in the boonies here on the edge of exmoor.
Wish sometimes I was more central, but I like the South West too much.
It's a great idea tho Mary.

 

[CaptainBeaky]

I think I'm probably nearest to Marc down at the lorry park end of Kent, and Rich the other way?
Top of the M25/M20/M26 triangle.

We used to run a transport chain on the Toyota Surf forum - the Surf Train - for moving heavier bits and pieces around the country.
I think the biggest item that got moved was a gearbox from the Southwest up to Middlesbrough.
Shame that place got bought by someone who just wanted to make money from it.

 

[Saint-Just]

I do travel to York, but it's a long way. Sort of three ordinary travel distances down for me.

So, anyone around an hour of either of us ?

M

Mojo is in Glasgow I believe. I messaged him that we were here because he never posted, although he created his account

 

[MaC]

I think my nearest person would be Southampton, unless anyone else is nearer to the south west than that.
I do feel a bit out on a limb in the boonies here on the edge of exmoor.
Wish sometimes I was more central, but I like the South West too much.
It's a great idea tho Mary.

John's out in Wales. He travels up past me to go to the ferry to get across to Orkney.

 

[Saint-Just]

Not me. I need special permission to leave Yorkshire.

It's called a HDC :ROFLMAO::devilish:

 

[Woody Girl]

Is it my imagination, or is there someone on rof near Exeter, or is that the other place? I rarely check where people are based, so I can't rightly remember.

 

[Renton]

Im in Leeds so not far from E and Steve is not far away in Halifax

 

[MaC]

Im in Leeds so not far from E and Steve is not far away in Halifax

That's a kind of hub. Which is useful

Social nodes are excellent connections

 

[Oldtimer]

Doesn't a chain gang involve working on the roads under brutal supervisors?

 

[Juttle]

I’m way darn sarf in Brixham, several light years away from anybody ‘up norf’!

 

[Woody Girl]

I’m way darn sarf in Brixham, several light years away from anybody ‘up norf’!

So you are my nearest forum buddy. 👋
Just us two down here then.

 

[Nice65]

Bushwacker is just up the road a bit, ElThomsono is 1hr 30, WG is 3hr30, Kev is just south, Mark is about 2hrs.

But I honestly think expecting to use any of these members as part of a courier system would be a dreadful mistake. 😁

 

[Greg]

I’m about 2000 miles away from Noddy and about 3000 miles away from the rest of you, if that’s any help.

 

[noddy]

Yet, we all live within a heartbeat of one another. Why be concerned by distance?

(I think I have to slow up on the evenings listening to Gong )

 

[MaC]

I liked meeting up with folks on occasion. A jaunt somewhere new, have a walkabout with someone in an area i didn't know. Pass along 'good things', pick up 'good things', pass them along. Books, knives, stoves, the makings for stuff, it all slowly worked it's way around.

It is slowly picking up again as folks plan. Walks, canoe day/weekends, forage trips, that kind of thing.

I just wondered if it were something that might be of interest here too.

 

[Templogin]

Shetland. 10-12 hours on the ferry from Aberdeen or a costly 45 minute flight, not that the ferry is cheap if you choose to travel in style.

 

[MaC]

How long from Shetland to Orkney ?

 

[Templogin]

6 Hours

 

[Winnet]

Shetland. 10-12 hours on the ferry from Aberdeen or a costly 45 minute flight, not that the ferry is cheap if you choose to travel in style.

I'm 10-12 hours from you then and about 3 hours north of Mary.

G

 

[MaC]

Is there anyone in the middle bit between Aberdeen and the Glasgow/Edinburgh/Stirling kind of area ?

M