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[Not Bob]

Similar to the above - the distance from your wrist to the inside of your elbow is the same length as your foot.

Presumably then I've got someone else's feet or forearms (and I don't just mean in a sack in my cellar)

 

[tomtom]

the point at which the waist is measuerd from has changed somewhat in recent years..

 

[TheViking]

Did you know there's a definition on: wilderness?
Before an area can be called wilderness it must be at least 10.000 square kilometres big, less than 5 citizens per squarekilometre and at least 60% of it's original vegetation intact. :wave: ack:

 

[tomtom]

going on that.. is there any wilderness in GB?

 

[arctic hobo]

I think the answer to that is no! In Norway there is one area I can think of that would qualify... extends into Sweden too, which is the finnmarksvidda plateau. Beyond that, and the obvious (Siberia, Northern Canada, the great deserts), I'd be hard put to think of one. :?:

 

[JakeR]

How long is britain? Probably wouldn't even get 10,000 kilomters of countryside, let alone wilderness.

 

[Adi007]

How long is britain? Probably wouldn't even get 10,000 kilomters of countryside, let alone wilderness.

The UK has a total area of total 244,820 sq km, with 241,590 sq km of that land and 3,230 sq km water. Of that arable land makes up 23.46% with permanent crops on 0.21%. If all the arable land in the UK is only 55,430 sq km I doubt that there is much in the way of wilderness in any huge amount.

As an aside, here's a sobering thought:

The remotest point was calculated to be the hillside of Ruadh Stac Beag, between Letterwe Forest and Fisherfield Forest.
The Grid Reference is NH 02550 77010

Distance to nearest road = 11km or 7 miles away. The nearest road is the A832.

For this purpose, the remotest part of mainland Great Britain is considered to be the point farthest from a metalled road.

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=202550&Y=877010&A=Y&Z=3

 

[arctic hobo]

As far as I can remember the UK is about 120,000km2 in area. That's off the top of my head so it's innacurate.
Edit: OK Adi you beat me and my guess was rubbish but hey

 

[tomtom]

i wonder how many sq km of bloody tarmac there is :roll: (i think actually fits better)

 

[Adi007]

A lot - just take roads. In 1999 there was approximately 371,913 km of "paved" roads in the UK. Give each road an average width of 6 meters (I've pulling this figure out of the air as there are huge variation, from massive motorways to tiny roads) that gives a tarmac area for roads alone of 2200 sq km.

 

[tomtom]

yeh.. and that doesnt count car parks ect..