From: alan.holmes on

"Scott M" <no_one(a)no_where.net> wrote in message
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> alan.holmes wrote:
>
>>>> Some clever devil out there must be able to tell me this?
>>> Erm, one of the many route finding sites? I use the AA's one.
>>
>> How do i get to that?
>
> Do you honestly pay someone money for an internet connection?

Do you get it or free?

And your point was?

>
> --
> Scott
>
> Where are we going and why am I in this handbasket?
>


From: alan.holmes on

"Ian Jackson" <ianREMOVETHISjackson(a)g3ohx.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> In message <4c17e4cd$0$2632$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>, GT <a(a)b.c> writes
>>"alan.holmes" <alan.holmes27(a)somewhere.net> wrote in message
>>news:2xPRn.17409$US6.7601(a)hurricane...
>>>
>>> Some clever devil out there must be able to tell me this?
>>
>>A satnav in the car does a pretty good job, but when sitting at a desk
>>planning my route, this one works for me:
>>http://www.multimap.com/directions/

Will try this as well.
>>
> Several more on here.
> <http://www.reiswijs.co.uk/routeplanner/routeplanner.html>

Thanks, worked a treat!

Alan


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> Ian
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From: Ed Chilada on
On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:32:49 +0100, "alan.holmes"
<alan.holmes27(a)somewhere.net> wrote:

>
>"Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>>
>> "alan.holmes" <alan.holmes27(a)somewhere.net> wrote in message
>> news:KeQRn.37156$Cw6.6879(a)hurricane...
>>>
>>> "Man at B&Q" <manatbandq(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:f7ce34e4-7cf7-4592-86b2-c543b92ea744(a)d8g2000yqf.googlegroups.com...
>>> On Jun 15, 7:21 pm, "alan.holmes" <alan.holme...(a)somewhere.net> wrote:
>>>> Some clever devil out there must be able to tell me this?
>>>>
>>>> Alan
>>>
>>> Use Google Maps, but then I seem to recall you don't know how to use
>>> Google.
>>>
>>> So, what do I enter into goggle to find what I want immediately?
>>>
>> The postcode of your departure point and the post code of your destination
>> are a good start.
>
>Just did that and got an answer talking about searching the list of limited
>companies, which was not exactly what I was looking for, was it?


Jeez, I don't think the internet is for you.

From: Mike Barnes on
alan.holmes <alan.holmes27(a)somewhere.net>:
>Some clever devil out there must be able to tell me this?

What about b, c, and d?

Anyway, go to Google, click on "Maps", type in the postcode of a, click
on "Search Maps", then "directions", then... well, you should get the
idea by now.

--
Mike Barnes
From: Brimstone on

"alan.holmes" <alan.holmes27(a)somewhere.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:de2dnTqXc9r2R4rRnZ2dnUVZ8gudnZ2d(a)bt.com...
>>
>> "alan.holmes" <alan.holmes27(a)somewhere.net> wrote in message
>> news:KeQRn.37156$Cw6.6879(a)hurricane...
>>>
>>> "Man at B&Q" <manatbandq(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:f7ce34e4-7cf7-4592-86b2-c543b92ea744(a)d8g2000yqf.googlegroups.com...
>>> On Jun 15, 7:21 pm, "alan.holmes" <alan.holme...(a)somewhere.net> wrote:
>>>> Some clever devil out there must be able to tell me this?
>>>>
>>>> Alan
>>>
>>> Use Google Maps, but then I seem to recall you don't know how to use
>>> Google.
>>>
>>> So, what do I enter into goggle to find what I want immediately?
>>>
>> The postcode of your departure point and the post code of your
>> destination are a good start.
>
> So, I go to google, type in the postcodes and it knows exactely what I
> want?

Why don't you go and look and try it?

>> Remember that other bit of advice from your youth, when all else fails
>> read the instructions.
>
> I've never found any instructions as to how to use google, whenever I have
> entered something I am looking for I have always got 120, or more,
> alternatives!
>
There is only one postcode per location.