Re: Can I propose...

On 14 Dec 2005 20:57:06 GMT, Rick Booth <richard.booth@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>Stewart Ward <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Rick Booth wrote:
>> > Stewart Ward <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Aylesbury, Bucks is noted to be the exact centre of the UK. Being the furthest
>> >> from sea in every direction.
>> >
>> >
>> > It is quite clearly not the centre of the UK, or even of Great Britain (which is
>> > presumably what you mean).
>
>> I have put a pencil in a compass and measured Aylesbury to every point
>> where sea is encountered, and it appears it's close to being the
>> furthest from sea in all directions as claimed.
>
>But, as I pointed out, that's got absolutely nothing to do with being the
>centre. It might be the place where you're least likely to have a
>seagull crap on you, but this has rarely been a problem at UKMG
>gatherings.

Not at all, colonies of seagulls congregate around landfill sites here
in Milton Keynes which, incidentally, is further from the sea than
Aylesbury and, coincidentally (or not) isn't the centre of the UK
either ;)
>
>A simple thought experiment: imagine a country 1000 miles long and 10
>miles wide, shaped like a long sausage.

Germany!

> Clearly the centre is half-way
>along. Now superimpose a circle 11 miles in diameter at the south end,
>forming a very slight bulge there. The point furthest from the sea is
>now only 5.5 miles from the south coast. That's very obviously not the
>centre of the country, which is about 490 miles to the north.
>
>Obviously Britain is not so extreme an example, but it still illustrates
>that what you're talking about has nothing whatever to do with
>centrality.

It looks more like a man to me.

As the centre of a man might be his navel then I'm going for a crater
just south of Birmingham as the UK's centre.

We haven't got one there?

OK, got an oil terminal handy? ;)

>
>> In terms of land mass and balance, I agree with your point, but, there
>> are land masses stretching way north which would weight this view and
>> result.
>
>Well, yes, exactly. They're part of the country too. People live on
>them, you see. That's very much the point.

Yeah!

Wot he said...........

Steve.
.

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