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shows field boundaries, handy for calculating exactly how many fields to cross, whereas 1:50,000 are better for motoring towards your chosen site.

Public Rights of Way are clearer.

1:25,000 now have mountainous areas coloured a pale cream, bringing the OS thrill-ride into the 21st century.

the pale cream areas denote open access...not just mountains.

Mr H

>> whereas 1:50,000 are better for motoring towards your chosen site.

Well, they're ok for the final approach, but I wouldn't want to navigate from Birmingham to Lewis using 1:50,000 scale maps :-)