NCN Renumbering?

nwallace
nwallace Posts: 1,465
edited December 2008 in Tour & expedition
Are Sustrans renumbering their routes?

I noticed this morning that a lamp post sticker (generally useless for following at speed) that used to have the Number 1 on it in Wormit now carries the number 777.

This was one of the many options on route 1 through Fife, and i suppose it doesn't make sense to have the same number for different routes but 777?
7 is Inverness to Carlisle, 77 Branches off that at Ballinluig to Dundee, so does 777 branch off the 77 at Perth?

They should have used a numbering system more in-line with the MOT zone numbering system, NCN 1 goes in the opposite direction from the A1. (Ignore Motorway Nubmering in England and Wales it's totally separate from a road numbering)
Do Nellyphants count?

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  • Cunobelin
    Cunobelin Posts: 11,792
    Sustrans Route Numbering
    <b><i>He that buys land buys many stones.
    He that buys flesh buys many bones.
    He that buys eggs buys many shells,
    But he that buys good beer buys nothing else.</b></i>
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  • nwallace
    nwallace Posts: 1,465
    hm even more confusing, it's in fife so even if it is a regional route rather than national and has been given the wrong coloured back ground it still cant' be a 7** number and has too many figures.

    Going to go out and check i wasn't hallucinating.
    Do Nellyphants count?

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  • nwallace
    nwallace Posts: 1,465
    Defiantely Not

    777 it says,

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    Do Nellyphants count?

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  • andymiller
    andymiller Posts: 2,856
    Ask Sustrans?
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  • nwallace
    nwallace Posts: 1,465
    I'm not holding my breath for an answer from them...
    Do Nellyphants count?

    Commuter: FCN 9
    Cheapo Roadie: FCN 5
    Off Road: FCN 11

    +1 when I don't get round to shaving for x days
  • nwallace
    nwallace Posts: 1,465
    Had a look at their website again today, the maps now show it as route 777 and lots of updates in "November" where they said "June" the other day!

    Seems 3 figure numbers are here.

    Sunderland -> Carlisle -> Glasgow -> Inverness is a bit odd for a single number (7)

    The branching of numbers makes sense, but the seemingly random choice of routes for those numbers less so.
    Do Nellyphants count?

    Commuter: FCN 9
    Cheapo Roadie: FCN 5
    Off Road: FCN 11

    +1 when I don't get round to shaving for x days

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