North (but which North?)

[smert]

True, Grid and Magnetic are all the same in certain places in the UK currently!

Historic alignment of three norths over Scotland in 2026 - BBC News

 

[mainsail1]

And then North becomes South...................just a matter of when?

 

[Rustyknight]

Beaten by England yet again, and also by Bouba, also for the first time in history, maybe.....

https://forums.ybw.com/index.php?threads/go-north-young-man-to-swanage.589351/

 

[smert]

Beaten by England yet again, and also by Bouba, also for the first time in history, maybe.....

https://forums.ybw.com/index.php?threads/go-north-young-man-to-swanage.589351/

I haven't had my vaccinations to be able to go into The Lounge...

 

[DJE]

But surely the relationship between grid north and true north is fixed. They only agree on a north-south line up the centre of the grid, and it seems that this line passes though Swanage and Fraserburgh. Magnetic north can wonder about all it likes but it will only agree with both the other two on the line where they agree with each other.

 

[KevinV]

Magnetic north can wonder about all it likes...

I knew it was a bit complicated, but wasn't aware the pole had developed consciousness?

 

[Fr J Hackett]

........

 

[Fr J Hackett]

I knew it was a bit complicated, but wasn't aware the pole had developed consciousness?

SaltIre has been there, if you ask him he will tell you about it and if you are unlucky he will even show you a picture?

 

[KevinV]

SaltIre has been there, if you ask him he will tell you about it and if you are unlucky he will even show you a picture?

Well there's something to look forward to ?

 

[Alan S]

But surely the relationship between grid north and true north is fixed. They only agree on a north-south line up the centre of the grid, and it seems that this line passes though Swanage and Fraserburgh. Magnetic north can wonder about all it likes but it will only agree with both the other two on the line where they agree with each other.

Absolutely correct.
The grid is centred on 2 degrees West so True N and Grid N always agree along this meridian. magnetic N currently is the same in the Swanage area but is constantly changing. (although not sure if it is by it's own free will!)

 

[Alan S]

I knew it was a bit complicated, but wasn't aware the pole had developed consciousness?

Not really complicated Kevin, see above

 

[DJE]

I knew it was a bit complicated, but wasn't aware the pole had developed consciousness?

I wonder where it will wander next.

 

[johnalison]

There is a human trait that makes us enjoy disorder, and I have to live with the regret that I won't be living long enough to witness the chaos that will ensue when the magnetic poles flip, especially if satellite Armageddon has already occurred.