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 ===== Planning a Task =====
+{{ :xc:tasksetting:ppt_for_3rd_jan_2020task_setting_2021.zip |Overview of Task Setting}}
 As always, the slides for the initial presentation are not as instructive as listening to it was.  However the task setting 'method' comes down to:
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     - Geology can have a bearing.  Around Moreton-in-Marsh thermals won't work as well as Stow-on-the-Wold.  The Cotswolds, Downs, Chilterns & Lincolnshire & Yorkshire Wolds are all free-draining, so they dry quickly and warm faster than low flat ground that holds water.  Warmth = thermals.  :)
     - As well as the bedrock, the Cotswold Edge and similar ridges can generate hill lift;
+    - Towns, car parks, warehouses & so on are good thermal generators;
     - We are advised to avoid VRPs;
   - Plan a task taking all the above into account!

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