Posted by eclrh on January 02, 2003 at 16:23:40 from 195.92.168.163 user eclrh.
In Reply to: Re: Dick did it again... posted by John Lambert on January 02, 2003 at 08:15:25:
On the other hand, Titty and Roger, in the fog on the moor near the end of
Swallowdale, failed to use an intelligent technique to avoid getting lost.
Titty (say) should have stood still holding the compass, and given
instructions to Roger so that he walked in the right direction,
stopped when he was about to go out of her sight, and stood still
while she caught him up. By repeating this they could have gone
in a fairly straight line until they hit the beck that flows through
Swallowdale.
Of course, the plot required them to get lost. But it's a pity John
(or Nancy, who might have been more likely to know this method)
didn't explain it to them afterwards.