Hi
I am not sure exactly where yet, I'll think it over during the winter...the Garmin is working out fine now, it did a great job for me in France. The better I get at telling it what to do the better it gets at telling me what to do!
I would much prefer to ride in good weather than bad (having said that I am off on a CTC ride tomorrow in this rubbish weather!)
Cant change the weather, just go prepared for all types and deal with it on a day by day basis.
How do I plan the tours...erm...well once I get into it I can over plan I guess. I am not one to just go on a wing and a prayer, I will try to anticipate problems before they arise and how to deal with them...thankfully usually they then dont arrive. However once i am touring I am pretty flexible and change things as I feel like it on th eground.
..seems such a long time ago since I rode through germany and then through France...but it was only a few weeks. Right now I am focused on my new Bianchi which should arrive soon, and also a bike build ove rin the classified section here on CC.
I think I will start getting Wander lust again after Christmas!