Maps...

[welsh dragon]

I bet you read them upside down "Because it's easier".

Mrs SJ does, which has led to many interesting discussions over the years when she's got us lost yet again.

Of course. It used to annoy the carp out of Mr WD. Sent him crazy

 

[Vapin' Joe]

Of course. It used to annoy the carp out of Mr WD. Sent him crazy

He has my sympathy. Two decades as a driving instructor taught me that failure to differentiate between left and right is a problem rife among females.

 

[welsh dragon]

He has my sympathy. Two decades as a driving instructor taught me that failure to differentiate between left and right is a problem rife among females.

Now your just being nasty. thank god for sat navs is all i can say

 

[PeteXXX]

Two of the atlas's in my small library. Both in Quarto size.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

i bought a map of Lancaster the other week... 1845, but for some reason was only charged a tenner at the till. I didn't say anything and left before they spotted their error. It's crap... half the buildings are missing, my house isn't on it and neither is my street. I thinking about taking it back and might even get refunded the full cover price.

I showed my daughter where she used to live on the mappalondon.com Stanford map (1860s) and she really couldn't get her bearings at all. She actually seemed quite frightened by it.

 

[Pale Rider]

I use paper maps on rides.

Stopping at a junction to look doesn't bother me, and I've had a couple of pleasurable conversations with other riders while doing do.

Such chats can also provide route intelligence and suggestions which no map or gadget can give.

I carry a small compass, not to take bearings or anything complicated, just to tell me which way is up.

 

[summerdays]

I think I was interested in maps/routes from an early age, perhaps because we'd travel back to Northern Ireland frequently and it was something to pass the journey, a game I played with my Dad where I'd tell him where we were going next (when there wasn't as much motorway and you'd pick your way from town to town). Then a combination of brownies/guides for the skills of using a map to navigate and geography for the skills of working out what was there.

 

[w00hoo_kent]

As a kid coming up to teenage we used to do the cash & carry run to Makros, before SE London had the new roads put in and I'd navigate us there with the A-Z, counting off side roads we'd pass and looking for short cuts. Much better than my dads normal tactic for navigating through London (find a car with a Kent number plate and follow it).

 

[w00hoo_kent]

I bet you read them upside down "Because it's easier".

Mrs SJ does, which has led to many interesting discussions over the years when she's got us lost yet again.

The TfL maps at Boris Bike stations really screwed me up for a while because I hadn't realised they weren't North Up. I got very confused trying to navigate using them a year or so ago.