Preferred way to navigate?
- Thread starter old soup
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Is that a rocket dust blower on the shelf below?
I'm glad I'm not the only one:
I haven't done any long trips for a long time but I tend to use a combination of electronic and paper (and compass). Osmand maps on my phone for all of the UK - so I don't need a signal (but GPS location does help) - you can get a good part of Europe too, I believe. Wwhen I was younger and used to go further, I used road atlases quite a bit - getting a sheet for the main area of interest/destination.
Yes!
- Location
- Inside my skull
A compass and sign posts and interesting roads I see.
- Location
- The TerrorVortex
Map, road signs and follow my nose.
While my phone has a GPS in it, I've never actually used it while riding.
While my phone has a GPS in it, I've never actually used it while riding.
GuyBoden
Guru
- Location
- Warrington
Now I'm older, I can afford the top of the range "Laminated", OS Maps.
£10 including postage.
https://dash4it.co.uk/catalog/product/view/sku/OSA263
£10 including postage.
https://dash4it.co.uk/catalog/product/view/sku/OSA263
That is a good price
classic33
Leg End Member
jay clock
Massive member
- Location
- Hampshire UK
however my 3 day tour to France depends on getting to the ferry on time, so some planning is needed
bigjim
Legendary Member
- Location
- Manchester. UK
Not for me. I hate getting lost. I like to plan and I like to know that I have a bed waiting for me at the end of the day. Does not always work out like that of course. I've ended up sleeping in some dodgy places and sometimes next to some dodgy people, but all part of the dance I suppose.
classic33
Leg End Member
Also known as geographical embarrasement & temporary geographic dislocation.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
I also like to know I'm not going to be trying to figure out how to avoid a motorway to get dinner before places in some small town are closed. You try your best - prepare for the worst and hope for the best!
- Location
- Inside my skull
Now we are talking!
classic33
Leg End Member
There was a better one as you came off the bridge in Killaloe. Had 39 pointing left and right, and a few facing over the bridge. Removed because it was behind the times, mainly the old black on white ones.
