When you have planned your days ride and added up the mileage. Start again and half your mileage.
The idea of travelling is to see things, meet people, have new experiences and take time to reflect.
travel is not all about travelling from point A to a distant point B, without seeing anything inbetween.
Oh! I went to France for my summer holiday.
Really, what did you see?
Well, lots of roads and cycle tracks.
What do you think of the French?
I didn`t meet any because we were in bed at 7pm every night because we were tired and had to be up at 5am to start riding again.
You get the idea I think
Apart from that:
Take a travel towel. Much less space and dries really quickly.
When you have finished with a map. Send it home with some postcards and a newspaper of the trip to that point. It helps to remind you of things if you want to make a journal later on. It is also something nice to come home to.
Steve