I had to use Sally to go and explore a new dance club on Tuesday and that meant the Garmin as she's too old to have her own as standard. Found my way there just fine but the Garmin lost the satellite signal at a crucial moment as I was leaving the hall and I ended up negotiating a one-way bit and roundabouts that had me ending up in the countryside and doing a 15km detour to get back to the correct road. Fortunately I was familiar with that bit of countryside cos of going to patch every week so was OK.
As for our home address, many satnav systems as well as viaMichelin on the PC haven't been updated to show we now have a street name so all sorts of people get lost from friends coming from other areas or countries to delivery drivers.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Just cut the last of the Sweet Peas, they have lasted well this year. Moira uses Google maps wherever we go and we haven't had any problems. I still use a map, usually many years out of date, but then I do tend to get lost. Happy Birthday @Busy-Lizzie, 27 it is.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
Driving down to Dartmouth a couple of years ago, and the satnav wanted to take us down a narrow lane with no turning places, while the small signpost on the road pointed straight ahead. Some very helpful local had pinned a large sign onto the post saying, ignore your satnav and drive straight ahead. Sadly we didn’t see either sign in time, and had a fairly hairy journey down a dirt track until we found a gateway to turn round in. When possible, I do like to check my route against either a paper map, or google map without a route marked on it, so I can identify the major roads.
I still haven't ventured into sat nav ownership. I rely on a map and signposts, as I've always done but I do now usually check a route beforehand. google streetview is helpful to check what junctions look like so you sort of recognise them when you get there. OH has sat nav in his truck - often has to rely on it for getting to remote farms but he also usually checks routes beforehand for bear and lobster traps
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Good luck with the new course @chicky. Happy birthday @Busy-Lizzie! Lovely flowers @Nanny Beach How on earth is the cat getting into the motor area @tui34? I've never had sat nav @Dovefromabove but do use google maps on my phone. Sometimes I know it's wrong and just keep going - it catches up. Funny old day today - meeting this morning to sort out something that had gone wrong with our town's website, opened applications for the next market I'm organising - the Christmas Market on Dec 5th... but, our local theatre will take care of the entertainment so that's one less job for me and I also found out that an employee of the local pub now has a first in Events Management - perhaps I can find someone to take over running the street markets... Fingers crossed.
I love paper maps … I’ve navigated all over Europe with paper maps … but with multi lane motorways it’s so much easier to know which lane you need to be in for the next intersection in plenty of time … I always check my route on paper maps ahead of time and have a list of towns and road numbers we’re heading for on long journeys …. but a sat nav of some sorts for the journey makes life soooo much easier.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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As for our home address, many satnav systems as well as viaMichelin on the PC haven't been updated to show we now have a street name so all sorts of people get lost from friends coming from other areas or countries to delivery drivers.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Moira uses Google maps wherever we go and we haven't had any problems. I still use a map, usually many years out of date, but then I do tend to get lost.
Happy Birthday @Busy-Lizzie, 27 it is.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Lovely flowers @Nanny Beach How on earth is the cat getting into the motor area @tui34? I've never had sat nav @Dovefromabove but do use google maps on my phone. Sometimes I know it's wrong and just keep going - it catches up.
Funny old day today - meeting this morning to sort out something that had gone wrong with our town's website, opened applications for the next market I'm organising - the Christmas Market on Dec 5th... but, our local theatre will take care of the entertainment so that's one less job for me and I also found out that an employee of the local pub now has a first in Events Management - perhaps I can find someone to take over running the street markets... Fingers crossed.
time and have a list of towns and road numbers we’re heading for on long journeys …. but a sat nav of some sorts for the journey makes life soooo much easier.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.