On Tue, 02 Feb 2016 09:15:14 +0000, John Rumm
wrote:

On 01/02/2016 19:40, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 01/02/16 17:47, charles wrote:
In article ,
The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 01/02/16 17:33, dennis@home wrote:
On 01/02/2016 16:06, charles wrote:
In article , The Natural Philosopher


Nowadays, I take a photo of the car (with reg plate).

yebbut I keep my camera in the car..

use your phone!


If you have a recent smart phone you can use the GPS to mark the
location too.

If you don't have a smart phone, a tablet, or a surface and you own a
car, and you can read a map, its amazing what you don't need.

a map won't necessarily help you find your car in a car park

Never said it did, it just extends the range of technology you don't need.

I had an argument with a technophile friend. Full of himself and his
gadgets 'a satnav will always tell you how to get there better than a map'

'Possibly, but it doesn't help me decide where I want to go, does it?'

What about if it has lots of interesting "points of interest" overlays
loaded?

Quite, so does exactly help someone (who isn't a Luddite g) see what
is on offer locally and the distances to each, even the free stuff.
;-)

When we first when motorcycle touring our daughter (my pillion) was
quite young but was able to read a map fairly well. We had an intercom
and she had the map in a plastic cover and rested it in a 'bum bag'
strapped round my waist. Everything was fine with her reading the map
.... unless it was dark, she was tired, it was raining or she needed to
turn the page.

She might also not spot road tolls or ferries. ;-)

Then, once we had traveled say 200 miles between campsites, we might
then 'waste' an hour finding the actual site because the scale of the
road atlas wasn't really suitable for the detailed stuff.

Then we bought a GPS and all these issues just disappeared. Door to
door (or tent to tent g) in any weather or levels of darkness,
'avoiding' toll roads, ferries and roadworks with no issues at all. We
therefore spent more time 'on holiday' and less time being frustrated
or risking missing the closing time of campsites.

Once we were there we could select 'Nearest fuel' (all brands and
including telephone numbers so you can check they are open), or
'Nearest Food' (all types) or what could be more important in an
emergency (anyone's emergency), 'Nearest hospital'.

'Of course' I managed before the GPS in just the same way I managed
before I got a remote controlled TV or washing machine but sometimes
you want more than 'just managing'.

We were dropping some stuff off on Freecycle yesterday and whilst I
knew roughly where the person was I didn't know exactly. Because the
Mrs was with me I started to get her to enter the address into Google
maps on my phone, rather than stopping to set the GPS up. She gets
very travel sick and seems to be someone who can't get along with
touch screens so after a few aborted attempts to type in the
destination, I got her to talk it in. Ting, up it comes and just in
time to avoid us overshooting. ;-)

I only use the phone as a GPS when I have to and it's no use mounted
on the handlebar of a motorbike in the rain or when being operated by
fingers wrapped in leather gloves. It is very reassuring to know I
have a GPS on me at all times though (and I have made use of it many
times and in ways I wouldn't have first predicted).

Now, if you don't actually crawl out from under your stone very often
or aren't someone who likes doing stuff in the moment, 'planning' a
route 3 weeks in advance could be considered the fun bit of any trip
(till the first road closure of course). ;-)

Cheers, T i m