On Thu, 4 Feb 2016 10:34:22 +0000 (GMT+00:00), Chris French
wrote:

charles Wrote in message:
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Of course, you could always look at a map before you start out.

Well yes, as I said somewhere, can be of limited usefulness by
themselves for navigation

If I'm going somewhere I've not been before (and have the opportunity)
I'll generally get a feel of the trip with Google maps via my PC.

If I'm out and about at the time I'll not bother and just enter it
into the GPS and that will also give me a reasonable idea.

If I'm going on a long journey (in the car, not motorbike) I might get
the big map book out and on the right page 'just in case'. The Mrs
wouldn't make use of it as just glancing down at it would make her
travel sick.

If I was passenger on a long trip and the driver had a GPS, I still
might take my own GPS *and* have the road atlas open and follow our
progress so I can get a feel where we are and what was around where we
were at the time. I did that on a laptop from my GPS years ago but it
was a lot more faffing than the paper map book. ;-)

Cheers, T i m