I'm working away in the week at the moment, and having run out of things to do in the evening I decided to pop and see a mate in Tregaron about 30 miles away. No problem, plug in the Garmin and let the unit do the work......... It took me to his door no problem but after a cuppa i thought i'd make my way back. As the same as most Land Rover drivers (the road less travelled etc etc) i thought i'd take a different route back, "Ah!" i think, looking at the display theres a road marked which goes really close to Strata Florida and Devils Staircase etc etc, i'll go that way! It started off good enough, just like some of the local lanes here in Pembrokeshire, but eventually it started to get progressively worse and worse, the GPS showing 800, 900, 1000 and eventually over 1500feet. It was 10pm by this time, and blowing a hooley/ raining and finally the little lady in the Garmin says "in 300yds, turn right then drive for 5 miles". I couldn't see more than 15 feet anyway so had to trust what the old dear said and turned the Range Rover down said road........... I tell you what, I would have thought twice about taking my trialler down there never mind my road truck!! I was amazed that such a minor road was shown on the GPS. Having just looked at my paper map, it really is in the middle of bloody nowhere! Or SN783575 to be precise!! Lesson learnt. I will be carrying some paper maps from now on, or will be changing my GPS that shows overalyed maps. Or, er, perhaps I should perhaps just go in the daylight, and on a nice day... (walks away, head bowed.................)
Dave