Satmap Way Ahead, Sports GPS
Allow me to tell you a true story.
Once upon a time (all true stories start that way) I was on a hike and we got lost. But it wasn’t serious, you see, because we had a map and a compass. It was even the right map. But we still didn’t have a clue where on the map we were. So, some bright spark said “Why don’t we climb to the top of this mountain and then we’ll be able to work out where we are by triangulating our position against features that we can see and are clear from the map.” (Unfortunately confidentiality agreements prevent me from revealing the name of that prat).
Time passes, energy gets expended, sweat, tears, toil, anguish. We reach the top.
Still no idea where we are, so we just walk in one direction (south - well, it’s warmer there isn’t it) and end up nearly getting shot by a farmer who was decidedly unimpressed that we were taking a stroll through his property.
There was a happy ending, though - we didn’t die. However, if by some tardis-like maneuver I could have gone back in time and given myself one of these beautiful Satmap devices I would have been home in time for muffins and earl grey because you can get them with beautiful OS (1:25,000) maps (and lots of other ones too) which are a joy to behold.
For £299 ($580, €430), you’d be a crayzee nut-freak not to.
Ryan