roadbook or gps?

[miss P]

Planning to ride the @ over the Pyranees from Santander to Roscoff next summer.

Paper roadbook or Sat nav or both?

[Stormforce8]

Planning to ride the @ over the Pyranees from Santander to Roscoff next summer.

Paper roadbook or Sat nav or both?

Maps in the tankbag to increase the sense of adventure - then switch to GPS when you get into town and need to find an actual address.

I love to use maps, just looking at them makes me want to explore..........you don't get that with a GPS as it's very clinical, but ultimately takes you where you want to go.

[alpslapper]

I say both - at least then you have a built in element of redundency if something goes wrong.

[Xander]

I am with Storm, MAPS.. Road book only helps if you go thought all the effort of witting line by line directions, ride, find nice stop, stop, get coffee, pull out maps pick next direction go... much more fun.. I found i dont use my GPS at all any more..

[Jenna]

even if you mean sat nav by gps then i would go with both... in fact i prefer 3 systems; rolling road book with map data, gps using waypoints and lastly a sat nav to locate hotels/campsites when you just cant be arsed to use the map & gps. No fan of sat navs on there own, infact i think the blooming things are more trouble than they are worth if not used with local knowledge or a map!

[stanbloke]

If you're on holiday, I would just have a good map.

You spend more time looking at the gps than on the superb scenery that you will be passing through.

Before you start each days riding look at the map and decide where you want to go and write it on some paper, put the directions in the top of your tankbag and then just ride. It really dose'nt matter if you get a bit lost or sidetracked. YOU ARE ON HOLIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

take your time and enjoy your hols mate.

[Hosay]

I'd go for Sat Nav, I never look at the thing but I can hear voices (well, a voice) that tell me where to go....

Done a fair bit in Europe and the only time it gets confused are in them bloody big tunnels that our euro-cousins are keen on digging......it's a real cheap and nasty one too, just made a bracket to stick it behind the screen and wired it into the intercomm...

If Reaper and Fish are listening (reading ??) then they can thank me for that ! They'd still be lost in Begium with thier maps if it wasn't for my Sat Nav.

[miss P]

Thanks all.

I think I will stick with maps & a list in the tank bag.

I love using maps to plan a trip. Michelin maps, Google Earth & a notebook is a great way to spend hours.

If I can borrow a GPS/Sat Nav I may load it with waypoints in case I get stuck. Took a borrowed one to Germany last year and used it twice when lost in cities. Batteries ran out after 10 mins each time, but it got us on the right road.

[Sharribee]

I use everything I have available to me, maps, GPS hubbie and telephone if it really hits the fan

[RainMan]

My preference is GPS/Sat Nav and maps. The problem with maps on their own is that they are useless unless you know exactly where are when you reference them and for me I'm normally lost at that point anyway, the beauty of GPS is that it gives you a real point of reference if you need it. Once you have established your position, then nothing beats a map for planning the next stage of the journey.