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ANother tale of blindly (pun intended) following the Prat-Nav - Sat-nav mix up leaves pupils in Towyn not Tywyn. Still, it was only 80 miles from where they should have been.

From the BBC Technology web-site - Sat-navs could affect driving ability, say researchers. Worrying quote from the story - "While they could cope with simple instructions, they started to swerve, speed up or fail to notice pedestrians if they had too much information." What was not reported...

The Prat Nav-ers are at it again! :D

Having managed to navigate from Cannock to an imaginary location in Ireland (Garren Point) via Lowestoft for last years TLD with no problems what so ever I am ashamed to admit a failure to manage the same feat over a considerably shorter distance. Set off yesterday to get down to the working...

Apparently, the sun is possibly entering a more active phase after a long lull in activity. The resultant increase in solar flares could mean serious problems for satellite communications - and GPS. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8494225.stm So, stand by for millions of disgruntled...

Yesterday went for a ride after work and pulled up besides the Solent to phone the wife put helmet on Right handle bars to use the phone then decide after 10 minutes I would go back home to find I couldn’t start the bike as much as I turned it over with the starter motor whizzing quite happily...