First Tour
Posted: 14 Aug 2014, 5:06pm
Tried. Failed
Got as far as Great Budworth from Bolton.
The weather through Leigh beat seven bells out of me and that's when I discovered that my waterproofs weren't waterproof anymore. No biggie. The front panniers soaked up every last drop of rain weighing them down even more and they kept working loose on the rack. No biggie.
Mr Garmin Etrex20 decided today was the day when the first of 6 tracks would magically disappear. This was a slight biggie. I chose another track to Great Budworth as it was on my route anyway and planned on setting the thing to route to the campsite from there. Got to GB, found the campsite and pressed 'Go'. Garmin immediately shut down. Tried again and again it shut down. Tried again and it froze requiring the batteries to be removed to start it again. Another try killed it again. Several more attempts and swearing at it had the same outcome.
Maps and I don't get along due my severe lack of sense of direction (I got lost in the toilets at Heaton Park) so I gave up there and then. Phoned my better half that I was on my way home. Got to Warburton Bridge and lost the will to keep riding (that's never happened before) so when she called to ask where I was and offered to pick me up, I agreed.
My advice?
Get waterproofs that actually work.
Get racks that actually work.
Load tracks onto both the gps and a backup set on a micro SD card.
NEVER EVER EVER EVER update your etrex, as I believe it was fine before Garmin interfered with it.
I'll try again before long.
Got as far as Great Budworth from Bolton.
The weather through Leigh beat seven bells out of me and that's when I discovered that my waterproofs weren't waterproof anymore. No biggie. The front panniers soaked up every last drop of rain weighing them down even more and they kept working loose on the rack. No biggie.
Mr Garmin Etrex20 decided today was the day when the first of 6 tracks would magically disappear. This was a slight biggie. I chose another track to Great Budworth as it was on my route anyway and planned on setting the thing to route to the campsite from there. Got to GB, found the campsite and pressed 'Go'. Garmin immediately shut down. Tried again and again it shut down. Tried again and it froze requiring the batteries to be removed to start it again. Another try killed it again. Several more attempts and swearing at it had the same outcome.
Maps and I don't get along due my severe lack of sense of direction (I got lost in the toilets at Heaton Park) so I gave up there and then. Phoned my better half that I was on my way home. Got to Warburton Bridge and lost the will to keep riding (that's never happened before) so when she called to ask where I was and offered to pick me up, I agreed.
My advice?
Get waterproofs that actually work.
Get racks that actually work.
Load tracks onto both the gps and a backup set on a micro SD card.
NEVER EVER EVER EVER update your etrex, as I believe it was fine before Garmin interfered with it.
I'll try again before long.