On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:25:30 +0100, Bill Pragnell wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:25:01 +0100, Bill Pragnell wrote:
>> 
>>> Haha, not a hope, we're the most thoroughly nay exhaustively
>>> signposted country in the world.
>> 
>> Hey, now *that's* certainly true.  I didn't need a GPS to get where I
>> was going, and printed directions were no use to us - just knowing the
>> signs to look for got us around better than anything. :-)
> 
> I don't use them either, although that's partly because most models are
> still more expensive than my car(!). But you're right, the signs aren't
> just numerous, they're incredibly helpful, especially the way road
> numbers are specified. :-)

Yeah - the first couple times out I printed directions from 
maps.google.co.uk and got hopelessly lost.  I learned quickly that if I 
took those directions and just identified the next marker I needed to 
look for, it was a LOT easier to get around.

It is fairly counterintuitive to me that a map is a hinderance, but I 
can't argue with the results. ;-)

Jim

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