There you get to the nub of it. Men... sheesh... they have got to make a perfectly easy task such as reading an OS map and attemtp to turn it into something technical. Meanwhile, we women get on with the easy, reliable method that isn't ruined when your battery fails ;-)
See also: Asking for directions. I always thought that this was a joke until I realised that in a party of three men, I was the only one that thought that asking for directions was more sensible that walking half a mile in every direction until we stumbled across where we were headed!
I refer the honourable lady to the many E2E accounts of people going miles out of their way whilst using OS (and other) maps. The trouble with maps is, if you dont know where you are, they arent much help, and if you *think* you know where you are (but dont) , or in what direction you are pointing (but are wrong) , they are no help either :-)
Tsk, tsk. Avoiding those problems is what map reading skills are all about. With a map and compass you should never be lost and the sun and a watch can always substitute for the compass.
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There is also the fact its a "gadget" , often attractive to someone of the bloke-persuasion.
But managing with just a map and compass gives you " 'ard man" bragging rights ;-)
-- Tony
"I did make a mistake once - I thought I'd made a mistake but I hadn't" Anon
I refer the honourable lady to the many E2E accounts of people going miles out of their way whilst using OS (and other) maps. The trouble with maps is, if you dont know where you are, they arent much help, and if you *think* you know where you are (but dont) , or in what direction you are pointing (but are wrong) , they are no help either :-)
Tsk, tsk. Avoiding those problems is what map reading skills are all about. With a map and compass you should never be lost and the sun and a watch can always substitute for the compass.
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There is also the fact its a "gadget" , often attractive to someone of the bloke-persuasion.
But managing with just a map and compass gives you " 'ard man" bragging rights ;-)
Compass? A quick look at the sun is all I need. :-) -- the.Mark
With a map and compass you should never be lost and the sun and a watch can always substitute for the compass.
Compass? A quick look at the sun is all I need. :-)
Isn't that what he said?
regards, Ian SMith
I was trying to be like Crocodile Dundee and not use a watch. I just didn't make it very clear. I really should go back to school and try to learn english. -- the.Mark
>With a map and compass you should never be >lost and the sun and a watch can always substitute for the >compass.
Compass? A quick look at the sun is all I need. :-)
Isn't that what he said?
regards, Ian SMith
I was trying to be like Crocodile Dundee and not use a watch. I just didn't make it very clear. I really should go back to school and try to learn english.
But shirley you can only do without the watch to tell the direction from the sun at sunrise and sunset (unless you are prepared to sit around watching the shadow of a stick to find out where south is (or north if you are Croc Dundee))
-- Tony
"I did make a mistake once - I thought I'd made a mistake but I hadn't" Anon
