Sat Nav experience to share?

[stringvest]

Well, "someone" put in shortest route, instead of fastest route to Cardigan Bay. Was told by "Sally sat-nav" to take daventry turn off, did so, ended up in Coventry during the rush hour, then Birmingham pile ups(went past city football ground) then West Brom, went past the football ground, walsall? Every a*se end of everywhere, Telford, past the monument of Thomas the canal builder, Shrewbury, through the town centre PAST all the lovely tudor shops ... on to welshpool. Eventually we got to Dogellau after about 6 hours ... but we wasn't where we were supposed to be, insisting it was an adventure the "someone" carried on with shortest route, through narrow single vehicle farm tracks past miles of stone walls and upwards into the mountains .... I had to get out and open big sheep gates every so many yards, there were sheep everywhere, the mountains and scenery were BREATHTAKING, absolutely beautiful BUT INTIMIDATING AND SCARY. We had got so high that we were level with mists and it was very cold and eerily quiet. The track had large frozen puddles to negotiate, I thought we would fall off. "Someone" thought my beginning to panic was funny, which made me worse, I thought we could break down, fall off the edge, be attacked by sheep, freeze to death, get no phone signal .... A farmer drove up behind us, and assured us we were going the right way to where we wanted to go. We got there ... then came back the FAST WAY.

[womanofdulwich]

We only use the ways/waze (?) app now. Not sure on spelling as I don't bother, leave it to the driver !ahem..

Better than Google. 😅

[Sue]

I don't know about other satnavs, but if you use Google Maps, you can look at a text description of the route before you set off.

Or indeed look at the map in advance to see which way it is going to take you .....

And it tells you the estimated length of time the journey will take before you set off .....

And shows you where there is heavy traffic and gives you alternative routes to avoid it.

Glad you got there safely in the end :)

[JohnL]

Cardigan bay = Aberystwyth way

Mid Wales doesn't have good links (there's no motorways, there's the Brecon Beacons to the south and Snowdon to the north) - from Swansea even you take B roads once you pass Carmarthen ( I remember going through Lampeter once) :)

[uncleglen]

I go to Snowdonia every year and I use the AA route planner even though I have a sat nav - it does take 6 hours anyway (takes me 7 because I stop off) - I go M25 M40 M6 M54 A5 then I use the sat nav for the small roads

[uncleglen]

ps I use the toll road if its busy

[Seabag]

uncleglen Wrote:

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> ps I use the toll road if its busy

The one by Dulwich College ?

Top marks

[uncleglen]

I used to use that one when Steve manned it- he used to let me through for nothing....

[Loz]

I've got the 'Bonnie Tyler' sat-nav. It keeps telling me to turn around, and every now and then it falls apart.

(yes, I know it's an old joke)

[Sue]

:))

I love that song!

[Sue]

OMG I'm just reading Guardian Weekend and the Tim Dowling column headline includes "total eclipse of the heart".

How weird is that?

[alice]

Love Waze and its knowledge of unspoken zones of London. Except when yr phone battery dies and you get home using a compass.

[mary123]

Do you know where I could a local Repair.*the wire is broken that charges the dashboard bracket

[lavender27]

Humorous lyrics of total eclipse of the heart.