>> I too use a "compass". Not that my car has one, but I note the
>> wind direction when the clouds are separate and because my job was very closely related,
>> I can look at almost any mainland TV aerial and know where it is pointed.
>>
>> I don't usually get lost - and even if I did, I've travelled so much
>> of the UK that I don't have to go far in most places to recognise
>> where I am.
>>
I still carry a compass in my work-bag; satnavs are worse than useless in my job so I rely on OS maps. Makes it a lot easier to find remote farms along sunken single-track lanes if you can orientate the map.
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