More fun with the Garmin Zumo

[Rynglieder]

I'm just bringing plans together for a week in the Mosel and Ardennes for next month; A bit of a side trip as the main event for this year will be in August.

Some of you may remember my experience with the Garmin Zumo the first time I took it abroad and know that I have very little trust in the thing.

I've done this trip several times before perfectly well without SatNav but this morning I dropped in the addresses of my overnight hotels and the apartment that we are due to stay in for the week, just for the final streets really.

A pretty straightforward journey, down to the tunnel at Folkstone, round the top of Lille, into southern Belgium for an overnight stop and then through Luxemborg into the Mosel valley.

Take a look at what Garmin have come up with for these waypoints Down to Folkstone as you would expect but then 300 odd miles back north to Hull - presumably for a night on the ferry to Rotterdam so that we can take Belgium unexpectedly from behind.

I am so glad I don't follow this thing blindly!

[Kiwifruit]

Hasnt been the greatest piece of kit that Garmin.  I recall the grief it caused you last time.

[VladTepes]

Fills me with confidence for mine..... Not a cheap bit of kit either.

Perhaps it's in WW2 mode and you have the 'flanking manoeuvre" feature activated ?

[Kiwifruit]

Good point Vlad......but sadly he will have run out of gas before he outflanks anyone. 

[VladTepes]

Maybe get the ferry to stop off at one of the rigs in the North Sea to fuel up?

[KiwiCol]

Hi Pete, I can't see the map clearly, but it appears to me you could be entering the waypoints in the wrong order to what you want as a route. You can enter as many waypoints as you like & in any order, you just have to move them up or down & get a final route to save.

[Dusty ST]

I think the waypoints are in the right order, but crossing the channel is always a problem, I've had similar trying to include the Newhaven to Dieppe boat, left to it's own devices it will pick Dover-Calais I've tried all sorts to include a Newhaven-Dieppe crossing, including adding waypoints at Newhaven and Dieppe for a route to Normandy but still I get the Dover-Calais crossing... like there's no alternative.
If I'm going on the tunnel I'd split the route into manageable sections so home to Folkestone, then Calais to next waypoint, then plan a route for each day which works better as you get an ETA, and number of miles (or Km) to go.

[VladTepes]

Yeah I think you have the right idea. One route for the UK portion, another route for the continent.

[KiwiCol]

That's how I do it Pete, break it down to day runs, enter all the waypoints for that piece & save. I like the ETA & K's to dest readouts as well.


Never tried doing a route crossing the strait, but we've only got 1 option there anyway, so probably wouldn't make any difference to us.


Cheers, happy riding mate.

[VladTepes]

Never tried doing a route crossing the strait, but we've only got 1 option there anyway, so probably wouldn't make any difference to us.

It's a long crossing that.. Christchurch to Calais !