Our Garmin is an up- to-date, highly knowledgeable satnav with every available download. If she can’t find large, well-known hotels whilst we’re sitting in the comfort of our own home, I don’t rate our chances of riding straight to a little Logis in the middle of a rain storm. I know what you’re all thinking: a bad workman always blames his tools. But this thing is supposed to be an aid not a hindrance to getting somewhere. Phil West says, “Even with the up-to-date maps my Garmin still manages to “lose” some minor roads from time to time (Faversham Road between Charing and Shottenden for example).  Taking the shortest route can sometimes take you across ploughed fields!  If you drive off the loaded map it thinks you’re an aircraft and delivers a direct flight path rather than a route”.  He discovered that in France last year when he forgot to load a map segment for middle Normandy. So the old Michelin man will be keeping new kid on the block Ruby company on our next touring holiday. And as Phil says, “Satnavs lie” so we’ll be reading the road signs too!