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#1 drewpy

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Posted 20 June 2017 - 10:03 pm

Being a scout I'm used to the OS maps in the UK, but just bought a spanish map and its very different even the grid ref are strange.

 

Does anyone know of a decent map that I could get hold of to make it easier, or am i stuck with what I have?


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Posted 21 June 2017 - 07:19 am

Have you tried Michelin Maps - I've always found them easy to follow and they highlight picturesque roads which often turn ou to be good biking roads;

 

http://travel.michel...-000-1200-p.asp


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#3 drewpy

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Posted 21 June 2017 - 10:23 am

Have you tried Michelin Maps - I've always found them easy to follow and they highlight picturesque roads which often turn ou to be good biking roads;

 

http://travel.michel...-000-1200-p.asp

I'll nip into waterstones or wh smith and have a look. thanks


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Posted 21 June 2017 - 10:28 am

Michelin also do the 'zoom' maps, not got any myself but I've heard good reviews about them on other sites.


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Posted 21 June 2017 - 10:45 am

+1 for Michelin. Excellent maps.

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Posted 21 June 2017 - 11:10 am

thanks for the info peeps


"As I Lay Rubber down to street, I pray for traction I can keep. But if I skid and begin to slide, please dear god protect my ride"

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Posted 21 June 2017 - 03:39 pm

Another option is load map of Spain to your phone if it's feasible. My Nokia lumia will load map of individual countries that will work offline. Shows me where I am and my direction. Zoom in / out to get bearings and scribble down place names for the next few hours. Being offline they take a lot of storage so load one country at a time and delete after the tour. Haven't bothered with maps the last four years and hate sat nav. Having said that I've been flitting around Europe for 40 years so I generally know where I am anyway. I appreciate not everybody "feels" their way around....

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Posted 21 June 2017 - 07:54 pm

I prefer maps to a satnav. Satnavs put me in Basil Fawlty mode at least a few times a day, especially in 40 degree​ heat in busy Spanish cities. Good job my ball mount snapped a few days ago in a way.

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Posted 22 June 2017 - 07:46 am

+1 Michelin maps - especially the enamelled metal ones that were once to be found at every fuel station in France (cos we couldn't afford to buy maps and wouldn't travel on the motorways), the masking tape navigation system on the tankbag.........usually begining St Omer, Bethune, Arras, St Quentin.........


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