I have an AA atlas from 1968. A lot of the then A roads are nowadays B roads or less.
I did some agency work for a plant and tree suppliers and in the cab of each vehicle was a map book about A3 size and about 2" thick , it was a street atlas of the UK . A fantastic piece of reference for out of town deliveries . I cannot remember who made it but I do remember that they were £80+ to buy and had to be ordered in.
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axletramp:
I have an AA atlas from 1968. A lot of the then A roads are nowadays B roads or less.
Oh wow, I’d love to have a look at that. Despite being a huge satnav fan I’ve had a love affair with maps since I was a (admittedly weird) child and do collect old maps now. Off to search eBay! Maps, esp OS ones are works of art, I can look at them for hours. Good thing is for £17.99 a year you can look online at Landranger, Pathfinder and Explorer maps of the whole country to your hearts content and I often do
Sat Navs are alright if coupled with a decent amount of your own road knowledge. Road knowledge that I have mostly acquired through looking at maps, be it Google Maps or a paper one.
I don’t envy the fellas that are completely reliant on the sat nav, otherwise blind following the thing. Not for me.
switchlogic:
axletramp:
I have an AA atlas from 1968. A lot of the then A roads are nowadays B roads or less.Oh wow, I’d love to have a look at that. Despite being a huge satnav fan I’ve had a love affair with maps since I was a (admittedly weird) child and do collect old maps now. Off to search eBay! Maps, esp OS ones are works of art, I can look at them for hours. Good thing is for £17.99 a year you can look online at Landranger, Pathfinder and Explorer maps of the whole country to your hearts content and I often do
Hey Luke, have a look at this - I hope the link works.
maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by … ht=BingHyb
So…this isn’t a thread about Sat navs for three wheelers then?
axletramp:
Hey Luke, have a look at this - I hope the link works.
maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by … ht=BingHyb
Why thank you
windrush:
Was it Charles Dickens who wrote "it is often better to travel hopefully than to actually arrive at your destination"Pete
Not Dickens but Robert Louis Stevenson. What he actually wrote is; “Little do ye know your own blessedness; for to travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labour.”
Stevenson was expressing the same idea as the earlier Taoist saying - “The journey is the reward.”
In other words - Hope and anticipation are often better than reality.
Santa:
windrush:
Was it Charles Dickens who wrote "it is often better to travel hopefully than to actually arrive at your destination"PeteNot Dickens but Robert Louis Stevenson. What he actually wrote is; “Little do ye know your own blessedness; for to travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labour.”
Stevenson was expressing the same idea as the earlier Taoist saying - “The journey is the reward.”
In other words - Hope and anticipation are often better than reality.
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exactly this…
my sentiments exactly.
how many times have you went home from the pub with what appears to be a ■■■ goddess/pamela anderson type lookalike,great bum and ■■■■■,only to discover when the beer goggles have worn off,and her pulling kit has been removed,that you have once again pulled a saggy titted rolypoly hag of a slapper… 
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dieseldog999:
Santa:
windrush:
Was it Charles Dickens who wrote "it is often better to travel hopefully than to actually arrive at your destination"PeteNot Dickens but Robert Louis Stevenson. What he actually wrote is; “Little do ye know your own blessedness; for to travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labour.”
Stevenson was expressing the same idea as the earlier Taoist saying - “The journey is the reward.”
In other words - Hope and anticipation are often better than reality.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
exactly this…
my sentiments exactly.
how many times have you went home from the pub with what appears to be a ■■■ goddess/pamela anderson type lookalike,great bum and ■■■■■,only to discover when the beer goggles have worn off,and her pulling kit has been removed,that you have once again pulled a saggy titted rolypoly hag of a slapper…
You’ve had too many nights in the Blue Ball in Wolverhampton as well then DD?
yourhavingalarf:
johnteller:
I remember the old days when you drove to the city of your drop and nipped into a local garage and brought an az.I remember…
The old days when I nipped into the local garage and memorised the way from an A to Z.
Bloody hell… I’d forgotten all about doing that too in the days before sat navs. I thought it was just me that done that
as I was too tight to buy the map ( but there again… I am Scottish!! ) Lol 
Lennoxtown:
yourhavingalarf:
johnteller:
I remember the old days when you drove to the city of your drop and nipped into a local garage and brought an az.I remember…
The old days when I nipped into the local garage and memorised the way from an A to Z.
Bloody hell… I’d forgotten all about doing that too in the days before sat navs. I thought it was just me that done that
as I was too tight to buy the map ( but there again… I am Scottish!! ) Lol
Me too. I can still memorize a page of a map. Big fan of modern tech but slightly sad that this talent is no longer needed!
Welcome to my sat nav.
All bought in the early 2000’s and still doing me good.
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