Having come into fell-running from orienteering, it's map and compass for me. And there can be few more satisfying experiences than navigating successfully with map and compass through clag on pathless mountain terrain.

As for GPS, I'm rather a technophobe (my son has just bought me a smartphone, and I think he is even going to teach me how to use it ). I've no objection to others using this stuff in races, as long as they don't tell me that I should be using it.

Some interesting comments on recces from Travs. As far as I can remember, the only time I have ever done a recce was when I did Jura: I arrived on the island on the Monday 5 days before the race, having done Goat Fell the previous Saturday, and there's not much else to do on Jura than go over the hills.