The lost art of navigation?

[XRunner]

Just before the Borrowdale fell race I happened to compare my compass (which was pointing north as you might expect) to Hester's which had the red arrow firmly pointing south! She was somewhat sceptical that her compass was wrong and compared it to Gavin's, another runner nearby. Gavin's compass too was pointing south! But both of their (micky mouse) compasses were absolutely wrong.

Never mind GPS, don't always trust your compass

My old compass points south - but I did buy it in South Africa! I got used to this quirk.

[sol]

I once attempted a recce of the Duddon race, on the climb upto Little Stand (i think!) the weather went mental, blizzard, zero visibility. For some reason i did nt have my compass but had my garmin on, so i thought id use it to find my way back to the road or start point.....i did nt work the blumin' needle just kept spinning. A similar thing happened on a recce of kentmere, i ended up doing 16 miles, visited Hayeswater and did nt get further than high street!!
I ve since enhanced my skills, learnt to remember my compass and not rely on race maps. It was an experience though, funny, but not at the time!

[Mike T]

I once attempted a recce of the Duddon race, on the climb upto Little Stand (i think!) the weather went mental, blizzard, zero visibility. For some reason i did nt have my compass but had my garmin on, so i thought id use it to find my way back to the road or start point.....i did nt work the blumin' needle just kept spinning. A similar thing happened on a recce of kentmere, i ended up doing 16 miles, visited Hayeswater and did nt get further than high street!!
I ve since enhanced my skills, learnt to remember my compass and not rely on race maps. It was an experience though, funny, but not at the time!

The Garmin 610, if you use the back to start facility, sends you back the way you came. I suspect if you press it several times on route it will contradict itself.