Navigation Tips 2
The best way to figure out how your routes and tracks work is to play with them. Make up a route on your computer, follow a known path, like your commute to work, convert it to a track and export it to your device. Once […]
Category: Navigation
Navigation Tips 1
For this post I’ll touch on the basics of navigating using offline maps on an old android tablet. Whatever devices you use will no doubt be different, but there should be a few common areas where the same advice will apply. We’ll start slow and […]
Adventurising the Five Hundy
Finally, after months of waiting.. after the departure date of our planned offroad tour of Spain had come, and gone, and still never happened. We should have it done by now, and be home a week already, but we’re still in lockdown. Phase 3 of […]
The homemade ‘Nav Tower’
Adventurising the EXC 500 means making it more capable of navigating and covering some major distances. In order to travel light, I probably won’t be bringing a computer, so plan on either using a phone or tablet to navigate using OSMand. I’ve installed the Apps […]
Paddy Dakar 2019
The 10th anniversary Paddy Dakar was held last weekend in Doon, Co Limerick. Route A was the highlight of the event for me, with some new single-track trails we hadn’t ridden before. There was a fair amount of rain too, which made for a few […]
Summer Roadbook Navigation
Had a great day out at this ‘Roadbook’ event. There were fast sections, technically challenging obstacles, punctures, and some laughs too. Great bunch of guys n girls and a great event. Huge thanks to all the organisers :o)
Exploring and testing
Out in exploring the trails again. Super day for it. Dressed fashionably and all :o) Took the cycling bike to Dromore another day to test those new etrex maps, they seem to work really well so happy with that result too.
eTrex10 maps hacked!
Garmins eTrex10 is the cheapest and simplest of the eTrex series. It has a black and white screen that I think is easier to see in daylight and has less clutter than it’s more expensive colour siblings, but it also has the obvious disadvantage of […]
Turkey Run 2017
Kilfenora was the starting point and most of today’s waypoints were in or around the Burren. The new xTrainer was brought out for the run today, she has about 10 hours up now, so the suspension is bedding in at this stage. The front end […]
Paddy Dakar 2017
We had a core group of 6 riders, but our group increased as the day went on, as it does. We picked up a couple of neighbours from the campsite just before the night stage, and then three more classic smokers joined us on Saturday […]
Paddy Dakar 2016
Well.. another year, another Paddy Dakar. This year was a bit of a wash out, or maps were wet, the big ‘berg was having fuel pump problems, there was a broken chain on a CRF, just nothing seemed to be going our way .. so […]
Paddy Dakar 2015
So, after busting my wheel bearings recently, it looked like I wasn’t going to make it to this years Paddy Dakar. But then. At the last minute. . a rear wheel belonging to a CRF250R became available. Ok, so its a 19″ instead of 18″ […]
Paddy Dakar 2014
On Friday afternoon a bunch of the guys and I headed towards Doon in Co.Limerick for the Paddy Dakar. Gazebos were raised, BBQs were lit, tyres were kicked, burgers devoured, and one or two beverages may have been consumed. It was a grand old weekend. […]