Not quite walking but there you go. A friend of mine has a large open Canadian Canoe and this week comming we are taking up the Conwy River for a spin.

Pics etc comming soon.

Well as promised i said i would write a short piece on the Satmap Active 10 GPS as soon as i had used it. I took it up Tryfan with me on a wet and windy day. The night before i went i plotted a route out on Memory Map and then simply uploaded the GPX file to the device with no problems at all.

I purchased the 1:25k Snowdonia National park SD card when i bought the Satmap £99 which is a bit steep but blame Ordnance Survey apparently. When i got ready to walk i switched it on and within 2 to 3 minutes it had locked on to the satellites and it pin pointed me exactly where i was. Some people seem to have issues with how long it takes to lock onto a satellite but i think 2 or 3 minutes is in fact excellent considering what it is doing etc.

I had it setup to so that whichever direction i was facing the map would orientate itself as you would with a normal map you can also have it set to face just North Up this saves battery life. As i walked it tracked me with no problem for several hours. Even when i put it in my waterproof gortex pocket it still worked. The mist came in while i was on the hill and it got down to about 5 or 6 meters visibility it was so nice to just look at the screen and know exactly where you are in those sort of conditions.

There are loads of features on this bit of kit and it has done exactly as i expected. I still take a paper map and compass with me in case it breaks. Well i said it won't be a comprehensive review.

I am still using the same 3 AA batteries it came with and its been going for many hours (i did not count).