Friday, 3rd January, 2025

Further snow in the night. Probably not going to go hill walking, which I’m a bit disappointed at but I got the impression it wasn’t the socially acceptable thing to be doing 😅 also access to the start of the walk will be tricky. There are only a few from main roads or towns, most are down some tiny track. Need that Land Rover!

I want to try and make a schedule of the year for hills. To see if I’m at risk of running out of local hills or not wanting to use up the nearby ones too quickly and to see what points total I might get this year.

Supposedly, and unsurprisingly, the default maps on the garmin watch aren’t that great. You can pay a fortune to garmin for better ones or you can download your own. This is of course a while world of custom maps. Everything is based off openstreetmap (OSM) but then people change colours or include or exclude information. I’ve found a couple that I think seem good. One is free and the other you pay for. I suspect the paid for one will be better. All this map tinkering has me excited for the watch. The only thing is I know it’s complicated to control and has many menus and options and so I’ll need to spend some time to figure it out.