A recent thread about BritStops & France Passion sidetracked into "paper v electronic" data, so I'm offering this as an opportunity to air some thoughts.
With a ZX80, ZX81, BBC "B"micro I was an early adapter of personal computing. I currently have 2 laptops, a desktop, Hudl2 and iPad mini so am fairly well served.
I decided to tour "light" this year, with everything loaded on to the Hudl and got to the MonkeyHanger Rally in Hartlepool to discover a message: "Google Play Services has stopped working and needs updating". So while most folk enjoyed music in the pub I sat trying to fix my problem, using the WiFi and phone calls to my son, a computer engineer. Next day I went to my brother's office and did a hard reset then reloaded almost every app using his internet connection. It worked - for about 3 hours!
I then had a 7-day tour of Northumberland with no access to my Caravan Club Apps, Camping Club Apps, CamperContact App, National Trust App, Banking Apps, etc. Fortunately I did have my old TomTom and my BritStops book. I even managed to locate a THS in Coldstream but more by good luck than anything else.
Needless to say, we now carry paper copies at all times (and the Hudl has performed faultlessly since a second hard-reset!) - Gordon
With a ZX80, ZX81, BBC "B"micro I was an early adapter of personal computing. I currently have 2 laptops, a desktop, Hudl2 and iPad mini so am fairly well served.
I decided to tour "light" this year, with everything loaded on to the Hudl and got to the MonkeyHanger Rally in Hartlepool to discover a message: "Google Play Services has stopped working and needs updating". So while most folk enjoyed music in the pub I sat trying to fix my problem, using the WiFi and phone calls to my son, a computer engineer. Next day I went to my brother's office and did a hard reset then reloaded almost every app using his internet connection. It worked - for about 3 hours!
I then had a 7-day tour of Northumberland with no access to my Caravan Club Apps, Camping Club Apps, CamperContact App, National Trust App, Banking Apps, etc. Fortunately I did have my old TomTom and my BritStops book. I even managed to locate a THS in Coldstream but more by good luck than anything else.
Needless to say, we now carry paper copies at all times (and the Hudl has performed faultlessly since a second hard-reset!) - Gordon