I love maps, I have hundreds of them collected over the last 30 odd years of travel. Poring over a new map trying to anticipate what the terrain/roads will be like is as important to me as the trip itself. I consider myself to be a good map reader, I use the London A-Z every day at work, but................

You really can't beat sat nav on a bike. Now I don't mean just typing in a destination and letting the machine plan your route. You use it as an aid, a rolling map of the route you've planned. I know mapsourse/basecamp is clunky, but persevere and it can be your friend, I have just lead 2 trips to France where we road routes that would be just too complicated to follow on a map without endless stops to check the route. I have the audio on so I get voice prompts meaning I can concentrate on riding, only glancing at the screen when I need to. Yes it can be irritating at times and as a machine sometimes doesn't make sense, but the more you use it the easier it is recognise the little red herrings it throws up.

Much easier than having a clip board on your handlebars! Though I still carry a map in my tank bag