I took my son Geocaching to find some treasure in honour of Talk Like a Pirate day 2004. I’d been ready to get rid of my Magellan 315 until I discovered I’d left it on the wrong map datum setting for Geocaching. Amazingly enough, the device was quite accurate this time. Armed with a compas to help narrow the search, we were able to come close enough that the search area was a few metres wide at most.

I learned my lesson - it pays to review the settings on gadgets when they cause you to gripe!