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Holiday problem with medication and Sat Nav

Posted by Allan Campbell on April 25, 2022, 22:47:51

We thought that we had organised all our medications and went to collect them today.

Ho no they got it wrong only one months supply instead of three.

We had contacted the pharmacy at the doctors and explained our requirements and they confirmed it back to us.

Hopefully all will be there to collect on Wednesday morning.

This holiday is a right carry on.

Even the Sat Nat does not follow the route we require so will have to broken down into smaller sections.

The i pad or Google Maps agrees with the Michelin recommended route but not the Sat Nav. Hopefully it will get itself sorted on route. I may try to see if the Sat Nav does have a multi stage facility. Probably has just got to find it.

Got all the maps as a last resort. Plus the old pen and writing pad to hand.

Going by a different route this year as Ann hates the motorway past St. Etienne heading for Lyon ( West of Paris Route) It was a bit nasty back in 2019 very heavy traffic.

May go via Luxembourg to Nancy as done that 3 x in years past.

We’ll see
Allan C.

Re: Holiday problem with medication and Sat Nav

Posted by Liz Dance on April 26, 2022, 8:38:16, in reply to "Holiday problem with medication and Sat Nav"

Allan, if you have an iPhone my husband says he, just out of curiosity, plotted a route via Google Maps, he did it stage by stage, then was able to email the route to his iPhone.

Guess you might be doing the Hull to Zeebrugge then travelling to Luxembourg, Nancy etc?

Trust the NHS to mess the prescriptions up!!!

Liz

Posted by Allan Campbell on April 26, 2022, 9:13:57, in reply to "Re: Holiday problem with medication and Sat Nav"

The Hull Zeebrugge route was withdrawn last year and I doubt that it’s going to come back. It was our favourite.

In any case we are using the Tunnel for COVID safety.

I have sorted out the Sat. Nav. Just alter it as we travel.

Our Sat. Nav. a Snooper takes into account towing a Caravan.

It’s not as good as our older Falcon unit but had problems updating that this year, so it’s useless.

Biggest problem is the Sat Nav in my head due to lack of use.

Some routes I know very very well and the Sat Nav used for present location and time and distance checks.

We’ll find out if I’m OK between Monday and Thursday next week what effect the lack of long distance driving due to COVID has had.

Hopefully it’s like putting on an old coat again.

Allan C.

Allan

Posted by Liz Dance on April 26, 2022, 9:35:10, in reply to "Liz"

Oh I didn’t realise that the Zeebrugge route had been cancelled, mind you I think you are right using the tunnel, that is what we intend to do if we can take a journey into Europe probably in September, we are thinking about driving to Lake Garda but w3 want to see what the new rules the Italians will have after 1st May, if countries like Switzerland and Italy are too much hassle we might make the journey down to the Luberon.

Good luck with your travels, keep us posted, I for one, will be untested in hearing how travel in France is these days.

Happy Driving.

Re: Holiday problem with medication and Sat Nav

Posted by Stan Wears on April 26, 2022, 10:03:29, in reply to "Holiday problem with medication and Sat Nav"

Allan my doctor is in the same building as the pharmacy. Half of the time the doctor's receptionist says she has sent it to the pharmacy and when I go in to see the pharmacy they say they have not received it. Then I leave it to the two of them to fight it out. At last I get my medication and find it's only half of it. The problem is that they have too many young people working in the pharmacy who haven't got a clue as to what they are doing. Using my sat nav I tried to get to Southport last weekend and it was fun but very scenic!The only problem was it told me to turn left at the next junction and I ended up on a new building estate because it couldn't recognise it! Fun and games Allan fun and games!

Stan

Posted by Allan Campbell on April 26, 2022, 11:59:36, in reply to "Re: Holiday problem with medication and Sat Nav"

Sat Nav’s can be a pain.

We had one give up an bad place fortunately our friends were just behind us and took over.

I think that due to very strong sunlight it overheated as we were going round roadworks in a village and there was a lack of cooling through the car’s ventilation system.

I then put a bit of white paper between it and the windscreen.

However they do have minds of their own at times.

Allan C.

Re: Stan

Posted by Stan Wears on April 26, 2022, 12:46:23, in reply to "Stan"

Thanks Allan. My partner is better than the Sat nav in Liverpool as she knows the short cuts. If I'm on my own the Sat gives me a tour of Liverpool!!

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