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  • GPS Training Podcast – number 104
    2025/01/01
    What would you like to see from GPS Training in 2025? In this month’s podcast What would you like to see from GPS Training in 2025 - 1 min 40 sec GPS Training Options for 2025 - 5 min 15 sec Post TwoNav catch-up - 19 min 55 sec Andy’s Top Tips - 27 min 18 sec 1. What would you like to see from GPS Training in 2025? Asked for questions for TwoNav in the last podcast and had a good response, many thanks for that – More about that later So what would you to see from GPS Training in 2025? Video ideas Training ideas Product ideas Please just email – office@gpstraining.co.uk 2. GPS Training options for 2025 Online resource- £50.00/ year (included free with and GPS purchase) Support packages - Bronze, Silver and Gold- £80.00/ £125.00/ £145.00 / year (included free with and GPS purchase) Group training courses over Zoom- £74.99 Nationwide two-day training course- £195.00 for 2-day course 1:1 over Zoom - 2 hours- £89.00 1:1 in person, Northumberland, get in touch 3. Post TwoNav catch up Outdoor Expo – NEC – 22nd and 23rd March 3. Andy’s Top Tips TwoNav – Units display set to go off after 30 seconds during use We have found as there is a quick screen off button that a lot of customers prefer to set as screen on and simply use the screen off button - From 3 white bars bottom left – main menu – settings – System – Display & Brightness – Set Shutdown screen to never you can also adjust brightness here and turn of auto brightness, I prefer nighttime view No From systems settings – Keys option – Power: Short Press Lock This also stops accidental screen movement if in a pocket Garmin – GPSMap67 series keys lock – tap power button once then select Lock Keys – Power Button unlocks Montana 700 series as default double tap power button takes screen off you can check this in main menu – Setup – system – Power Key – Double tap screen off
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  • GPS Training Podcast – number 103
    2024/12/01
    Winter walking, an update from Zoleo, a look back at 2024 and Andy's top tips. In this month’s podcast Winter walking – some things to think about Meeting with Zoleo last week A look back at 2024, what would we like to see for 2025 Andy’s Top Tips 1. Winter walking – some things to think about 1. Batteries 2. Powerbank, don’t forget your cable to charge your mobile phone or wireless charging 3. Escape routes, planning for the worst-case scenario - watch a video - planning your walk. 4. Two-way satellite communication – this has become a lot more affordable over the past year with Garmin’s £7.50/ month contract 5. Headtorch/ torch 6. Extra clothing/backup clothing 7. Biffy Bag / Foil Bag If anything we have missed, drop us an email Andy's video - contents of his rucksack ahead of the Spine Challenge race. 2. Meeting with Zoleo last week - Bristol John - VP - Vice president of sales Roadpost Inc. Prevails in Arbitration Against Beam Communications Pty Ltd. TORONTO, Nov. 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Roadpost Inc. is pleased to announce that the arbitrator in its case against Beam Communications Pty Ltd. has rendered a decision in its favour, finding Beam in material breach of the 50/50 ZOLEO Inc. joint venture agreement between the two companies. The arbitration decision is final and binding, compelling Beam to sell its joint venture share in ZOLEO Inc. to Roadpost at fair market value. Should the parties be unable to agree on fair market value, it will be determined by an independent professional valuator. The purchase price will be paid 25% at closing with the balance due in three equal annual payments. Roadpost is confident that ZOLEO device supply will continue without interruption during this process. The joint venture agreement and related documents clearly define the mechanisms, including price, through which all necessary IP for manufacturing and operations will be acquired by ZOLEO Inc. pursuant to Beam's share sale. It is Roadpost's view that the device IP must be rolled up at no additional cost to ZOLEO or Roadpost. So what does this mean for you, the end user? Nothing short term Long-term lots, as Roadpost (who won) can now progress with new features, new devices etc Exciting meeting to hear about some of their plans and also to pitch some of our ideas So let’s see what the future brings Whilst we are talking about meeting with manufacturers we have TwoNav coming to see us early this month, any thoughts/ ideas from you the listener would be appreciated. 3. A look back at 2024, what would we like to see for 2025 TwoNav has to be the out subject of 2024 Garmin Fenix 8 – it’s been very well received Lack of new Garmin handhelds, inReach Messenger plus only new device, fingers crossed this will change in 2025 4. Andy’s Top Tips All about battery saving: All GPS Devices Garmin / TwoNav Wifi / Bluetooth off, Backlight down, how long backlight on for use screen off buttons , battery save mode etc, gps only, north up, if screen on all of the time do not leave on map AA batteries units make sure setting correct in system Watches As above + optical HR off Spare batteries and power-banks keep in inside pocket next to body for warmth, Eneloop or lithium better in cold
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  • GPS Training Podcast – number 102
    2024/11/01
    What training opportunities do we have coming up in 2025, Fenix 8 - 6 weeks in and Andy's top tips. In this month’s podcast What GPS Training courses do we have for 2025 Garmin Fenix 8 – 6 weeks in 1 thing that we each would encourage any GPS to do – the one action you would encourage every handheld GPS user to do Andy’s Top Tips 1. What courses do we currently have? 1. Online resource - £50.00/ year (included free with and GPS purchase) 2. Support packages - Bronze, Silver and Gold - £80.00/ £125.00/ £145.00 / year (included free with and GPS purchase) 3. Group training courses over Zoom - £74.99 4. Nationwide two-day training course - £195.00 for 2-day course 5. 1:1 over Zoom - 2 hours - £89.00 6. 1:1 in person, Northumberland, get in touch A video looking at the training options can be seen here 2. Garmin Fenix 8 – 6 weeks in Full review on the Garmin Fenix 8 - watch/ read it here 3. When teaching on a GPS Training course - What 1 thing that we each would encourage any GPS to do – the one action you would encourage every handheld GPS user to do 4. Andy’s Top Tips TwoNav - Route Off course alerts change distance & volume Main menu – Settings – Activity Profiles – Alarms – Data Fields Deviation from Route – Maximum – enter distance (Min off) Terra, Aventura Have different Tones options All units have Option to Repeat alarm on or off and how often to repeat , 15s, 30s, 1min, 2min, 5min Volume Top toolbar from map page Audio muted or change volume Garmin - Push Button Units GPSMAp65,66,67 – Add Shortcut applications to page button A good example satellite page to check grid ref & accuracy using Page button From Main menu setup – Menus – Page Sequence – Edit page sequency – Add page – applications – Satellite, another example 66, 67 only flashlight
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  • GPS Training Podcast – number 101
    2024/10/01
    Coris Vertix 2s, new inReach contracts, the all-new Garmin inReach Messenger plus and Andy's top tips. In this month’s podcast First thoughts on the Coros Vertix 2s - 2 min 09 sec. New inReach contracts - 14 min 10 sec. New inReach messenger plus - 28 min. Andy’s Top Tips - 33 min 55 sec. 1. First thoughts on the Coros Vertix 2s Robust tough sapphire screen sunlight readable, titanium bezel, big battery not all the bells and whistles but so easy to use. For a none solar watch battery is great Bigger screen very clear data boxes Scroll wheel works really well as per other coros like lock screen to stop accidental stopping of activity but can still scroll though screens off course alert virbrate seems stronger and works well ease of use, app simple, routes transfer easily Maps not as details but so easy to see line in fromt of you and have handheld with os maps for those more difficult navigation, on 16 mile route yesterday used watch 90% of the time only looked at handheld couple of times Coros Vertix 2s - more here 2. New inReach contracts SOS only (Garmin call this inReach enabled) - £7.99/month - inReach Enabled has no annual fee and includes unlimited SOS and pay-as-you-go pricing for other features. (You have to have contract in place for at least x 1 month) 10p / check-in 10p / trackPoint 50p / message/ weather 1 off payment – Activation fee - £39.99 Garmin inReach products - more here 3. New inReach messenger plus What is the Garmin inReach messenger? - £199.99 Up to 28 days with a message or location sent every 10 minutes with full sky view; up to 14 days with moderate tree cover Up to 6 days with a message or location sent every 2 minutes with full sky view; up to 3 days with moderate tree cover Up to 46 days with a message or location sent every 30 minutes with full sky view; up to 23 days with moderate tree cover Up to 1 year when powered off What is the inReach messenger plus? - £429.99 ( 30 second voice message, photo’s) -- NEW -- The ability to also send voice recordings, photos and group messaging on the Garmin Messenger™ app Up until now Garmin’s inReach line used Short Burst Data (SBD) to send messages, but with entirely new hardware, the Messenger Plus uses Iridium Messaging Transport (IMT) to send messages 300 times larger than SBD. That means it can support photos, 30-second voice memos, and 1,600-character texts (previous inReach text messages couldn’t exceed 160 characters). Battery Up to 120 hours of text message or location information sent every 2 minutes in power-saving messaging mode; up to 70 hours in performance messaging mode. Up to 600 hours of text message or location information sent every 10 minutes in power-saving messaging mode; up to 110 hours in performance messaging mode. Send up to 250 multimedia messages on a single battery charge. Up to 1 year from power off Note: Battery life estimates assume use with a full view of the sky. Battery life may be significantly reduced by obstructions or dense trees. Garmin inReach Messenger Plus - more here 4. Andy’s Top Tips Coros Watches When on map or elevation plot screen If you do press in scroll wheel you will see + - icon to use scroll wheel to zoom in and out – remember to press back button when finished or when screen unlocked scroll wheel will not move to next screen as still in zoom mode back button cancels Remember you cannot pause or stop activity from map or elevation sreen but any other screen Mac recycle bin for TwoNav maps or Garmin Topo Active, make sure you clear if you have deleted from devoice otherwise when device connected and bin can be seen it still shows that the device has this memory taken
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  • GPS Training Podcast – number 100
    2024/09/14
    The new Garmin Fenix 8, Irish mapping for a TwoNav GPS unit and a new GPS Training course for 2025. In this month’s podcast It’s our 100’th episode Fenix 8 – what has changed Irish mapping for TwoNav NEW – GPS Training courses over Zoom for 2025 Andy’s Top Tips 1. It’s our 100th podcast Sorry it’s a little late in the month, normally it is the 1st of every month. Holidays and very busy at GPS Training If you do not already do please subscribe to the GPS Training podcast on whatever platform you listen to us on 2. Fenix 8 - what has changed? AMOLED screen – no longer EPIX Fenix 8 – AMOLED Fenix 8 – SOLAR Additions – - AMOLED comes in three sizes: 43/47/51mm - Solar comes in two sizes: 47/51mm - Solar edition only - New edge ring solar panel is far more efficient, and no longer covers display, improving clarity - New sensor guard protects microphone and barometer (between buttons) - New leak-proof button design using inductive buttons, so no actual hole in the case – Added recreational scuba diving/apnea features, down to 40M with EN13319 certification – Added diving no-fly and surface time features (widgets/data pages, etc…) – Added access to phone assistant via microphone/speaker (with your smartphone) – Added taking phone calls via microphone/speaker (with your smartphone) – Added voice notes recorder (on watch) – Added new offline voice assistant – Added new maps radius zoom UI change – Added new maps North Up quick toggle – Added new maps layer selection quick access menu – Added quick access touch unlock feature (temporarily unlocks touch, such as for a map during workout) – Added new ‘Active Navigation’ menu system while navigating a course/waypoint/etc – Added new consolidated ‘Saved’ feature, to find saved routes/waypoints/etc – Added new dynamic round-trip routing, to auto—change route mid-way to achieve a specified distance if you go off-course (e.g. set for 5 miles) – Added ‘Set a Target’ distance reminder, to remind you to turn around after the half-way point – Added Ski difficulty tracking option – Added strength training plans (4-6 weeks, via Garmin Connect) – Added new watch face editor, and new watch faces – Added new Countdown app to countdown to various dates/events – Added new Focus Modes – Added new online processing of troubled GPS tracks, using internal watch sensor data to correct them – Major redesign of user interface, including widgets, settings, and activity/workout pages – Revamped Notification Centre to include Garmin-based notifications (e.g., Morning Report or Daily Summary) 3. Irish mapping for TwoNav – potentially getting updated Source: LPSNI Northern Ireland Scale: 1:50.000 Format: Topographic Size: 437.19 Mb Resolution: 4.0 m/px Version : 2012 £34.16 Southern Ireland OSM & TomTom Overseas and Irish map options for TwoNav GPS Units 4. NEW – GPS Training courses over Zoom for 2025 Over the next couple of weeks we will be putting our 2025 GPS Training courses on the website – Two-day ‘physical’ training courses around the UK – £195.00 Scottish Borders Northumberland Lake District Peak District Northamptonshire Gloucestershire South Downs New Forest Then we have out 1:1 over Zoom – 2 hours - £89.00 – at a time that suits you best BUT, new for 2025 we are having 1 day group courses over Zoom Unit specific – TwoNav, GPSMAP series, Montana series and maybe watches and other series of units going forward. These will be - £75.00/ person During the week 10.00 – 16.00 (with x 1 hour for lunch – giving time to digest what has been taught Unit specific – Cover how to use GPS unit and planning routes on our free OS planner – 4 people on each Zoom training course 5. Andy’s top tips TwoNav If you own a computer you can organise your Routes into Folders From your computer Windows File Explore, Mac Finder,
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  • GPS Training Podcast – number 99 – 3
    2024/08/14
    In this podcast, we look back at the past 99 episodes of the GPS Training podcast. The first ever GPS Training Podcast went out on Sept 15th 2017 – 7 years ago I had been on holiday that summer and first learnt about Podcasts and had got slightly ‘hooked’ on them, or one particular – Big Ideas for Small Business, which incidentally I was interviewed for 2 years later. I loved the format of the podcast, long-form, which you invested in. I remember the first ever day I pitched the idea at one of our staff meetings I was met by some interesting ‘blank stares. Here it is – In the first-ever GPS Training Podcast the lead piece was on the ‘all-new’ Sat Map Active 20 – 2 months on. Quite ironic as SatMap went out of business in 2022, 5 years later The Podcast has really gone through x 3 eras/ formats Podcast 1 (2017) – 19 (2019) – with Andy and other guests Streamed live on Facebook Podcast 19 – 59 (Sept 2021) with Ian and other guests Then Andy came back from then on to the present day Podcast 60 to current day Monthly except for Podcast 33 (March 2020) onwards - Covid, we went to fortnightly podcasts Recorded these at 7.45 in the morning then I could answer any calls in the office, as all the other staff were furloughed It hopefully kept you all sane, I know it certainly did that with us – kept us sane – very hard time personally, working on my own and being upbeat on a podcast not knowing what was around the corner on the business front As things started to get a little more ‘normal’ we had our 50th Podcast (March 2021) we had the whole team from GPS Training at the time on the podcast and we answered random questions, picked out of a hat. Questions that are in the hat If you could go anywhere in the world, where would that be and why? If you were going off today on a 15 mile walk what GPS unit would you take with you? If you could make one thing change in this business overnight (no budget), what would it be? AA batteries or built-in battery in a GPS unit? Favorite workday of the week and why? Favorite course location? Favorite walk? What one sneaky thing do you keep in your rucksack? I know a number of you that I have spoken to over the years have gone all the way back to number 1 and listened to them all. I am massively impressed, well done to you guys and girls! Some of my - Highpoints – I was first introduced to the Spine Race by Paul Freeman – Podcast 31, back in 2020 – Spoke to Paul Freeman before he undertook the Spine Challenger south – I knew nothing about this race before I interviewing him Quite ironic now as the Spine Race became such a large part of both mine and Andy’s life over the past number of years. I remember doing a bit research before that interview and learning about the spine Race for the first time, all the different race options. After I interviewed Paul again, after he had finished the race, I remember thinking to myself, I would love to do that one day and x 3 years later I finished the 108 mile spine challenger south, the race Paul had done. Then the following year, this year, the 160 mile Spine Challenger North. I am often humbled, when speaking to these people, how often the person I am speaking to really opens up and often you can see tears running down their faces as they share their thoughts and emotions with you. Speaking about people who have done truly epic challenges my mind cannot get past – Duncan Hutchinson On the 15th GPS Training podcast I interviewed Duncan, who had built his own rowing boat and then rowed across the Atlantic. I had interviewed him again, but speaking to him in October 2018 after he had got so near to completing this adventure. If you have not listened to this, he explains his dramatic rescue just off the coast of Ireland (699 miles away), the 100th day of his cross Atlantic crossing. Duncan had borrowed a Garmin inReach messenger from u...
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  • GPS Training Podcast – number 99 – 2
    2024/08/08
    In the second of our x 4 Podcasts for August, we look back at the past 10 years of GPS Training. Shepherds Walks bought GPS Training in 2014 Bought GPS Training from Peter Judd, Peter had his own business and retired to the Lake District. He worked for George Fishers in Keswick and could see a space in the market for GPS Training. The first ever GPS Training course was in Mungrisdale, Lake District. First x 5 years very hard but we quickly learnt that a more informed customer made life a lot easier for us The first GPS training Podcast came about in September 2017 In 2016 we got rid of our retail premises and went solely online, this was in the old Tourist Information Centre in Rothbury when we finally closed down the retail premises. We set up Outdoor GPS Shop in Sept 2019, which is the 'budget' website for GPS units. GPS training offers a post-sale training and support package whereas Outdoor GPS sells just on price. March 2020 - Covid - this had a very large effect on the business. It was a real wake-up call. We managed to fast-track a number of plans, as we needed to get our sales up very quickly. In 2021 I created our first ever 'walk and talk' video for YouTube, to showcase to potential customers the final navigational experience you get on a GPS unit. April 2023 - Moved into our current premises, look at our build here. Many tahnks for all your support, not only from myself but from all the team here at GPS Training.
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  • GPS Training Podcast – number 99 – 1
    2024/08/01
    How is Shepherd's Walks made up? x 4 aspects of the business in 2024 – multi-million-pound turnover Shepherds Walks – Events, courses, retailer and guided walks Shepherds Walks Holidays – Guided and self-guided walking holidays Capricorn Mohair Socks – 60 + trade accounts and retail GPS Training/ Outdoor GPS Shop – largest retailer of Outdoor GPS units in the UK, I know what our competitors sell, not very professional to say what they sell 1999 – Shepherds Walks – Northumbrian Shepherds Walks - But, let’s go a back a little further than that I’m Jon Monks – School – not academic, school just did not work for me - Dyslexic But excelled and Cubs, Scouts and Duke of Edinburgh Hiking competitions Maps made more sense to me than text in a book Career choice - work outdoors – farmer? Career officer – School Career office – St Helens James Hayes Lancashire College of Agriculture – Careers office YTS x 2 years – Arable framing College x 3 years – Dairy and finally sheep Post college – Australia, Lord Carnarvon (Highclere Estate) and Northumberland x 2 jobs 1999 – Shepherds Walks – Wrote walking guides (from a Shepherds perspective) The web was made for walking – marketing Telegraph, Guardian, Radio 4 (Ramblings x 2), Countryfile, Country Walking Magazine Country Shows, Farmers Markets – really learning how to sell – hard work 2005 – Went full-time – Health Walks Barclays Bank, Local District Council (now dispended) – Small business adviser and Business Link Hard to make money, as did not really have a viable business - Had a small shop/ unit on a converted farm with coffee shop and 8 other small ‘more crafty’ businesses. Guided walks, self-led walking guides, maps, local history books, postcards etc 2006 – Bought Capricorn Mohair Socks Needing 36k to buy business 15k bank, 15k our own money but 6k VAT Became VAT registered after this – 75k ish turnover 2006/ 2007 – Selling GPS units – Contacting Peter Judd and Sheep Trails Started selling GPS units/ training courses 2008 – Shepherds Walks Holidays – part of Saddle Skedaddle 2014 – Bought GPS Training – doubled my turnover – not scared of talking figures (125k x 2 – ¼ million turnover) – But more about that in next weeks podcast And what a story that is – GPS Training Covid – First lockdown - March 2020 Started to understand that often less is more – My shepherding background was the more I went around the sheep at lambing time the more sheep I would have, but this was not the case with GPST We had a great stable base to build the business on – 50k Bounce back loan New website – GPST Jan 2021 – Built in Christmas/ January lockdown SWH – 2022 – invest or die after Covid SW – Jan 2022 Moved to our current premises – April 2023 (got keys on 1st February) If you have not seen the video of us building the new offices please do, I will leave a link in the show notes - https://gpstraining.co.uk/blogs/news/the-build-shepherds-walks-ltd We took over an empty unit (2,250 sq ft, 209 sq m) on 1st February 2023 and in 10 weeks spent weekends and evenings building our new office, training room and warehouse. This was literally a new start – as we were in charge of our own destiny and I think it really reflects what Shepherds Walks Ltd is all about. So that brings you up to date with where we currently are. The x 4 businesses really keep us busy. Next week I look in depth at GPS Training – how it was started and what has happened in the business over the past x 10 years. In this I will talk you through the biggest challenge I have ever set out on – But this subject is, i.e. the first 10 years of GPS Training
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