what did you get, the little yellow eTrex?

A fine instrument. Saved us on the Preseli ridge, in 5ft visibility fog

there's a wicked program, GarTrip, that chats to it, without the expensive Garmin prog:
http://www.gartrip.de/

I took "mine" on the wireless demo yesterday ... I was by the window, plugging in a fading handheld to a power supply, when this kid from the class banged on the window from the outside, waved it at me, then disappeared off onto the playing fields ...

came back eventually

the best thing is that they are only ever accurate to no less than 5ft - you never actually reach your programmed destination exactly ... at Bulstrode Camp once, I climbed a tree and watched an overexcited Gibbonnette run around in circles, after "The Spot"

excellent fun - hurrah for technology!

RG