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Today I tried out the "Surprise Me!" option on my bicycle GPS. You can either enter a distance you want to cycle or how long you want to cycle. It then calculates three random routes of approximately that length in time or distance. I chose the longest of the three.
At one point I cycled through the street where my grandmother (mother's side) used live in a senior apartment, then it send me through the street and past the house where my aunt and uncle (mother's sister) used to live. The I was directed past the street friends used to live in 12 years ago, where I used to house/dog/cat sit. And finally I cycled past the street where not only my sister is currently living, but where my grandmother moved to from her apartment to a care home where she lived until she died.
How can this happen?! It isn't as if I live in a small town. Granted, it's in three neighbourhoods close together, but I didn't look at the map to see where each rout would take me (there were three very different directions), I just chose the longest one.
I'm happy with my GPS, the only problem is it has a reflective screen, which isn't a good idea for a bicycle GPS, so I need to get a anti reflective/glare screen protector.
I did cycle just over 19km, which is the longest cycle trip I've done in years. So I'm now tired and a bit saddle sore. It'll be an early night for me.
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