19\08\17 - Little Essex R&R + ECE

Ready to leave Sawbridgeworth at 07:00, and that's when I found out that my Garmin wasn't working properly - I had no track to follow.  I knew the journey down was about 45 kms and I knew about 90% of it.  Still left just over 4 kms to get lost in.  Eventually got down there about 08:40 and met up with John Mac.  After about 10 kms of the Audax I'd finally got myself a working system re the routesheet and we completed the remaining 97 kms quickly and efficiently.  We parted company so that I could ride back the 70kms to Hertford, thus completing the ECE part.
The Essex R&R was from Witham to Stock, Latchingdon, Abberton Reservoir and back to Witham.  As I rode back from Witham I lost all of my maps but by now I knew my route.  Not far from Hertford I finally applied some joined-up thinking and took the Garmin apart, rehoused the memory card and lo and behold, all my maps and tracks.  Not my finest moment but at least that's the August Audax finished.  PW.