Finally this thread throws up something I am prepared to respond to!
HOW TO PLOT A 'B' ROAD ROUTE FOR TOMTOM SATNAV
You can plan a 'b' roads route in Google Maps (theoretically also in TomTom 'MyDrive', but in practice much harder).
Once you have your preferred route displayed on Google Maps (using the cursor to drag route where you want it) copy the page URL. (Yes Tony - by all means try starting from the cycle route option; but be very careful as it is hard to spot where you have been sent up a towpath).
Open "Maps to GPX" (Google it) and paste the URL into the conversion field and press "let's go".
It will convert your route into a .gpx file which will appear in your downloads folder.
Now sign in to TomTom 'MyDrive' on your computer, and select 'My Routes'.
At the bottom is an option "import .gpx file". Simply navigate to the file and upload it.
Check the box which says something like "synchronise to my device as a track" (forgotten precise wording).
Now switch on your TomTom device and connect it to MyDrive vis USB or wifi (according to the device).
It will synchronise and in doing so update its 'my routes' section with your new route. Bingo!
One thing to remember is that the TomTom has (frankly) a design flaw, which is that it can only follow a track in one direction.
If you wish to return by the same route you must plot it again in the reverse direction and upload a second .gpx file.
(EDIT: I have since learned that you can reverse a track in "MyDrive" - open the route on your computer screen, and select "edit"; select the arrows to the right side of the "from" and "to" boxes, and save under a different name).
It sounds complicated but really quite easy if you follow step by step.
It certainly works on my device (TomTom Go Basic) but I can't answer for other versions.
If anyone would like a more detailed step-by-step set of illustrated instructions please don't hesitate to p.m. me with your e-mail address.
I resisted satnav firmly until this year, when the realisation dawned that next year's (fingers crossed) summer holiday will take us over 1000 miles on b-roads and that my navigator was going to need help. For this specific purpose I would say it is a real asset. When we get there I'm switching it off!
HOW TO PLOT A 'B' ROAD ROUTE FOR TOMTOM SATNAV
You can plan a 'b' roads route in Google Maps (theoretically also in TomTom 'MyDrive', but in practice much harder).
Once you have your preferred route displayed on Google Maps (using the cursor to drag route where you want it) copy the page URL. (Yes Tony - by all means try starting from the cycle route option; but be very careful as it is hard to spot where you have been sent up a towpath).
Open "Maps to GPX" (Google it) and paste the URL into the conversion field and press "let's go".
It will convert your route into a .gpx file which will appear in your downloads folder.
Now sign in to TomTom 'MyDrive' on your computer, and select 'My Routes'.
At the bottom is an option "import .gpx file". Simply navigate to the file and upload it.
Check the box which says something like "synchronise to my device as a track" (forgotten precise wording).
Now switch on your TomTom device and connect it to MyDrive vis USB or wifi (according to the device).
It will synchronise and in doing so update its 'my routes' section with your new route. Bingo!
One thing to remember is that the TomTom has (frankly) a design flaw, which is that it can only follow a track in one direction.
If you wish to return by the same route you must plot it again in the reverse direction and upload a second .gpx file.
(EDIT: I have since learned that you can reverse a track in "MyDrive" - open the route on your computer screen, and select "edit"; select the arrows to the right side of the "from" and "to" boxes, and save under a different name).
It sounds complicated but really quite easy if you follow step by step.
It certainly works on my device (TomTom Go Basic) but I can't answer for other versions.
If anyone would like a more detailed step-by-step set of illustrated instructions please don't hesitate to p.m. me with your e-mail address.
I resisted satnav firmly until this year, when the realisation dawned that next year's (fingers crossed) summer holiday will take us over 1000 miles on b-roads and that my navigator was going to need help. For this specific purpose I would say it is a real asset. When we get there I'm switching it off!