@arisummerland @ScottSoCal @braininjury @actuallyautistic @actuallyadhd
Once I'm on a route I just remember it, which I think is in part visual memory for me. But I'm also very good at "following my nose". I have many times gone through an unknown city, from one side to the other and come out exactly onto the road I wanted without going wrong or having much in the way of signs to follow. And without gps too, because even though I'm a professional driver, I hate sat nav and mostly refuse to use it.
I'm directionally challenged, almost always, but the one and only time I went to London (UK) I knew exactly where I was at all times. I never knew why that was different, but now that I think about it, I studied maps and photos for weeks before that trip. I had the route planned out from the hotel to the store where I was going to buy a disposable phone. I had all the sights I wanted to see. Maybe that's why.
@ScottSoCal @arisummerland @braininjury @actuallyautistic @actuallyadhd
Pre-planning definitely helps. I do it too, as much as anything because I need to know what my options are if the route I wanted to follow suddenly becomes unavailable. I have more of a visual memory than I realised and find maps easier to follow because of it.