https://roadbook71.com/blog/ Notes on rally roadbooks, recording GPX tracks, loop navigation and CarPlay, from the people who make Roadbook '71. en © 2026 glue.blue https://roadbook71.com/blog/flemish-ardennes-loop/ https://roadbook71.com/blog/flemish-ardennes-loop/ Tue, 11 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Oudenaarde, Ronse and the hills in between. Which cobbles are a pleasure, which are a photograph, and why this small corner of Belgium is worth a whole Sunday. https://roadbook71.com/blog/exporting-the-drive-you-made/ https://roadbook71.com/blog/exporting-the-drive-you-made/ Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000 The loop you planned and the loop you drove are two different files. Getting the second one out, and why it makes next year's roadbook better. https://roadbook71.com/blog/day-pages-and-night-pages/ https://roadbook71.com/blog/day-pages-and-night-pages/ Wed, 24 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Ten at night, an hour still to go, and the only light in the cabin is the one over the book. Why a navigation screen at night should look like that. https://roadbook71.com/blog/carplay-in-an-older-car/ https://roadbook71.com/blog/carplay-in-an-older-car/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 The roads worth driving twice are best driven in something old, and something old has no screen. What it takes to fix that, and what the car shows you once you have. https://roadbook71.com/blog/driving-a-loop/ https://roadbook71.com/blog/driving-a-loop/ Tue, 12 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000 A ring has no start until you turn up. How the loop rotates to meet you, what happens when you stop for lunch, and why three days later is fine. https://roadbook71.com/blog/your-recording-is-the-route/ https://roadbook71.com/blog/your-recording-is-the-route/ Tue, 21 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Hand a maps app a start and an end and it will find you a road, though not the one you drove. What corridor matching is, and what happens where no road will follow your line. https://roadbook71.com/blog/recording-a-good-gpx/ https://roadbook71.com/blog/recording-a-good-gpx/ Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000 The file you come home with decides how good the roadbook is. What to record with, where to put the phone, and what a dropout looks like when you open the file that evening. https://roadbook71.com/blog/tulip-diagrams/ https://roadbook71.com/blog/tulip-diagrams/ Sat, 14 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000 A ball, a line and an arrow. The notation a co-driver calls a junction from at 70 km/h, where it came from, and how the app draws one from your own recording.