Thanks for the replies
Thanks for the replies, they were very helpful, I have bought a 4gb sd card and did actually find out that I only had uk and northern France loaded to the unit (the memory was too small).
Now worked out how to install maps to sd card using Bascamp
Last sticking point is that the maps on the laptop are originals from 2008, I ve got 2011 at home but at least the thing is now working.
Was considering getting LM update before I left UK but ran out of time, have read elsewhere on the list that Garmin may not allow copying of maps to SD! iF this is so, it effectively buggars me up or makes me do some manual file moves, anyone any idea on this?