New gear - Altimeter

Have wanted an altimeter for ages and finally got one in Barcelona. Thought at first it was jinxed as before I had fixed it on the bike, my wrist broke. However it is well suited to Greek mountains as the tightly packed peaks mean huge amounts of up and down and spectacular results. The key figure it records is the accumulated climb of each day so although the highest point we have been so far is around 1771m we have been averaging around 1200m of daily climbing (= to Snowdon) and so our altitude gained in the first Greek week was the same height as Everest. Other stuff it records is highest point, average gradient, steepest gradient, mileage etc. It sits on my stem but all these figures are too distracting so I cover it up and have the joy of seeing how hard the day was when we finish riding. Even off the bike it was useful as, because it works using atmospheric pressure, it makes an excellent barometer.