DFC I am surprised by your comments. I am not reliant on GPS and I would make a small wager that given 2 basic aircraft, no GPS just a map and a stop watch with a timed arrival and spot landing on a complex nav ex I could proably pip you to the post. My navex timings in the last years competitions have been with 3 seconds on average......
I have many hundreds of hours in microlights and am well versed in looking out the window to navigate and control the aircraft.
But at the end of the day, my own aircraft is bristling with kit that I am 100 versed in using and I would not be without especially in marginal weather.
When will people wake up and smell the coffee GPS is not an evil it is just another tool in the box and when used wisely is a life saver.
I do have to say the one thing that I AM very anti is the use of non aviation GPS for navigation. These are just asking for trouble!