Originally Posted by
Maoraigh1
"Chart to ground not the other way 'round"
You've never been lost!
That’s the point. If you are unsure of your position, it is too easy to convince yourself that what you think you see on the ground corresponds to a point on the chart. If you are unsure, you should have a reasonable idea within a few miles radius, assuming you have been using a good nav cycle, and you should use your chart to relate to the ground. There will always be the risk of confirmation bias but less on the chart to ground method.
Of course, if you have been following the magenta line and it has misled you or disappeared, you will be learning a good lesson about check nav.
I think in some 30 years flying, I have only been lost once due to a host of inop nav kit, poor vis and a non-standard departure from an AG airfield which got me disorientated close to controlled airspace; a quick call to ATC sorted that.