Hi Neil, Elaine and Family. I'm so glad that my map helped you find your way about. As you say, it can be really enjoyable going along the minor roads, many of which are surprisingly well maintained and quiet too, with fantastic views.
Being very interested in maps, especially Corfu, I collected all of the commercially available maps and compared them with mine. Without exception, they all portrayed many, many roads that didn't exist, and many others that did exist were not shown.
They all seemed based on some common map from the past, (they all show the same wrong layout and "surplus" roads in the Arillas area, amongst others.) but differed in style and detail, which explains why so many drivers can be seen pulled over, scratching their heads as they look from the road to the map and back at the road again.
This spurred me on to produce a really accurate one. I actually checked out all of the roads and tracks either by car, motor scooter or cycle, so I was 100% sure they did exist. (I also checked out many footpaths by foot, but admittedly there are sooooo many, that I couldn't possibly chart them all in a short time, besides which, they tend to come and go with usage, and other factors.)
I used GPS to check the positions of all these roads, and found many discrepancies with the positions of the roads. As you approach Arillas from the south east (the major route there from most destinations, including the airport) you go through Aspiotades and Dafni. Shortly thereafter, you pass a couple of small roads that lead to Armenades on the right, and then there is a T junction where you turn right for Kavadades, or left for Arillas and Afionas. a little further on there is sharp right for Arillas, just following a left hand bend. (If you keep on the Afionas road, there is a small road a short distance on that braches to the left, downwards towards Agios Georgios)
These were the junctions that always confused me with all the other maps. Not only are their layouts depicted wrongly, but the apparent presence of nearby non-existent roads on these maps only compounded the problem.
Looking on the Road Editions map, there still seems to be that same problem. I wonder how many other visitors to Arillas have encountered this, and can see what I mean? I'll have a go later at uploading a section of my map to try and illustrate the point.
Anyway, thanks Neil, Elaine and family for writing - it really is good to hear that you enjoyed yourself in this beautiful corner of Corfu.
Stephan