Maps
All my maps, all in one place
One big map
I love maps. I love OS maps in particular, probably because they were around in my childhood. I also have vague childhood memories of drawing endless maps of made-up countries, and even entire worlds.
Thinking about it now, I probably wanted to be Slartibartfast, the designer of planets in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. His favourite part of the job was creating coastlines, the most notable of which were the fjords found on the coast of Norway.
“Did you ever go to a place - I think it was called Norway? ... Pity. That was one of mine. Won an award, you know. Lovely crinkly edges.”
I love crinkly edges too. Anyway, just because, here are all the maps of the walks I’ve covered on this blog. (Each map links to the blog piece, so you can read about all the excitement I encountered along the way each time.)
But possibly more excitingly (no, really), I’ve created a single map showing every coastal walk I’ve ever done (plus the River Thames too, given this is where my love of walking started out).
Now, at this point, I should state quite categorically that I have no plan to walk the entire King Charlie the III England Coast Path. No way. It’s too far, life is too short, etc. etc. But, well, you know… there’s no need to stop yet, is there?
I will no doubt keep filling in some of the gaps, and at some point I’ll even venture ‘oop north to see what it’s like. (Cold and rainy, I would imagine).
I should also point out that there is no real rhyme or reason as to which parts of the coast I’ve walked, or when. It’s all just a bit random, driven by life events (like a pandemic). It started in 2006 and like I say, it won’t end any time soon. And yes, since you asked, there is a spreadsheet behind the map. I love spreadsheets too, just as much as maps.
