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Wiblog - Paul's Wibblings

Volcanoes and Burns' Night

22/01/11

We've had a rather excellent day here in Melrose. After a somewhat leisurely start (I got up at 8:45am and wandered down to the kitchen only to find no one there so I walked into Melrose to get some papers - there was someone up when I got back) we walked up the Eildon Hills to look at the view.  read more ...

Wicken Fen

09/01/11

We walked around Wicken Fen today, with the emphasis on around in that we circumnavigated it without going into the bit where they encourage you to pay £5.99 a pop.  read more ...

One Photographer Photographed ...

25/07/10

One Photographer Photographed ...

On our walk this afternoon while I was taking this photo of Beth with my Nokia 6760 phone Beth was taking a rather better one of me with her Nikon D60.


Although she did clever post processing with hers when we got home: the clouds were good, but they weren't that good.

New Map Software

08/07/10

After a long struggle the first public release of our mapping application, rewritten to use the Ordnance Survey's OpenSpace server is now online at last. As before it lets you browse the country using Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 scale maps and both create routes to download for use on your GPS and upload tracks from your GPS to see where you've been.  read more ...

A Spring Walk

01/03/10

As I said in my last posting spring is here and it's glorious. We walked from Bottisham across Quy Fen to Lode Mill and back this afternoon. The sun was shining and there was very little wind. I couldn't stop grinning.  read more ...

OS GB 50K Mapping Errors

17/01/10

Now that my mapping software is on the Walkhighlands site I've been able to look again at some tracks from my GPS on 1:25,000 and compare with the 1:50,000...  read more ...

Walking on a Grey Day

12/01/10

Today has been a day of walks. Milton Country Park remains shut, much to the annoyance of people like us who use it twice a day ...  read more ...

Kahtoola Microspikes

24/12/09

As this cold snap comes to an end it's a bit of a strange time to be talking about ways of getting around on the ice ...  read more ...

Fawber 2009

07/09/09

Rather late in the day as we've been back for a week but here's a quick report on Fawber 2009.  read more ...

A Short Walk

06/09/09

We popped over to Stow cum Quy Fen today using the bridleway from the lay by just north of Horningsea for a short loop over to the Fen and back.  read more ...

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