First Hack

woo just managed to hack the template to this blog, now it is wider and I can get bigger maps, photos and wider text. Now i can really start to repicate what i do on paper.

Cherwell Oxford

Had a great day out with Richie today.
Two boats paddled solo with midnight having her fist outing of the year.



Weather good warm sun, forecast was mixed with sunny spells. Wrong again a great day bright sun for most of the day caught it on my face after taking my hat off I must put a small bottle of sun screen in my buoyancy aid.

I will write more on the trip later but I have put most of my comments and photos on the Google Map bellow it will probably work best if you open it up in another window click here to do this. the trip wasn't exactly linear so following the way marks using the left column will probably work best, or you could just click away and find your own way round oor day out (oor was intentional it Scottish don't you know.)


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Maps are Cool

I love maps, this is an experiment in adding maps and seeing what I can do with them. Google maps it's pretty cool. I've found out all sorts of things I can do to make them look cool. I'd like to use Ordinance Survey 1:50000 scale maps but I've not found a way to do this as yet. I'm not sure any of the major providers use them.

Day 1



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Day 2



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I'll be using these maps to write up the canoe trip I took in February, off to play some more see ya. : )


this section has turned in to what can i do with photos on my blog I'm trying to learn how to recreate what i can do with illustrator and photo shop

slide show from the trip


team photo



and now i've worked out how to embed video to woooo

First time for everything

Well here's my first entry, this has been a long time coming. I intend to use this blog to record my canoe trips and smaller excursions, bushcraft and other outdoor activity.

J*