School Maps North Halifax Grammar School This was the very first map I made. It's the Sixth Form I went to, North Halifax Grammar School, and the PE teachers were thrilled that they had an accurate map to use for orienteering lessons in PE. However, an orienteering map can be used for so much
Events Christmas Cup This was my big job of the last couple months of 2022; a 4-day event from 29th Dec to 1st Jan, working with Masterplan Adventure. We'd lined up three really good quality forest areas for the first three days, all around Perthshire and Stirlingshire, then we had Graeme
Events Organising a World Ranking Event - Lakeland Warrior In Autumn 2020, as orienteering events began to return after the first lockdown, ex-international orienteers and all-round orienteering legends Martin Bagness and Carol McNeil organised a low-key weekend of racing, aimed primarily at elites. Numbers were kept low, organisation minimal, but the quality of maps and courses was high, which
Maps Broadhead Clough I've always wanted to make an orienteering map of the nature reserve close to home and in summer 2022 I decided to commit to doing it - my first forest map. It's a very small area, around 0.5 km2 , but full of contour, vegetation and
Maps Scalpay Updated 11th July 2023: This was my first professional mapping project, and this write-up was done after making the map in October 2022. So, it's written with more of a beginner's eye. I've added some bits in italics to reflect my current thoughts, after
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