Recent Posts Tagged With 'google maps'

• Local cycle loop

  Posted on Sunday December 13th, 2009 at 13:30 in bike, cycling, google maps, kml

  One of the things I’ve been looking for since getting my bike is a straight forward loop I can do. Something straight forward that doesn’t involve tricky navigation, getting covered in mud or having to get off and carry my bike over obsta...

• Local cycle loop

  Posted on Sunday December 13th, 2009 at 12:30 in bike, cycling, google maps, kml

  One of the things I’ve been looking for since getting my bike is a straight forward loop I can do. Something straight forward that doesn’t involve tricky navigation, getting covered in mud or having to get off and carry my bike over obsta...

• Alport Castles

  Posted on Saturday October 17th, 2009 at 14:21 in outdoors, walking, google maps, moorland

  Alport Castles Today me and my dad went for a walk in the Peak District, to a part we’ve never been to before. At the bottom of the Snake Pass is Ladybower Reservoir and the Derwent Valley. On the moorlands at the top is a place called Alport C...

• Exploring my local area by bike

  Posted on Wednesday September 23rd, 2009 at 15:56 in Photography, bike, cycling, google maps, kml, ride

  I’ve been out on my bike once again exploring the local area. Whereas most people tend to cycle down the river’s edge, looking at the rubbish-strewn dark trails that lead off into the reclaimed wilderness but continuing, I think “th...

• Through the nettles and around the rubbish dump

  Posted on Tuesday September 8th, 2009 at 13:43 in bike, cycling, google maps, kml, ride

  Today’s random bike ride took me around the picturesque Welbeck Landfill, following the overgrown paths along the river. While not the most visually pleasant of rides, it has enough excitement in the form of giant holes in the path and lots and...

• A short afternoon’s cycling

  Posted on Wednesday August 12th, 2009 at 10:47 in river, cycling, google maps, google earth, kml, t-mobile g1

  I bought a new bike at the weekend, and today was my first chance to ride it. It’s been a while since I last did any cycling I chose a fairly flat and easy route along the Aire & Calder Navigation up to Altofts Lock (click to download KML f...

• On the road to nowhere!

  Posted on Monday January 26th, 2009 at 15:59 in travel, outdoors, weird, map, google maps, google maps bug

  While looking around Google Maps for this area I found a slight mismatch between not only the mapping data and the photograph image, but also between different parts of the photograph imagery. If you’re off down the A1(m) any time soon, watch o...