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Canoeing with SplashMaps

Who said maps were for trekking, walking and running? Increasingly SplashMaps are used on the waterways too. Recently we trialled the Lake District Central Map on Derwent water. The map was so water resistant…

Bob Graham Round SplashMap

It was great to meet Chairman of The Society of Cartographers, long distance runner and author Steve Chilton at the Travellers Rest near Grasmere. Steve was touring the Lakes in support of his book,…

Highly Respected Explorers

I was invited to spend an afternoon at the Scientific Expedition Society HQ and meet their inspirational leader,  John Blashford-Snell OBE (JB-S).  John is one of the world’s most renowned and highly respected explorers….

Navigating the South Downs

I’ve led some beautiful off-road adventures recently, navigating the South Downs National Park.  On the way we’ve been enjoying the stunning views, carrying out important research, discovering new uses for the maps, finding how…

Brilliant Country Walks

The Sunday Times have issued their Brilliant Country Walks over the past 4 weeks. And there are some Beautiful trails to follow in England, Scotland and Wales. If you’d love these walks to be…

Our most productive trade sectrets …

SplashMaps is well established now and it’s time to share one of our most productive trade secrets. We haven’t been paying our data licenses! Shock horror? For most map businesses such a confession would…

An evening with the Scouts

We loved helping the Scouts set up for their summer camp at Cranbury Park, Chandler’s Ford.  Hot, hot, hot!  Should be Fun, fun fun! Message to all Scouts:  Watch this space for a special…

SplashMaps…? Boutique…?

Cycle Weekly (July 24th 2014) covered our recent stand at L’Eroica Britannia. SplashMaps…? Boutique…? I guess that’s how you’d describe most of the businesses around us. But us? Perhaps we are still a quirky…

Bespoke Scottish Maps

We’ve always had our famous weather proof fabric destination maps of the Trossachs and the Cairngorms, but did you know we can also do bespoke Scottish Maps?  Our latest is the Black Isle Bicycles…

Weather Warning

The Met Office are offering ever more extreme warnings about our notoriously deadly weather here in the UK.  SplashMaps share their concern, but definitely would never suggest you stay out of the weather!  Forget…