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road testing

Is guilt-free travel fulfilment enough?

Richer in life What’s travel ever done for us? For me, I can safely say that, without quenching my thirst for travel, I wouldn’t have my family, I’d not be in world-wide mapping, and…

Petrol Head Maps

Designing Petrol Head Maps Walkers, runners, and cyclists may be the biggest customer base for fabric maps, but this week we’ve become Petrol Head Maps designers! Fabric maps present a solution We’re regularly contacted…

Cycling Gent

Why do I, as a cycling gent, always have to be the scruffiest person in the room? True, the right cycling gear can look cool between cyclists and out on the trails but, dressing…

Cycle Show

I love bicycles.  It’s the child-like joy of a downhill swoop or an uphill challenge.  So, with a trip to Afan’s Mountain Bike parks near Port Talbot, Wales scheduled for the weekend, there was…

Tablecloth

Did I miss an opportunity? For over a year we’ve provided the “supersized” map option. In the main these have been ordered by emergency service and training groups (police, search and rescue in particular)…

Happy Camping Top Ten

Go outdoors! It’s clearly time to go outdoors, grab the bikes and the family and get happy camping this amazing season. Maps of course Last weekend we picked up a few essentials from the…

Antarctic Toobs

Antarctic Toobs People have often joked with me about Antarctic Toobs and Maps. That you could literally flip over a SplashMap to it’s white reverse side and, hey presto, a snowy map is yours….

Circular trails

Circular trails Circular trails are the ideal for most outings. You park once and you come back to where you came from. But creating the perfect circular can take time, particularly if you want…

A good walk ruined by bikes

For my brother-in-law the best way to mark a birthday is to celebrate with a ride on his mountain bike.  A plan was hatched, and the location seemed to choose itself.  But if we…