Oxford to Mont Ventoux

I've been preparing for this for a while now, and I can't wait to start. I will be cycling from Oxford to Avignon and the notorious MONT VENTOUX in southern France! Trying to find a cheap way for friends and family to follow my progress, I came up with this solution:

I will be sending sms messages to Twitter @Fireup with my location (coordinates). This information is then automatically passed to "Fire Eagle", which in its turn passes the location details to "blocloc".

My last location is visible on the little map below, and if you click on the link "View track history" Google Maps will open displaying my current and previous locations, in other words: track history!
I will make the odd comment on Twitter as well.

I was here last:


View track history

Ridgeway

As mentioned in an earlier blog post we're walking the Ridgeway this year. In this post you can follow our progress. Below is a map of how far we are. I will update this after every leg.
When viewed in Google Maps, all the photos and all details of how we arranged our transport to and from the Ridgeway, will be accessible. Or click here to download the KML file


View Larger Map + Photos

Photos:

To view these photos BIGGER in a slide show click on: Slide Show

A walk up Ben Cruachan

During the Easter weekend we were up in bonnie Scotland again and did some fabulous walking. That's quite a while ago, I admit, but now I have figured out a new and exciting way to present a walk we did!
The route can be viewed in 3D in the new Google Earth web gadget. Also you can see the photos exactly where they were taken. Below is just a picture of the gadget, but if you click on it, it will open bigger in a new window. Once you have installed the required add-on you will be able to see our walk in 3D on your screen, pan around the landscape, and see photos where they were taken. Have a go! I love this. If you want to have a closer look, you can also download the kml file here, so you can enjoy it in your own Google Earth full version.

Ridgeway leg 1

Last Sunday we started to walk the Ridgeway, our long-distance challenge for the start of 2009. It's an ancient 139 km route from roughly Avebury to Ivinghoe Beacon in the Chilterns.
We parked the car in Ogbourne St George and got on a local bus to Marlborough. A second bus took us to Avebury from where it is about a 3 km walk to the start of the Ridgeway at Overton Hill. From Overton Hill we walked 16 km until we were just South of Ogbourne St George and walked back to the car. Soon after it was dark... Perfect.

Scotland 2008 Autumn

Here are some photos of our holiday to Scotland which included the World Stone Skimming Championship!

Photos:

To view these photos BIGGER in a slide show click on: Slide Show.