Hello!
I have never been a blogger. In fact, I have previously looked on blogging as something a little sad - like sitting at home writing a diary instead of going out and doing stuff?! So what changed? I wrote a guest post for the Social Hiking blog about how I got into hiking and how I use social media and digital mapping to enhance my experiences in the outdoors. A friend who works for OS picked up on that post and asked if they could feature it on the Ordnance Survey Blog. Suddenly it wasn't so sad anymore! ;-)
So: what is the purpose of this blog? I spend a reasonable amount of time in the outdoors and have lots of routes and experiences that I could share. My friend at OS has been encouraging (nagging?) me to write up some of the walks I have done to feature on the Ordnance Survey website. This blog is where I intend to initially publish these routes. Of course, I intend to use Social Hiking maps as part of doing that ;-)
Its enjoyable reading about people's hiking experiences and looking at inspirational photos from their walks. Adding the Social Hiking map is always a valuable improvement to the blog post so that readers can get a feel for the location and terrain of the walk. Good luck with the blog!
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DeleteWelcome to blogging Martin - looking forward to reading your posts!
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DeleteYour off to a good start Martin, I look forward to reading your posts.
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DeleteGood luck with it. As for those who dont like blogs. No one asked them to read them, nor comment so my view is go away and moan someplace else.
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