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Maps 196 to 198 – Hovercraft old and new

The correct plural of hovercraft is hovercraft. I checked. And I must have seen more of them today than any other day in my life. Even better, they were not all slowly rusting away in a slightly odd but truly fascinating museum (some were). Throw in a Spitfire and another ferry journey and you can […]

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Ordnance Survey HQ

There are 204 OS Landranger 1:50,000 maps. I had now reached number 196 and that is where the Ordnance Survey itself is based, just on the northern edge of Southampton. I had hoped from the start of my adventure that it might be possible to pay them a visit. Today, that came true. The OS […]

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Maps 195 and 196 – Across the Solent… and back

If I said it was another sunny day today, I would be lying. But it was dry, breezy and unseasonably mild, and really more than acceptable for cycling in November. And so my quest moved another two maps closer to being complete, and I clocked up another couple of ferries that delivered me first onto […]