So far the maps I've been involved in have largely been either in Thetford Forest or Cambridge parks, mostly for CUOC, and futher details can be found on the CUOC maps page. My first experiences of mapping were helping with the 1996 Highlodge Warren and 1997 Bush Heath Woods maps, before taking full responsibility for a whole map two years later. I owe a great deal to Andy Varley, who was my predecessor as CUOC Mapping Officer and is sadly no longer active in the sport, for both useful practical advice and to his array of maps displayed on the wall for inspiration - by my final year at Cambridge I had progressed to a similar wall decoration of my own!
The list of maps below is of all those for which I did a significant proportion of the survey and cartography, not including the first couple listed above where I only surveyed a couple of blocks, or a few others where I made minor updates prior to an event. The base material I have had to work with has varied from relatively recent O maps to nothing more than OS 1:25k. While the previously unmapped areas were most challenging they have also been the most enjoyable, especially the small intricate block in the north of Warren Wood which I'm sure came as just as much of a surprise to competitors as to me, given the dull plantation and open fields that surround it.
Club Area Year Scale Contours Other contributors First used for CUOC Santon Downham & Santon Warren 1999 1:15,000 5m Rolf Crook, Andrew Hibbert CUOC Icenian badge 30/1/99 CUOC Highlodge Warren 2000 1:15,000 5m Caroline Bandulet CUOC Icenian badge 23/1/00 CUOC Bromehill 2001 1:15,000 5m - CUOC Icenian badge 28/1/01 CUOC Coe Fen 2001 1:5,000 - - WAOC Park race 29/4/01 CUOC Bush Heath Woods 2002 1:10,000 2.5m Leo Eisner CUOC SprintO (N part) 17/11/01; WAOC colour coded 24/2/02 WAOC Warren Wood 2003 1:15,000 5m - WAOC Badge 26/1/03 DRONGO Warren Wood 2004 1:10,000 5m - EAOA CompassSport Cup 14/3/04 CUOC Grantchester Meadows & Coe Fen 2004 1:7,500 5m Blanka Sengerová WAOC PuntO 19/6/04 DRONGO Harlow Town Park 2004 1:5,000 5m - EAOA Junior European Cup Sprint 8/10/04
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