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More from the dept. of maps that nobody else has (nyahhh).

Here is a map of East Dulwich Estate, yet again absent from most maps. The A-Z incorrectly calls it "Dog Kennel Hill Estate", which is the name of the main road it's on, and shows Albrighton Road without the footpath break in the middle, whilst most others show nothing at all! If only the software that rendered this image would show the estate name and be a bit neater :)

East Dulwich Estate on OSM

I've also started adding cycling data. Sustrans have a really awful online map service, whilst Transport for London and the London Cycling Campaign have produced some decent paper maps (that irritatingly lack any route numbers!) A chap in the OpenStreetMap community has produced this great cycle map with negligible fuss! So far I've been on a 40 mile bike ride with a mate to do a national cycle route through London, and doddling around my neck of the woods to start adding bits in:

Cycle routes in Peckham

I've been having lots of fun on my new Specialized bike that I got from this jolly nice workers' co-op in Brixton. I'm on holiday for a couple of weeks now, I hope to get some more estates finished before I go walking in Snowdonia, which is just going to be bliss after a summer in London!

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