National Map Reading Week – Frank’s South Downs Way Adventure…

It’s National Map Reading Week! Ordnance Survey have been publishing some amazing, informative guides to help refresh the populations map reading skills this week. My previous blog explained about my non-existent experiences with paper maps and development of my own map reading skills. So, I now had to demonstrate… Read More

National Map Reading Week (17th October – 23rd October)

So, you must of heard about #NationalMapReadingWeek that has been launched by Ordnance Survey! To celebrate #NationalMapReadingWeek next week, I’ve been working on a series of blog posts about my own personal experiences with reading and using paper maps (or not as the case maybe…) As the youngest and newest member of staff… Read More

Bournemouth Marathon Race Report

We are delighted to report that the four members of the A-Z team for the Bournemouth Marathon successfully completed the race on Sunday. All have now returned to work and are bravely coping with their aching limbs and battle scars ( some more quietly than others ). The A-Z team… Read More

London A-Z Map Jigsaw

It’s been around 8 months since the London A-Z map jigsaw completely sold out from our website – but at long last, we are so excited to announce that they will soon be back in stock and available to order! With a new box design and a slight increase in area, the much loved… Read More

A-Z Team Training update

There should be a law banning all decisions made at a Prosecco fuelled works Christmas do, particularly decisions that would go on to include a lot of sweat, pain, a little blood and running gels!  With just under a week to go until race day you would expect the A-Z team training… Read More

Bournemouth Marathon “guess the combined time” competition

It’s less than a week to go until 4 members of the A-Z team take part in the Bournemouth Marathon and after months of training and preparation, they are almost ready. The team are also well on their way to achieving their fundraising target of £1000 to be split between… Read More

Which is your favourite 80th anniversary post?

We have searched high and low, delved into boxes, opened dusty folders and explored the archives in our quest to present 84 posts over the past 80 days. We’ve photographed, scanned and output images; recalled, investigated and verified details – and reminisced quite a lot too! We have loved seeing… Read More

A-Z team training on Bournemouth Marathon Course

The Plan As part of their preparation for the Bournemouth Marathon, the A-Z team planned a training trip to the south coast. One of the team, who shall remain nameless, had decided that visualisation was an important part of preparation for such a challenge. Consequently, the A-Z team have now… Read More

Yorkshire 3 Peaks walk training – Bournemouth Marathon

As the Bournemouth Marathon became more of a reality for our team, Caroline became concerned that the ‘running a marathon is more of a mental challenge’ mantra was being taken a little too literally by some, in that they were not doing much physical preparation! The scheduled Yorkshire 3 Peaks… Read More