There’s no time like the present. I decided to get an A-Z of Birmingham so that I’ve got a hard copy of where I’ve been. I caught the bus into the city centre and started my GPS watch to track where I’d walked. I started here, on the junction of Corporation Street and The Priory…

Of all the miles of tarmac, concrete, stone and brick that are laid down in Birmingham, which should I be walking? The pavements alongside roads Fairly obvious (?) – These will make up the vast bulk of my walking. I won’t be walking both sides, I just need to walk the road. Motorways and other…

I have discovered Google’s ‘Build your own map’ feature. If you search online for Google My Maps you’ll get a link to My Maps where you can create your own, custom map. You can import various GPS tracks including .kml and .gpx. A search on t’internet brought forth a .klm of Birmingham’s boundary which I…

What’s all this about? After catching an item on the BBC’s Travel Programme about a guy who is walking EVERY street in New York (LINK), I was wondering if such a thing would be possible, albeit on a smaller scale, in Birmingham. Such a walk would entail… Walking every road / street in Birmingham (excluding…