The local broad (lake in other parts) called Martham Broad was missing so I have added it this morning together with the navigable channel that passes between the two bodies of water and the boat dyke where I have been known to launch my kayak from that is at the end of this navigable stretch of the River Thurne. A beautiful area at this time of year especially when you get it all to yourself.

I also re-plotted Horsey Mere, another body of water to the north and again the navigation channel that feeds it. I also needed to shift Horsey windpump as it had been plotted in the wrong spot by a hundred metres or so which put it the wrong side of the river.

To deal with the excess consumption of Christmas I have rigged my mountain bike with GPS Tracking so that I can plot tracks and get fit at the same time. I'm using a Garmin 12XL I've owned for a good few years now and found that nobody sells handlebar mounts anymore. The few that still had stock were asking £30+ for something a bit fancier than I needed. I had a dig around in my workshop and found an old ever-ready cycle light mount that with some sawing, drilling and filing now makes a cracking handlebar mount for my GPS.
I have used a cable made up from some connectors I purchased at http://www.pfranc.com/ (I have some of the originals that were black). This cable allows me to to power the GPS from a 12v gel battery similar to those used in burglar alarm panels and not have to worry about power. The battery is simply carried in a bag in the drinks bottle holder.
I found some new firmware for the 12XL (new to me anyway) but I have found that the auto setting in the tracklog is now not recording with sufficient frequency for accurate maps as it cuts corners. I simply have to set a suitable logging rate for the speed I intend to travel and I get nice rounded corners again or slow down for intricate bits.
I have done a couple of trips and captured most of the key roads for Winterton, Ormesby and Hemsby and have uploaded the Tracklogs to OSM. Hemsby has been edited in JOSM and should appear soon.

I've been meaning to contribute to OSM for a long time now and finally got round to it today. I've wired the car with a GPS antenna and an old PII Toughbook together with a garmin GPS to log GPS data wherever I go.

My intent is to initially add traces and data for my home area. I've also tried JOSM and find it very useful and fairly easy to learn.

OSM is a fantastic concept. Long live OSM