Walked from Flackwell Heath to Bovingdon Green and back on Thursday. What joy, at lunchtime, to sit in the garden of The Crooked Billet in full sunshine on a January day! This latest walk allowed me to complete south of the M40 the relation 23309, The Chiltern Way. I hope someone will take up the baton to complete the east and west sides north of the M40. Meanwhile, I intend to continue to walk to its completion the Berkshire Loop that I began last year.

Walked from Goring-on-Thames to Mapledurham and back on Wednesday. I experienced all the difficulties of trying to walk a guide book in reverse on what was quite a convoluted route! It was the penalty I paid for easier parking at Goring. The highlight was exiting a wood on top of a hill before Mapledurham and finding a seat strategically positioned overlooking a wide sweep of the River Thames. It was a beautiful sight, in spite of the fog that never quite lifted that day.
One small stretch remained to complete the Southern Extension relation. I see today, however, that user_5121 has beaten me to it! I believe, therefore, The Chiltern Way - Southern Extension relation 1721477 is complete.

Having walked a section between Ewelme and Hailey a couple of weeks ago, I walked from Ewelme to Cookley Green and back yesterday. I could not have chosen a better day: a clear blue sky and fantastic colours of leaves on the trees and shrubs enhanced the superb views. It was while I was enjoying a well-deserved pint of Guinness in the 'Shepherd's Hut' upon completion and looking at my 'Explorer' map that I realised I had walked the wrong path on one section! As there is a car parking area at the very spot I made my mistake, I decided to walk the two miles return that afternoon. How glad I was! It proved to be the very best part of the day's walk.

The Chiltern Way Southern Extension in and around my area of South Oxfordshire is incomplete. I want to walk it in stages in order to make a useful relation in JOSM. Last week, I walked out and back between Rotherfield Peppard and Bix, a total of eight miles. Yesterday, I walked between Bix and Upper Maidensgrove, near Russell's Water, a similar overall distance, where the Southern Extension meets the main Chiltern Way.

Walked the Chiltern Way from Hambleden to Southend via Skirmett, Fingest and Turville. Walked Shakespeare's Way from Southend to Hambleden. The waymarking for this section of Shakespeare's Way is very poor, especially at path junctions - I was grateful for my Legend HCx and its British Grid coordinates.

Plotted my local civil parish boundary, Binfield Heath in South Oxfordshire, using a mixture of OS 1:10560 maps of 1913 held by Reading Library, which I photocopied, scanned, then calibrated using PicLayer in JOSM; OS 1:25000 First Series, courtesy of Andy Robinson and his excellent work to gradually obtain, scan, rectify and make available to OSMers sheets covering the country; and local information to update the alignments. I hope to extend the plots to adjacent parishes and begin to compile relations.

Caught the High Wycombe bus out of Henley to the Oxfordshire/Buckinghamshire boundary last Friday so that I could map everything along the Marlow road on my return walk. I covered more than seven miles, even though the point from where I started is little more than a mile from the town centre!

Started to waypoint establishments in the town centre yesterday. I am now looking at other towns in Mapnik and Osmarender alongside their equivalent in JOSM. The amount of sophisticated work done by some enthusiasts is an inspiration to me to do as much as I can to emulate them in my local area. I have much to learn yet in using presets and map features to their full and best advantage, but achieving more with every data input is so encouraging.

Walked from the southern outskirts of town along the riverside on Tuesday. A lovely sunny day, I was able to collect nearly all the data I needed for the area, while enjoying many visitors clearly appreciating our beautiful river Thames and its frontage at Henley.

Walked the northern part of Henley today, a total of ten miles. This more or less completes my data collection of the roads and footpaths in the Henley urban area. Next, I shall concentrate on the town centre detail - less foot-slogging and more water-holes, that's for sure!
Dates for the diary for anyone interested:
Henley Royal Regatta 1st to 5th July
Henley Festival 8th to 12th July

Walked the southern part of Henley yesterday to collect data for that part of the town still unmapped. I had to move the already existing railway line some distance to accommodate the new data. It needs further refinement yet.

Walked a further two estates on the western side of the town yesterday, following a fine walk from Binfield Heath.

Walked two estates on the western side of the town on Thursday.

Routing is a very good way to highlight errors in OSM data. I have begun a process to identify and correct roundabouts in my area of Oxfordshire, England whose directional arrows point anti-clockwise instead of clockwise, because I have found so many to be incorrect.

Walked the southern part of Henley in two sessions yesterday, sustained at the interval by a pint of Guinness in the Bird in Hand (voted South Oxfordshire CAMRA Pub of the Year, for real ale enthusiasts). My GPSr informs me I walked a total of nearly twelve miles.

Took the opportunity to map part of Harton while on a visit last week. I noted that much of South Shields is sparsely mapped.

Walked northern half of Sonning Common yesterday to fill in missing streets and footpaths, and add public buildings. Most of Sonning Common roads' and paths' network is now complete. Outlying footpaths is next on the list.

Walked more streets and footpaths yesterday to add further detail. Rewarded myself halfway through with a Guinness at The Baskerville. I had to realign the existing railway line to fit my several new, immediately adjacent tracks.

Returned to Shiplake yesterday, following an earlier visit where I made some amendments to streets and added points of interest, to add further residential streets.

Walked southern half of Sonning Common yesterday to fill in missing streets and footpaths, and add public buildings.