Blog – Jason Falconer Orienteering and Mapping

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Active Dorset Move It Week 2021

Move It Week is Here! This week we are inviting you to get involved in one of the many activities in the …

British Summertime 2021

British Summertime Map running- Its summer term at last, and I’m happy to be back working with groups again- the focus of …

Cartography works 2021 Innovation

Cartography works A new post for a new look website. Here is a post about todays release which now brings together all …

Maprun 2020/21

A live Strava Club which is bringing together those runners using MapRun APP from all over U.K also what we are achieving …

Summer Projects Round Up 2020

Youth Sport Trust COVID era freelance work has been good for me, and I’m one of the lucky ones due to a …

Maprun/Orienteering 2020

MapRun Todays post brings together the last 11 weeks of the U.Ks adjustment to the COVID19 era and how my clubmates in …

Summer Series Orienteering 2020

Summer Series Orienteering 2020 Update- while all organised events are postponed due our current situation, theres still running, cycling to do for …

Academic Year 2018-19 Coaching Round- Up

Heres a short summary of the year just ended. Another superb year of engagement with Schools across Dorset. From a small- group …

Orienteering Case Study

This is a post about work Ive recently completed for BSG. (Bournemouth School for Girls) By request the P.E Staff reached me …

Orienteering Coaching Review and 2018-19 Schools Offer

Heres an offer for the schools that have had Orienteering Maps made for them from 2005 onwards. Unless there has been significant …

Poole Out of Town Race 03 June 2018

This is one not to miss, we had the first of the Wessex Night League events last October here, and now with …

Chiltern Challenge Race 2005-2022

One for the Orienteers and Forest Lovers today. This is an area Ive been going to for 22 years now- anyone whos …

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Spring Update 2022

Happy Holidays. Its been a long and busy Spring 1 Half Term- and a quick update for you …

Self-Coaching 2

I first wrote a post about Self- Coaching in May 2017 – in this xmas break between work seems like time for …

Active Travel Updates 2022

Active Travel Updates. Schools out for Summer, so Ive a few minutes to write a few blogs and updates. Youll recall last …

Routes vs Queues Purple Route

Routes vs Queues Purple Route Heres a post about my Purple Route Bournemouth central to Wallisdown which passes Winton/ Moordown area. Its …

Pre -Summerterm Summary 2019

Happy B.S.T! Easter is hurtling towards us again and that for me means end of Spring Term teaching and into the peak …

Orientbeering 2018

Charlie the Bikemonger has been saying to me for years I should set up an Orientbeering activity. I have. Poolemouth has a great burgeoning brewpub …

Cycling Without Age Bournemouth

CYCLING WITHOUT AGE BOURNEMOUTH Happy to have been asked to instruct the volunteer Pilots for this super initiative, we Launched July 2018 …

Wimborne Vintage Bicycle Ride 23 June

Its here again and with the celebrations of 10th V.Dub in the Pub should make for a great Midsummer weekend. Early Bird …

20 Year Anniversary Australia 1998

Australia 1998. Twenty years ago tommorrow I landed in Sydney after living in London and working in the West End Restaurant industry. …

A seasons camping 2017

Round up of my Camping trips this year, Outdoors means camping, whatever the weather in the U.K and theres certainly been some …

Self- Coaching 1

Towards the end of SATS week and before my peak work period of the year starts a post about coaching myself on …

Orientbeering 03 June

SATS week is quiet time for a jolly post. Charlie the Bikemonger has been saying to me for years I should set …

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Active Travel Journal 2022

New Term, New week- Ive written up how life can be experienced as an Active Traveller. Day 1 Monday 28 Feb. Bike. …

BH Active Travel Consultation 1

Happy New Year, You might be aware I’ve been chairing the BH Active Travel Forum (previously Bournemouth Cycling Forum) for coming up …

New Active Travel Evidence 2019

This is an average British Street. It has two lanes heading towards a traffic light junction. Its shows 22 riders and 14 …

Castle Blvd Nottingham

This was in my to do list since January when I went to the National Coaching conference for Orienteering. On the occasion …

Dunyeats Road Corridor Improvements

DUNYEATS ROAD- Update 07 July NEW SCHEME PLANS Original Plans DUNYEATS ROAD CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS Update- 07 July, these plans appeared on the wall in Broadstone library, …

Modal Filtering

Been meaning to write this for some time, if youve looked out the window today it seems like a good day for …

Visions 4

Heres a little post brought about by reflection on the changes U.K is starting to go through in regard to travel. …

Cycling Improvements 2017- Present day, 2 Year review.

Cycle lane improvements and additions 2017 Jason Falconer I wrote these originally on – 25 January 2017 to coincide with publication of …

LCWIP details

Addition ^ This is what is currently being written into funding application by BCP Local Cycling Walking Infrastructure Plan .This is a …

Cycleway Designs/ Wallisdown Road Changes

Heres some good news for new year as I’m such an optimist, happy new years 2019 I hope you had a blinder …

Wallisdown Consultation 2018

Update 12 December- Consultation Summary now online New road changes and ideas I suggested to the consultation that closed 03 August. This …

Victorian Streets everywhere in U.K

Dont all look like this- this post shows how the vision of attractive streets made to encourage Active Travel is being realised …

Cycling

Tweed Run2023

Salutations! Heres a jolly video of an event I first worked on in 2010. Those of you that ride in the Dorset …

Routes vs Queues Purple Route

Routes vs Queues Purple Route Heres a post about my Purple Route Bournemouth central to Wallisdown which passes Winton/ Moordown area. Its …

BH Active Travel Consultation 1

Happy New Year, You might be aware I’ve been chairing the BH Active Travel Forum (previously Bournemouth Cycling Forum) for coming up …

Tern GSD00- My E-Cargo bike

I wrote this 4 years ago about an E Bike I trialled, we are surfing a wave of technology improvements that has …

Bikeability 2:4 Format

Post- course reflections from first of a new Format of Bikeability teaching I ran for St Lukes Primary Winton this May, a …

Big Pedal 2017

Spring again and Big Pedal time- this competition was started ten years ago by Andy Casson in 2007 as the ‘Tour- D-Afrique’ …

Anytown U.K-half term week Bikeability

Take a look at this road, anytown U.K. My half term week is about teaching road cycling to children and …

London Review of Cycle Route Building

Before escaping the consumer crush of Christmas and going to Lanzarote to play in the sun I made a visit to London …

State of Cycling in 2015

Weve reached another moment in the passage of time related to cycling in Bournemouth and the U.K, This time last year a …

Schools and Youth Track Cycling 2015

This is the last few weeks of my Track Cycling coaching at Bournemouth Velodrome for 2015. It’s been another cracking year of …

Electrolyte Bike- German Tech E bike 2015

Ive always been an early adopter on Bike tech. This week just gone was lucky enough to borrow a new machine with …

Mountain Bike Orienteering

Mountain Bike Orienteering, or MTBO has been around as long as foot O, in countries like Finland and Sweden where the roots …

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