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I went down to Tomatin to meet Steve Smirthwaite, a mapmaker based in Nairn who has been producing maps designed for mountain bikers of areas including Strathspey, Moray, Deeside and the Cairngorms.
We headed out on the bikes for a short ride to the bucket bridge over the River Findhorn – where we spent some time chatting about bikes, maps and all things outdoors.
Listen to our conversation in this latest episode of the Active Outdoors podcast, and read the feature on the link below:
Making tracks across Moray, Nairn and Dava for others to follow
You can find out more about Steve’s maps at https://www.trailmaps.biz/ and follow his Facebook pages at https://www.facebook.com/TrailmapsScotland/ and https://www.facebook.com/CairngormsCarousel
11 years ago he and I starting chatting about his maps wheel he was flying around the world in his day job and I was working in Arizona. Long story short, he sent me a beta of his Cairngorms Carousel maps.
Two friends and I started the route in Pitlochry and met Steve in a pub later that day in Kingussie to say hi in person and talk a bit about the rest of the route. After we finished I sent Steve my gps tracks from our journey. Now that I live in Europe I’m keen to take another lap. Thanks Steve!