More Somersham - a bit bigger than expected ... but pretty much done!
Posted by Mark Williamson on 16 November 2008 in English.I went back to do surveying in and around Somersham again today. My visits to this village / town have been a recurring theme where every time I go there I find the place is bigger than I expected and I can't quite finish. Well, today I think I finally conquered the place. I've done basically all the streets in the town, except for a couple of private roads that I wasn't sure whether I should go down.
I've also surveyed all (I think) of the post boxes in the village, many of the bus stops, a number of drove roads to the north, some shops, the pubs, the church (including the churchyard paths), noted down some nearby farms and businesses, etc... Before returning home to Cambridge I also made a start on the footpaths through fields around the settlement.
I think it's fair to call the place basically complete, although there are still some rural and residential footways linking up various roads to do, plus the couple of private roads to find a solution to and one or two other data quality considerations. Still, I'm pretty pleased with the data now and it feels good to have done an entire town!
I'd also like to give thanks to my friend Chris for keeping me company on one of my expeditions here, providing moral support whilst putting up with my incessant camera snapping and GPS poking.
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