Steve Chilton

Its World Book Day. Just sayin. #WorldBookDay2026

Really enjoyed being on the excellent Studmarks podcast (on Bob Graham Round with Scoffer and Mark Roberts). Link to podcast: shows.acast.com/studmarks/epis… For a bit more info about it, check my blog post (also with link to it): itsahill.wordpress.com/2026/02/26/bei… #bobgrahamround

Signed copies of all my books are available directly from me: itsahill.wordpress.com/2026/02/22/my-…

Great podcast with Will Barton. He talks about his year, shoes, his varied racing and his study of training of some fell greats (Billy, Kenny, JohnW) - some of which he has encompassed. I have written a lot on this topic and chatted it with him a while ago shows.acast.com/studmarks/epis…

Just read James Cheshire's brilliant book 'The Library of Lost Maps'. He puts case well for not disbanding the UCL Map Library collection. Highly recommended read. What he doesn't say is whether there is a plan/chance of the map library remaining in place. Any insights? @bcsmaps

@kennethfield Link to map from the webpage not working. Please check, so we can view detail

Day 20 of #365DaysOfMaps. January 20th is Penguin Awareness Day. I don't think they mean the chocolate bar variety. Penguins of Antarctica 20/365 mapdesign.icaci.org/2026/01/happy-…

@kennethfield Am loving these 'dailies'. A bold venture. And in particular that you include the full prompts in your blog notes. Are they all just prompt-generated, or is there any post-production or 'design/edits'?

Day 8 of #365DaysOfMaps. January 8th is National Bubble Bath Day and after a week of AI prompt derived web maps we experiment with a static map. Bathtime! 8/365 mapdesign.icaci.org/2026/01/happy-…

Time to review the blog year for '25. I did fewer blog posts, as the blog seems to be becoming less used by me (and less viewed by others: 20% less views). Referrals came mostly from Search Engines and Facebook, with Twitter/X being virtually moribund now. itsahill.wordpress.com/2026/01/08/my-…

Using the excellent Every Door app to add addresses to @openstreetmap data in Bishops Waltham

Nov 2024 (!) issue of the Cartographic Journal just arrived. A strong plus is the excellent quality of the papers in this 'special issue' on Ethics in Cartography. Downside though: no reviews (again). Footnote: books by Cheshire, Brotton and the Map Men have all come out recently

A list - the six best books I read in 2025: itsahill.wordpress.com/2026/01/04/lis… #goodreadsyearinbooks

In the January 2026 BBC Countryfile magazine there is an article on fell running, by Sam Pyrah, to which I contributed a couple of very short pieces. itsahill.wordpress.com/2026/01/02/bbc…

@AJRunningCoach We all differ. But time gaps from me are slower by 1-35, 3-42, 1-46 and 12-43 respectively. I was relatively better the longer it went, so ran 2-34-53 mara. That suggests you might run mara way better, but then you just might be better shorter!

@steev8 That is a different opinion. I like it. What is your thinking behind this being my weakest PB

Which of these do you think is my weakest PB? 5km – 17:43 10km – 37:00 HM – 1:16:38 Marathon – 2:47:36 Every runner has a distance that doesn’t quite match the rest —and that’s usually where the biggest gains are hiding What would you target first? AJ AJRunningCoach.com

Stretching before the @ItchenSpitfires session at the Southampton Theatre of Doom last night

A longish read. Blog post of a chat I had with Gavin Bland - mostly about his experience of winning Langdale Horseshoe 4 times (once aged 18), but also some other memories. Am researching a piece for Fellrunner mag. itsahill.wordpress.com/2025/12/05/a-c…

Snowdon range from a beach on Anglesey yesterday

Really looking forward to sharing some stories from my book 'Voices from the hills' after the Hathersage Night Race on Wednesday (19th) at Outside Sports.

Bob Graham Round podcast (and BGR book info) itsahill.wordpress.com/2025/11/14/bob…