I am not sure how much I have communicated on this matter (I have certainly written a lot on the manxathletics.com site) but the site where I have been hosting most of my photos for the last 8 or 9 years, fotopic.net, went down earlier in the year.
I've not had the time or the energy to remove all the links on the photos page of the Parishwalk.com site.
I subscribed for a premium service at zenfolio.com back in January and started uploading most of my photo collection.
I planned to launch the site on 1 April partly as a nice round target date and partly as a decoy to my planned April fool.
I have now uploaded 58,000 photos including the Parish Walk and many other athletics photos and my other interest, Manx views. I still have several thousand left and some design work for the website. Whilst uploading them I have found that I wasn't as organised as I thought I was and had lots of work to do in this area too.
I've put back the launch twice to 1 May and then today but I'm still not ready. I will be before the Parish Walk.
There are several reasons for the new site.
Firstly I had to find a replacement for fotopic.
Secondly I think I can organise them better with a new site.
Thirdly the new site will have a shopping facility. I have never charged for my photos. It is my hobby and an extension of what I try to do with my websites by allowing people to enjoy the sport. But I do spend time emailing copies to people and answering questions about them. With the new facility you can still view them as much as you like without paying for them (and there will be full size copies) but you will have to pay to download a file without a watermark. You can also buy photos of all shapes and sizes or buy personalised gifts through photobox.co.uk
The charges will be modest and I will pay the subscription costs and all costs associated with running the site. The markup between the prices paid to Photobox and Zenfolio will be donated to charity.
Wednesday, 1 June 2011
Keep tuned
I make no apology for spending less time on this blog in recent weeks but I am going to turn back to the Parish Walk coverage in the next few days.
A fair amount of my spare time has actually been used planning things for the Parishwalk.com website to ensure that I can maximise coverage on the big day.
A fair amount of my spare time has actually been used planning things for the Parishwalk.com website to ensure that I can maximise coverage on the big day.
Programme online
I've just published the 2011 Scottish Widows Parish Walk programme:
http://www.parishwalk.com/2011/PW11prog.pdf
Thanks to Bridson & Horrox (the printers) for sending the file to me this morning.
http://www.parishwalk.com/2011/PW11prog.pdf
Thanks to Bridson & Horrox (the printers) for sending the file to me this morning.
Tuesday, 17 May 2011
Split three ways
I was burning the midnight oil last night (and have just finished) my annual project to split the entries between previous finishers, other returning walkers and first timers.
http://www.manxathletics.com/
http://www.manxathletics.com/
Monday, 16 May 2011
Entries for the 2012 Scottish Widows Parish Walk
It seems strange not to be checking the latest entries after five and a half months of that daily procedure.
Had a laugh already today when I heard that someone had missed the deadline because they didn't know it was approaching.
There were 165 days or nearly 4,000 hours to complete a fairly simple task.
Only 200 days until the 2012 entries open at midnight on 1 December 2011. Put that date in your diary/phone/calender/Outlook/wallchart or whatever system you use for reminders.
The dates have been published this year (on a regular basis) by Manx Radio, 3FM, BBC, Energy FM, the Courier, the Examiner, the Manx Independent, Manx Tails (and more) as well as there being a countdown clock on the website and the dates repeated in many places. The sponsors and organisers have used both editorial and adverts to promote the best ever advertised event on the history of Manx sport. The TT may still be the biggest event but the dates are not advertised like they are for the Parish Walk.
Had a laugh already today when I heard that someone had missed the deadline because they didn't know it was approaching.
There were 165 days or nearly 4,000 hours to complete a fairly simple task.
Only 200 days until the 2012 entries open at midnight on 1 December 2011. Put that date in your diary/phone/calender/Outlook/wallchart or whatever system you use for reminders.
The dates have been published this year (on a regular basis) by Manx Radio, 3FM, BBC, Energy FM, the Courier, the Examiner, the Manx Independent, Manx Tails (and more) as well as there being a countdown clock on the website and the dates repeated in many places. The sponsors and organisers have used both editorial and adverts to promote the best ever advertised event on the history of Manx sport. The TT may still be the biggest event but the dates are not advertised like they are for the Parish Walk.
The record number of finishers is 183 in 2009
The number each year is:
| 1974 | 3 |
| 1975 | 5 |
| 1976 | 4 |
| 1977 | 1 |
| 1978 | 8 |
| 1979 | 5 |
| 1980 | 7 |
| 1981 | 9 |
| 1982 | 8 |
| 1983 | 10 |
| 1984 | 7 |
| 1985 | 15 |
| 1986 | 14 |
| 1987 | 13 |
| 1988 | 6 |
| 1989 | 12 |
| 1990 | 6 |
| 1991 | 9 |
| 1992 | 16 |
| 1993 | 12 |
| 1994 | 12 |
| 1995 | 11 |
| 1996 | 19 |
| 1997 | 24 |
| 1998 | 35 |
| 1999 | 21 |
| 2000 | 36 |
| 2001 | 44 |
| 2002 | 63 |
| 2003 | 64 |
| 2004 | 100 |
| 2005 | 98 |
| 2006 | 163 |
| 2007 | 153 |
| 2008 | 121 |
| 2009 | 187 |
| 2010 | 133 |
Double takes
There are two people which each of thee following names entered:
These are the ones that I am most likely to get confused about.
| Brian Kneale |
| Chris Callow |
| Colin Moore |
| David Smith |
| Gareth Jones |
| Ida Cihlarova |
These are the ones that I am most likely to get confused about.
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