Spot to Spot hits the shelves

With some joy and a lot of pride, this little book as made onto the shelves at the Wrexham Museum and the Wrexham Tourist Information Centre. Just to see it in between the larger books fills me with tearful emotions, even if I do not sell a copy, the fact that it is out there is somewhat overwhelming.

This is the dedication that I placed into the book to show my appreciation.

"With Thanks: It is with great thanks and appreciation that I would like to show towards the Wrexham Museum and The Wrexham Tourist Information Centre. This second edition of the novelty trip advisory book was made because these two important places in the town centre at Wrexham happily put this book on display. I will always be grateful for this and the opportunity to do so"

Thanks, Diolch.

Bellevue Park, Wrexham

I decided to add these pictures because I have spent many hours around this park, running and taking fun training sessions. This is a beautiful park that is sometimes overlooked in the town of Wrexham. This is mentioned in the first chapter.

Below is an extract from "Spot to Spot" which shows the smaller P.O.D going off on its first venture.

    "If we look to the East and back into town we can see the quite beautiful Edwardian Belle Vue Park (Belle Vue being French for the beautiful view) with its bowling greens, football field, tennis and basketball courts, fitness and play areas, wooded walks and even an old bandstand. It was established in 1906 and built to commemorate the jubilee year of the incorporation of the town; there is also a statue of Queen Victoria that stands close to the Pavilion. The I.D decides to send the P.O.D on a small test flight, sending the P.O.D to the park and flying around the 800m walking/jogging path. We go past the old bike shed type pavilion on the top of a bank, swooping down through some trees and around the football field, past the fitness beams and equipment up and passing the courts and children's play areas, then veering off course slightly to take in the wooded area with the bandstand and back up flying out of the gates and joining back with the I.D"

Blogging About Spot to Spot

When I first started to write this strange little travel book my intention was to fill it with photos and pictures of the various areas that we pass over, but when coming to the end of the book I decided against this, instead I thought why not go out and take my own pictures of some of these places and make an album or a follow up book just with the pictures from the journey. Of course, anyone can do this, I wonder if the pictures would be the same? It would be interesting to find out in the future if anyone has actually gone out and done this, I will try, but it is a long journey!

So I started this blog page just for this purpose, where people/ travellers alike can send in their own pictures of the drones journey, maybe a drone selfie at Ironbridge or even going up the Stannah Stairlift!

So go out there and follow the drone’s journey and snap away and take some beautiful memories along the way.

spot-to-spot paperback

The following extract is from the introduction to this quirky travel guide and as I tried to paint a picture of the mighty drone that was used.

"What makes the Imagination Drone (I.D) work?, It can be controlled from a single point or a control room, it as a GPS system and a point to point system that lets the controller map out a route of any kind. It weighs 420 grams and depending on conditions, it can reach a top speed of 8 meters per second, with dimensions of 1600mm in length a width of 240mm and standing height set at 150mm. Having a 1TB of onboard memory at its disposal and a backup with a 2GB memory card with a live video feed that is HD quality at 1280 x 720p (30 fps).  It can also snap high-quality JPG photo’s, you will not miss much of the action and with an onboard radar system, it can occasionally pinpoint those interesting places and views along its flight path"