Normal service will be resumed in 2012

I'm going to take a couple of weeks away for Christmas (although I probably won't be able to resist blogging if something important happens between now and the 1st of January 2012.) or adding some updates below

I'm going to be doing one or two things over Christmas as well as enjoying the festive cheer

• Writing a chunk of a GCSE book
• 'Completing' a major resource pack for the Ordnance Survey
• Planning out a Children's book I'm going to be writing later in the year
• Preparing for CPD events in the New Year
• Completing some Online Updates for Harper Collins
• Edits and proofreading for 2 books I'm editing that are published in early 2012
• Research and writing for a BBC project I'm involved in
• Finishing some writing for Richard Allaway's site, and planning another bit of IB content
• Adding new content to my Vital Geography Portal
• Preparing some thoughts for new Curriculum consultation
• Putting together some ideas for 2 chapters of Mission:Explore Food

On 1st of January I'll be back with various New Year thoughts...

Please join me on the 5th of January for my Teachshare on New Year New Geography


It'd be great to have your company at 7pm with your plans for the year ahead for New Year New Geography, and if you are tweeting your plans, please use the tag #nyng

Thanks to Rich Allaway for his early contribution to the tag.

Thanks to everyone who's employed me, worked with me and supported me during 2011, or visited this blog and contributed in some way.

HAVE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS, AND WISHING YOU A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR


Update 1
Met Office infographic on White Christmases...



Update 2
If you have some unwanted Christmas money, please help fund Mission:Explore Food.

Update 3
A great graphic on Christmas around the World from Spatial Analysis to round off a year of great maps.

Update 4
Good to see my Vital Geography Portal at 'number one' in the VITAL Christmas Newsletter's '12 Portals of Christmas' feature...