Uploading Instructions

First you'll need a google account (from gmail, picasa web albums, google checkout etc). Click on 'view larger map' in the bottom left hand corner which will open up the full UK google map on wild swimming. 

Click a placemark to view some of the wild swim entries - a box pops up with a description and sometimes a photo. You can zoom in and move around using the tools.

To ADD a new place, first click 'Edit', on the left of the screen, near the map description. Zoom in to find the exact location of the river or lake or wild swim you want  to add. When found, right-click and chose 'Add a placemark' frmo the drop-down menu that appears by your cursor. 

Make sure to include a description and directions too, plus info on parking. Tell us a story about your time there and how you found it.

To add a PHOTO (please!) choose 'Rich Text' (rather than 'Plain text' or 'Edit Html') from the options at the top of the box. Then click on the image button on the far right of the box. When asked, paste in the web link address to the wild swimming image. The image must be online somewhere already. So perhaps you can find one on a blog or website or on Flickr.com, Picasa web albums or Geograph.org.uk. Do a Goggle image search or link to your own blog / album / website. You can find the link location (url address) of images on the web by right clicking on them and chosing Properties (in MS Internet Explore)  or copy image location (in Firefox).

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