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• I've done the surveyor training twice yesterday and once today. Still asks me to do the surveyor training when I click the Survey button. Reported 02 May 2021
• After responding (reply) to a review here: https://beta.slowways.org/Route/Royswi/787#reviews after I hit submit, another completely unrelated review reply appeared (at least it makes no sense in context) - I refreshed the page and its still there, so its not a glitch in the matrix .. any ideas? Reported 03 May 2021
• - I cannot see any actual routes/maps ! - I can see everything else fine - and I know what it should look like as I have done the online session this week - but for routes/maps I am just getting just blank screens ..... help ..... Reported 30 Apr 2021
• Cannot do a place survey for Gillingham (Dorset). It appears this is because Gillingham in Dorset and Gillingham in Kent both have the place name Gillingham, and any reference to Gillingham links to the Kent one. This also means that any attempt to create a new route for the existing Slow Ways from the Dorset Gillingham (Gilmer, Gilsha, Margil, Stagil, Wingil) requires the Kent Gillingham as a start point. Gillingham is a Walkers are Welcome town, but we really can't promote Slow Ways in North Dorset until this is resolved. I suggested in the forum that they be renamed Gillingham (Dorset) and Gillingham (Kent). Could this be looked at quite urgently please? Thanks Reported 30 Apr 2021
• There is an error when trying to download the gpx file for Wood Green to Highbury and Islington.It says this XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it.Code NoSuchKey Reported 01 May 2021
• I cannot access any "pictures" so no maps or logos appearing, everything is in text format. I am using google chrome (I tried in MS Edge also). I also could not upload a new route, I followed the "how to" as best I could but with no visible option to add a new route. This maybe connected. Many thanks. Really excited to start helping and mapping the routes here. Reported 02 May 2021
• I noted this was reported. My route won't upload because the start and endpoints don't match but I put both into my OS Maps program and included them in the route?"When uploading a route the start and end points have to match the pre-existing choice of start and end already on the website. It shouldn't matter if a route goes from the existing "end" to the existing "start", i.e. is inverted. (e.g. Chippenham to Calne is the same as Calne to Chippenham - either direction should work.)" Reported 26 Apr 2021
• Website looking good but as others have said the paging needs a bit of refinement.How to link- enjoy responsibly link returns a blank page - verify link paragraph 3 ‘beshould’ needs a space, paragraph 4 ‘aa route’ needs a link?, ‘three people think’ looks odd- survey link paragraph 1 is missing an ‘and’- add link, how can you add is missing a full stop between transport and find, Scotland click here is not a linkGreat Britain and United Kingdom are used interchangeably - is this deliberate?About sectionNo mention of ‘in the news’ and ‘who’s making it happen’ sectionsInformation looks good and easy to read, but have you considered the look and feel of the pages and any accessibility requirements to make the site accessible to everyone? Reported 19 Apr 2021
• I can't find any way to suggest that the chosen meeting point is the wrong one. For example Biggin, Derbyshire is little more than a hamlet, from memory the only facility is one pub, but the next door village of Hartington is a local service area with a much better range of facilities and transport links. Reported 18 Apr 2021
• Get involvedReview link takes you to the ‘How to’ guides. Can’t see anywhere to tell me how I actually write a review and post it. Am I missing something?Promotional materialIf you want people to ask permission before making use of the material you’ll need to make the wording more obvious. Logos link is missingSlow ways shop partners link is missingDonate and fundraise - no button enabledTee mill shop - no linkPoster download link is missing Reported 19 Apr 2021
• Suggestion (the suggestion link in the e-mail does not seem to be working so I cannot leave a suggestion there). Some 'Places' in North Yorkshire have no bus or train stops, and no accommodation, but seem to have been chosen based solely on geographical location. There are, however, inns offering accommodation, Bed and Breakfast and holiday lets in places within a few miles of those suggested and there are also places with bus routes and train stations also within a few miles. It is unlikely anyone would want to walk to somewhere they cannot get out of or stay in, so I wonder if provision could be made for adding/removing 'Places' subject to agreement of others, in a similar manner to adding/removing routes. The exact way in which this could be done would need to be thought through. Reported 20 Apr 2021
• There is a route from Ashbourne to Cheadle and Ashbourne to Uttoxeter but neither are listed as a nearby route for Ashbourne. https://beta.slowways.uk/Place/ashbourne Reported 18 Apr 2021
• I live in the US and I have family in England. From the "Journey Planner" I clicked on the "allow to use my location" pop up which correctly centered the map on my location in the US. However, I had to manually scroll across the Atlantic to be able to look at view routes in the UK. It would be helpful if a user could manually select a starting point. Reported 06 May 2021
• Woohig1 has a bug when downloading the GPX file, I got this error: https://slowways.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/gpx/3235_Woohig_Wood%20Green_Highbury%20%26amp%3B%20Islington%20Station.gpx Reported 05 May 2021
• I added multiple photos to my review for Hamwoo1 but only one is showing. It says upload files plural so if only one image can be saved per review this should be made clear. Reported 05 May 2021
• When searching for Ingleton (NY) on the homepage only Ingleton (CD) was shown. When multiple locations with the same name exist could you be allowed to choose ? Reported 03 May 2021
• I have written an alternative route to WilSal 1 but it won't let me submit it. Reported 04 May 2021
• Spent ages writing a review of a route and then the site decided to time me out and deleted it. Also, uploaded 3 pictures and only the last one was shown. Reported 02 May 2021
• 11 routes are shown from Ilkley on the map, but only those that start at Ilkley are shown in the list. It's not clear how to find/access the other routes. Reported 02 May 2021
• Tried to upload five photos for CURFAI2 but the system only seemed to be able to upload one. How can I add the others? I have grid references for the photos which I have put on the comments tab. Is there a better way of doing this?Thanks Reported 02 May 2021
• Tried the 'Complete our surveyor training here.' link on my profile, get the message 'The survey does not exist or is not accessible.' Reported 30 Apr 2021
• After choosing where do you want to go? the next page is https://beta.slowways.uk/Place/xxxx.On clicking + [Zoom in] the whole screen scrolls up about 1 row. Consequently the +/- zoom buttons have moved up. It's too easy to click twice to zoom in and find one has zoomed in and then back out. Once the screen has scrolled up on the first click subsequent + or - does not cause it to move Reported 15 Apr 2021
• Hello - I've just completed the Surveyor Training including the questionnaire at the end and the tick box - but this has not registered in my Profile which still offers me a link to do another surveyor training?! Reported 30 Apr 2021
• I have reviewed a route - CanHer - Canterbury to Herne Bay. I up loaded some images but only one image is shown. I have mentioned residential, developments, woodlands and farmland in my review and thought I should illustrate how varied this walk was. Reported 01 May 2021
• Am finding a real problem just signing in! On my iPad it goes straight in - but I cannot access my profile ( well I can but it doesn’t tell me password obviously as I’m already logged in...but then when trying to reset password - or find some way of you letting me reset a password - it asks me for my Password ....rrrgh)!! I need to check my password to upload a route to my iPhone. - I see that I have downloaded a local route - but when I open it it is obviously got to be loaded into Mapmywalk...but I cant do it!!I have spent ages going round and round in circles - I could have designed a walk in the time Ive spent here. This is such a shame as I was really looking forwards to trying out a route! Help to access or reset password then?? Reported 26 Apr 2021
• I can’t work out how to view a route. If I click download nothing seems to happen. Trying to access on my iPhone so likewise if I try to print it says not compatible with screen size. Will try using laptop but ideally I need to be able to access the route from phone to follow when out walking. Shame to hit a dead end so soon. Reported 30 Apr 2021
• I'm seeing what looks like one big route : Marden—Headcorn all over the place, almost 200km on the journey planner, looks like a test route could be live? Tried on different browsers, logged in and out. Also www.slowways.org is still diverting to beta.slowways.org - is this correct? Reported 29 Apr 2021
• Tried clicking the quick survey of Aylesbury link on the page https://beta.slowways.org/Settlement/Aylesbury- received the message 'The survey does not exist or is not accessible.' Reported 30 Apr 2021
• Hi,I wrote a review for a route, and saved it, but it does not display.I wrote is again, same thing.Are reviews working?ThanksRobert Reported 28 Apr 2021
• When signing up the form requires a username, email address and password. When I logged in I used username and password but then it asked me to use my email address to login. Note that I use a password manager so whilst the form may have said "email", auto-complete fills it in anyway.I would avoid "username" as it's generally regarded as the other part of logging in. If the username is meant as a way of identifying you to other users, probably better to make this a "Nickname" or "Name" which can then be updated in a profile section.Lastly, passwords will become a thing of the past. Even banking now (Monzo) does not have a password. I would recommend adding to your backlog to drop passwords and use email authentication. Reported 24 Apr 2021
• Seems to be no obvious way to add a new route unless it's a modification of an existing one. Can't find any FAQ or help to advice if new routes can be added Reported 24 Apr 2021
• It seems that line breaks can't be used when leaving reviews, which may make these difficult to read. Reported 25 Apr 2021
• Route Strkin OneI was checking a route that I originally plotted. The route on the website has an excess of waypoints and they are not accurately placed - It looks like the route was simplified (some turns and wiggles removed) and then run through another system that added a load of intervening points. In its current form it cannot be followed.I have downloaded the route, uploaded into OS then corrected. The web page won't let me upload that new route - error message says start and finish too far from grid ref. But I haven't changed the start and end points - on the OS they match the ones quoted.Please let me know if there is something else I can do. Reported 25 Apr 2021
• The reset e-mail for a forgotten password is not arriving Reported 24 Apr 2021
• I logged in to try out the beta version of the Slow Ways website ahead of its launch, as invited to participate in todays e-mail.I didnt have an app installed and so I clicked somewhere where Notepad was an option for selecting to download the details of a walk I am interested to try out. Notepad just produces a long list of coded text and now that seems to be set as the default whenever I try to download the details of any walk. I have now installed MapMyWalk but cannot seem to find a way to un-default NotePad. Can you help and then I will try to go further into testing out the website.Thanks Reported 15 Apr 2021
• Training page asks for the form to be read but only part can because it has required fields. I suggest append "?readonly" to the URL and make appropriated changes to the javascript. Reported 18 Apr 2021
• Bigash all routes. The ascent and descent look plausible (the difference of 176m agrees with end point altitude difference) but they are back to front. Ashbourne is at 120m and Biggin at 300m so the descent should be 180m larger than the ascent. Wirmat one has it the right way round. Reported 18 Apr 2021
• At the Where Will You Go? search-If I search for Worcester, it is all fine - correct results.If I search for Malvern, then I get results for Salisbury. Reported 16 Apr 2021
• Selecting OS maps does not show OS maps at all but a grey and white basemap with little detail. Other map types work as expected (ie Openstreetmap and topography) Reported 16 Apr 2021
• https://beta.slowways.uk/registerLinks to creative commons and terms open in same page rather than a new page or new tab so user could lose info entered before they follow link - can use back to return but password field loses any data entered Reported 15 Apr 2021
• On Beta. Home page "Where will you go?" Selecting 'Newcastle' returns Port Erin (Isle of man) (Incorrect); selecting 'Newcastle upon Tyne' returns Newcastle, Tyne & Wear (correct); selecting postcode NE3 returns Gosforth, Longbenton, Brunton Bridge (all correct)I should have thought 'Newcastle' alone would ask which Newcastle? Gwent, Staffordshire or Shropshire, Tyne & Wear, or even pick up location from browser. Reported 15 Apr 2021
• Went into 'Edit your profile' but unable to change my forum profile from 'No' to 'Yes' to receive a Newsletter or change my units from km to miles.I made the changes and saved but the profile still shows 'No' and 'Km' respectively. Reported 29 Apr 2021
• I downloaded Wespar One gpx file into my OS Maps, and the route appears as 'generic name - Route 1' and has no mention of West Chiltington or Partridge Green. I wasn't sure if this was intentional, or an error. So I've downloaded a couple more, and found that they appear with expected file names. Could somebody check the Wespar One gpx file and rename it at source, please? Thanks. All good apart from that. Stephen Reported 01 May 2021
• dddd Reported 29 Apr 2021
• I had a problem uploading a route using a ViewRanger gpx file. I was able to get round the problem by importing to the Ordnance survey, then exporting again, then uploading to slow ways. Reported 29 Apr 2021
• Hopefully one notification now. Reported 30 Apr 2021
• I tried to complete a survey (Aldwit One) and uploaded 22 photos with detailed comments in each photo box. However, I can’t see the photos on the website. Also, I had prepared answers to all the questions about % of route on roads etc, about the terrain, facilities, etc and none of these came up. As soon as I had answered the accessibility questions and uploaded the photos, the survey was submitted and that was it. I can’t see how I’d go back in to edit my survey. I also didn’t get an email confirming that I’d submitted a survey. Reported 29 Apr 2021
• sss Reported 29 Apr 2021
• testing as a sender Reported 27 Apr 2021
• Unable to report problems on specific routes intermittently- seems to particularly be a problem for those marked as zero, where it says there is no route yet available for this (even though there are then several others).This website will be a great resource by the way! Reported 25 Apr 2021
• i signed up for Slow Ways in 2020 and have been receiving updates to the above email address.Today i tried to login to the site and having forgotten my password tried a password reset. The system did not recognise my email address and so I have created a new account. I can not now access my account (error 500?) Reported 25 Apr 2021
• Hi - I wrote a review and wanted to add some photos. It seems that I can only add one - if I upload another it appears to replace the first one. Thanks for looking into this. Reported 26 Apr 2021
• When I signed up I couldn't enter my correct surname as your website does not allow apostrophes. It would be good if you could change your settings to allow Irish surnames. It doesn't feel very welcoming being told your name is invalid or incorrect. Reported 24 Apr 2021
• When uploading a route the start and end points have to match the pre-existing choice of start and end already on the website. It shouldn't matter if a route goes from the existing "end" to the existing "start", i.e. is inverted. (e.g. Chippenham to Calne is the same as Calne to Chippenham - either direction should work.) Reported 24 Apr 2021
• testing integration Reported 24 Apr 2021
• '"Survey does not excise or is not accessible" for facility update for Great Dunmow. :) Reported 25 Apr 2021
• I'm unable to update my profile .... I get an Error 500 message! Reported 23 Apr 2021
• Once logged in the ‘home’ button brings up an error- Safari cannot open the page because the address is invalid.Which prevents me from going back to the page where I was going to complete the survey for local facilities for one end of a walk Reported 25 Apr 2021
• Trying to upload an alternative route .gpx file from https://beta.slowways.org/SlowWay/Stoshe/Suggest produces Error 500 - Sorry, something has gone wrong. I could email you the gpx file if it helps Reported 24 Apr 2021
• Menu > Home leads to about.blank#blocked on Chrome on Android 9. Reported 24 Apr 2021
• The Journeyplanner does not allow for more than one route to be added to a waylist. Reported 24 Apr 2021
• When attempting to upload an off-road alternative to the Chical 001 route from Chippenham to Calne, the quoted GPS locations for the start and end are inverted (Chippenham is listed with Calne's GPS location, and vice versa). The grid refs and w3w locations are correct, it's just the GPS coordinates. Reported 24 Apr 2021
• Just arranged to walk a route and do a survey, so am looking at the survey form.Under access there is a question "free of single steps or drop kerbs". If there is a drop kerb, there is no issue. Surely should be just "free of steps".Under gradients, the units are cm and should be % according to you training guide. Also, not entirely clear what walking east and walking west means. Our route is north east-south west (CROBRA) . I suggest that you need the direction of the walk on the form. Then you just need steepest uphill and steepest downhill. If someone does the reverse they can swop the uphill/downhill. You have "Flight of steps" twice. Reported 24 Apr 2021
• On the Home Page, 'Our hashtag us #SlowWays'. Should this be, 'Our hashtag is...' or 'Or hashtag us...'?In the section 'How to add a new Slow Ways route' under heading 'How can you add a route?' paragraph 2 "You cannot actually pot a route using the Slow Ways website". Amend to "plot". Reported 22 Apr 2021
• Logging a report threw up an error page - I’ve taken a screen shot and can send via other means if you need it. Reported 19 Apr 2021
• This is a test ticket to see if it can be replied to. Reported 21 Apr 2021
• https://beta.slowways.uk/Page/get-involvedvarious links to route, review, survey, verify etc all point to the top of the howto page rather than taking user to the actual place mark on the page (as is done with the links actually on the howto page) Reported 15 Apr 2021
• Attempting to upload a route. Complained that more than 15m from start and end points. However it is very difficult to achieve that accuracy when working from a map. End points must be well defined. For example in Ashbourne it should be either the bus station or the centre of the pedestrian bridge from Compton over the Henmore Brook and not a vague point in the Sainsbury's Supermarket pedestrian access! Reported 18 Apr 2021
• As stated by others the new suggested route I tried to upload was rejected because the start and end points were more than 15 m from the designated start even though I used the maximum magnification on the maps to ensure they were exactly the same. The start and end points would seem to be too strict and I think they should be relaxed a little to avoid this problem. Reported 19 Apr 2021
• I’ve reported a few bugs but wanted to say that this looks good, there’s lots of great information available and I’m excited about getting out there and starting to walk and report/review some of the routes local to me. It’s a great initiative and I look forward to seeing it develop over time. Well done to all involved. Reported 19 Apr 2021
• Forgotten password link throws an error page. I have a screenshot if you need me to send it to you. Reported 19 Apr 2021
• It would be good to have a facility for hints and tips for the route. For example Hollow Lane, Mayfield. "When very muddy there is dry route along the north bank above the trackway." I will be proposing that as part of an alternative route Ashbourne to Cheadle. Reported 18 Apr 2021
• No way to suggest a small improvement to a route. Reported 18 Apr 2021
• How to pagesMissing several screen grabs and lots of missing links Reported 19 Apr 2021
• 'About' page appears to show the Slowways network map twice Reported 15 Apr 2021
• Uploading suggested route. Got an error Undefined array key "photo_path". I hadn't provided a photograph. It was also complaining about end points not accurate enough but I will create another bug for that. I will save the backtrace - email if you want it. Reported 18 Apr 2021
• https://beta.slowways.uk/Page/how-to/top link to "how to enjoy routes responsibly" is broken = www.test.co.ukThese two links are to the same page In England & Wales please follow the Countryside Code (full online version here) [update 29/3 tbc]. Reported 15 Apr 2021
• Test Reported 15 Apr 2021
• This is just a test of the 'bugs' page on the web site. No need to respond! Reported 14 Apr 2021
• "Slow Ways Route Name - The first 3 letters of each place"but Baldwin's Gate—StoneBaldsto one . . . should be Balsto Reported 15 Apr 2021
• View routes from WideopenShows Widgos zero Wideopen to Gosworth - should be GosforthConsequently Gosforth to Wideopen does not exist!then click on 'See all routes from Gosworth' (https://beta.slowways.uk/Settlement/Gosworth) gives error 404 Reported 15 Apr 2021
• Just a test. Reported 30 Mar 2021
• Hello,Just following up on the Widgos route. Gosforth has now been corrected to Gosforth.You're right that there isn't currently a Widgos route. If you'd like to contribute a route please do upload one?Best wishes,Cristie Reported 29 Apr 2021

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