Stories & field notes

There is more to a place, a song or a road trip than a point on a map. This is where I can share photographs, visits and personal observations alongside the Scout applications.

🏖 BeachScout · beaches up close

Local visits can add the detail that a map cannot: how to approach a beach, what the shore looks like, and what I observed on the day. Access rules and facilities can change, so each future report will state when it was visited.

Published field note · San Cataldo, Lecce

Beaches around San Cataldo, Lecce

BeachScout currently groups this stretch as one beach. On the ground it includes Lido Mancarella, Lido Verde, Lido Polizia, Lido Azzurro and an open, free beach to the east. Read the July photograph and first-hand observations; more photographs and parking notes will follow.

Read the San Cataldo field note →

Existing guide

Naturist beaches in France

A guide to the places shown in BeachScout and to the difference between official and customary labels.

Read the France guide →

Open BeachScout · BeachScout on Google Play

🎵 MusicScout · music and the people behind it

Artist histories, personal selections and the stories that give listening a little more context. The current MusicScout has artist features and listening links.

Read and listen in MusicScout →

Future standalone stories can be linked here as they are written.

⚡ EVchargeScout · journeys on the road

Route observations, photographs of real stops and what the charging information was like on the ground will appear here when available. A route plan is an estimate; check current charger availability with its operator before travelling.

Plan a journey with EVchargeScout →