h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A669080

All feedback gratefully accepted.

As well as linking to the h2g2 Peak district entry perhaps also put a link to the peak district tourism site (link to found on my personal web-site).

This is a nice entry, Sue, informative, helpful, and concisely comprehensive.

Just a couple of suggestions. It might be better to say that the 'the landscape' was an inspiration to ... Wordsworth. At the moment it reads as if the National Park was, which is a bit of an anachronism.

It might also be interesting to put in the population density of England and Wales compared with say the US, France, Germany and the Netherlands. This information is available online, but I cannot for the life of me remember where. (Note to self - remember to bookmark sites like that). On the other hand, that might be a distraction from the entry. Your call.

Well done.

Ben

Very helpful suggestions, thanks both of you.

HappyDude - I was in two minds about putting the link in to the main Paek District park website. I left it out assuming(!) that it would be linked from the guide entry, but, seeing as it isn't, I have managed to work both links in.

Ben - I've re-worded the Lake District/Wordsworth part, it does make more sense now. I also found a couple of sites with population density figures on, both of which were *completely* different, but the proportions were very similar, so I've worked a very basic bit of info into a footnote. Oh, and I shall take 'concisely comprehensive' as a huge compliment because it's not often that can be said of my vague ramblings.

Anymore? Wot no typos?

Bookmarking. I'll be back tomorrow when I've got time to read this through properly.
MC

PS There was a minor editing mix-up with my Peak District article which meant some of my later additions, including that link, got missed out of the official version. It's a good site though, deserves a link from somewhere.

Excellent entry! Informative and concise. Lots of good links, can't fault any of it. Superb!!

Finally got time to give this the attention it deserves. I think this is an excellent summary of the National Parks, content looks fine. The only thing I wondered about was whether you wanted to mention the Lake District has England's highest peak, Scafell Pike. Might not be very big in worldwide terms (around 980m I think) but it's England's biggest all the same and you did give Snowdon a mention for Wales.

Nitpicky typos, just because you asked:
You've a couple of "it's" that should be possessive "its". 3 of them in the paragraph beginning 'The Parks cover nearly 10%..." and one each in the Lake District and Dartmoor paragraphs.
Where you're talking about founding you say "such a" when you meant "such as".
I think you had westernmost as 2 words somewhere.

That's all. Good stuff.
MC

Thanks MC.

All the typos fixed - I think.

Good idea about Scafell Pike, I've included that.

Sue

You've still got that "such a County and District..." instead of "such as..."

MC (feeling really mean for pointing out such a minor typo)

Fixed!

Don't feel mean, I was fool enough to ask after all.

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But I hope s/he will show up here soon. For the time being, here's some from me (who didn't have picks enough to get down to number 4 on my list [which is sorted by age of the thread] )