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I'm Matt Sharp, years old, and this site is a running map of where I've been. Most trips involve my golden retriever Murphy, who has strong opinions about every lake, sea and puddle we pass.
So far the map leans heavily on England and Wales - the Lakes, Snowdonia and the Peak District - but the pins market "planned" are next on the list, starting further afield.
Every pin on the globe zooms into a little scene matched to that kind of place - mountains, coastline, forest, city - before landing on the full write-up. It's built so a brand-new pin, anywhere in the world, gets a fitting transition without needing a real photo shoot first.
Have a community account? See the for how your data is used.
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Back to the globeThis explains what personal data mattsharp.uk collects, why, and what control you have over it. It covers community accounts, hike RSVPs, and waitlist signups on this site.
This site is run by Matt Sharp as a personal, non-commercial project. Matt is both the data controller (deciding why and how your data is used) and the data processor (actually storing and handling it) for everything submitted through mattsharp.uk. No other organisation, advertiser, or third party is involved in processing your data.
Your data is used purely to run the social and hiking features of this site: creating and managing your account, letting you RSVP or join a waitlist for a hike, letting you host your own hikes, and letting Matt reply to you about a hike you've shown interest in. It is never sold, and never used anywhere off this site.
We process your data on the basis of your consent (given when you register, RSVP, or join a waitlist), and, where relevant, to take steps you've asked for before organising a hike with you.
Nobody. Your data stays in mattsharp.uk's own database and is only ever seen by Matt as the site administrator. The one exception is sending you account and hike-related emails through a standard email delivery service, which exists purely to run the service and isn't used for anything else.
Account data is kept for as long as your account exists. RSVP and waitlist submissions are kept for as long as needed to organise the hike they relate to. You're in control of removing your account data at any time -- see "Your rights" below.
You have the right to access, correct, or delete your personal data at any time.
The quickest way is to do it yourself: go to your Profile page and use "Delete my account" in the Danger zone. This permanently removes your profile and any hikes you've hosted, and logs you out immediately -- no need to ask anyone.
You can also update most of your details from the same Profile page, or contact contact@mattsharp.uk for anything the site doesn't let you change yourself (like your name or email address), or if you'd like a copy of the data held about you.
This site uses a single session cookie to keep you logged in. It contains no tracking or advertising data and isn't shared with anyone. There is no analytics or advertising tracking on this site.
Passwords are never stored in plain text. Reasonable technical measures are in place to protect your data, though no online service can guarantee perfect security.
If this policy changes, the update will be posted on this page.
Questions about your data or this policy? Email contact@mattsharp.uk.
Back to the globeInterested in travelling together? Amazing! Join one of the group hikes that I'm hosting below, or arrange something your own for others to join. Every hike that I host Murphy comes. This means all medium to large dog breeds should be able to do the hikes!
Group hikes are always free to join. On the rare occasion one has a cost attached (e.g. a hostel room or restaurant deposit), it's split between everyone at zero profit - just enough to cover what's actually owed, never more đ
See our for how your data is used and stored.
Deleting your account is permanent and cannot be undone — it removes your profile, logs you out, and deletes any hikes you've hosted.
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