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Welcome to Zafarnia, yet another of my fantasy cities. I hereby present the city's Metro Map, which is a brand-new map dedicated to the UK softball and baseball community. #ProjectFarnhamCity is now proudly completed.
I have mentioned this many times, but the softball community in the UK is pretty amazing. From my London softball club, the Raiders, who were my introduction to this incredible sport and social circle; over the years I’ve been able to play for many different teams and clubs, playing against opponents all across the country and even abroad - as well as players from the US Air Force bases in the UK. Through my years in the sport, I've been able to meet a great number of people, some of who are my dearest friends.
I've played this fantastic sport for nearly a decade now, however it is only really in the past few years where I’ve fully immersed myself in the community. With all the people I’ve met, why not commemorate this with a brand new map (especially as St. Jacques has become overcrowded).
Like the St. Jacques Map, stations are named after people. This version of the map has stations for 683 softballers.
I cannot discount the influence the baseball community has had in my life over the past decade (and both communities are quite intertwined), hence there’s room for them too, along the city's tram network. 206 baseballers have their place on this map, from the days of the Imperial Falcons in 2012 to my sporadic appearances at Farnham Park for Fall Ball - sadly as softball has taken over, I no longer possess the time to commit to a baseball team any more.
In total, since 2012, I've met 889 people through baseball and softball - the number is likely more as there are faces I know without names. This is an insane amount and I feel privileged to have met so many people.
683 softballers, 202 Raiders, 90 teams represented… Zafarnia is now the new cartographical home of softballers and baseballers.
2024 was quite the season, where I played for many new teams and made it into NSL 2. Version 2 introduces 187 new softballers onto the map, and a small number of baseballers. I have finetuned the map in places, and have made the decision to change the font to Helvetica as it makes the overall map look more professional.
Like with St. Jacques, I have now included an index of stations (in the PDF version of the map), as well as an index of teams, as stations are often grouped by team. This will make it easier to find your station.
Now I've been able to get to grips with Affinity Publisher, making indexes for my maps has proven to be simpler than affected. I achieved some incredible timing, where I managed to bag the entire Affinity V2 suite for £30. I'm one step closer to making fold up maps which I can sell to those who are interested, I have heard some interest so watch this space.
It's not just the map which has seen a lot of progress, I have done some extensive work on my website, including both the St. Jacques and Zafarnia sections. Things are slowly looking more professional. Much of the information which was previously shown on this page has been moved to separate pages, so please visit the toolbar above to navigate through the different sections.
Any comments are appreciated, feel free to message me on Instagram or Facebook. Thanks once again for taking the time to view my map, it means a lot to me to create these maps, this has always been a very spiritual activity for me.
