Journeys are live

Walks, rides and roadtrips, told on a map — builtfrom the photos you already took.

13th July 2026

Words: Ben Seymour

Photos: Ben Seymour

Journeys are live

Some stories don't happen in one place. A coast-path walk, a bike ridethat turned into a whole afternoon, the roadtrip where the wrong turnbecame the best bit — the shape of the day is the story. And yourphotos already know that shape: they remember where you stood, and whenyou stood there. Journeys, our new story type, turns them into a storyyou can travel.

Scroll, and you travel — the route draws itself along themap as each photo takes its turn.

<div>Scroll, and you travel — the route draws itself along the</div><div>map as each photo takes its turn.</div>

<div>Scroll, and you travel — the route draws itself along the</div><div>map as each photo takes its turn.</div>

Tag the photos from the day, and Journeys assembles the rest: everyphoto becomes a stop on the map, right where it was taken, in the orderyou took them. Add a caption where a picture wants a few words. And ifa photo doesn't know where it was taken — a screenshot, a picturesomeone sent you — keep it anyway, and place it on the map by hand.

Straight lines between stops wouldn't be honest — you walked thefootpath, not through the hedgerows. So a journey can snap its route toreal paths (in the UK, the public footpath network), and it makes afair guess at how you travelled each leg — on foot, by bike, by car —from how far and how fast you moved between photos. Out on the water,paddling? Water legs stay as straight lines, on purpose. And if yourecorded the day on a watch or a phone app, drop in the GPX file andyour actual track becomes the route.
The numbers at the bottom of the map — distance, time, ascent — arereal ones, measured from the route and your photos. Nothing is invented.

Photo locations are precise — precise enough to include your home. Ajourney's map is covered by the same privacy as the story it belongsto, and the editor gives you a clear warning before you publishanything publicly. Where your story went is part of the story; who getsto see it stays your call.

You'll find it under Create → Journey. Start with a tag, and takesomeone along the path you walked.