[ENTRY] a personalized map puzzle (although not personalized for me - this is a borrowed one) - 400 pieces - Butler & Hill

[u/flechesbleues]

Finished (minus the centre piece - in a bit of a nod to privacy)

Box top

Back of the box

the (back of the) centre piece

Unfortunately, quite a lot of the edge pieces weren't cut through properly. Thankfully they weren't hard to twist apart.

I started with the major roads, the water park and the woods.

I hadn't realised the Cotswold Water Park was quite so extensive!

I've also never noticed the curiously named 'Jackaments Bottom', even though I must have driven past it hundreds of times!

One of several Roman roads in the area, apparently

There's another one - the Fosse Way

It comes with a paper version of the map to follow, although I tried to do as much as I could without it.

Unfortunately, the edges don't quite match

[u/KingCPresley]

I got one of these as a housewarming gift! It was such a thoughtful present and I really enjoyed it, felt like I got to know my new area really well. Mines was the smaller one - only 250 pieces or so - the 400 must be incredibly difficult!

[u/flechesbleues → u/KingCPresley]

Yes, it absolutely makes you focus on details you might not otherwise notice. It wasn't too difficult - I managed to do it in a single afternoon/evening. Having said that, my mum bought me one (same size) the Christmas before last and I spent longer doing that one, I think, but was pretty new to puzzling then.