diff --git a/core/views/uploads.py b/core/views/uploads.py
index 6b6b007..cdc633b 100644
--- a/core/views/uploads.py
+++ b/core/views/uploads.py
@@ -52,6 +52,29 @@ class TextForm(forms.Form):  # not a model-form, just a form-form
 class ExpofileRenameForm(forms.Form):  # not a model-form, just a form-form
     renameto = forms.CharField(strip=True, required=False)
     
+class LogbookEditForm(forms.Form):  # not a model-form, just a form-form
+    author = forms.CharField(strip=True, required=False)
+    
+@login_required_if_public
+def logbookedit(request, year=None):
+    """Type in a logbook entry.
+    No editing yet, name is implying a future enhancement
+    """
+    author = "Zonker"
+    if not year:
+        year = 2023
+    form = LogbookEditForm()
+    return render(
+        request,
+        "logbookform.html",
+        {
+            "form": form,
+            "year": year,
+            "author": author,
+        },
+    )
+
+    
 @login_required_if_public
 def expofilerename(request, filepath):
     """Rename any single file in /expofiles/ - eventually.
diff --git a/templates/logbookform.html b/templates/logbookform.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc338b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/logbookform.html
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+{% extends "base.html" %}
+
+{% block title %}New Logbook Entry  form{% endblock %}
+
+{% block content %}
+
+<h2>New Logbook Entry in {{year}}</h2>
+
+    {% if save_bad %}
+    <p style="font-family: monospace; font-weight: bold; color: red; font-size: 130%; text-align: center">
+
+    Cannot save to '{{save_bad}}' as a file of that name already exists here.
+    </p>
+    {% endif %}
+    <style>
+    input, textarea {font-family: monospace; font-weight: bold; text-align:center; font-size: 100%; padding: 0.5em;  }
+    textarea {text-align:left }
+    </style>  
+    <div style = "max-width:100%; margin-left:15%; font-family: monospace; font-weight: bold; font-size: 150%; text-align: right; " >
+    
+    <form method ='post' >
+       {% csrf_token %}              
+    <br />                 
+       
+          <label for="date">Date of the activity</label>
+           <input {% if not user.username %} disabled{% endif %} 
+           label = "Date" name = "date" size="12"
+           title="Date of the activity, a single day,  in ISO format: 2020-08-17"
+           placeholder="{% if date %}{{date}}{% else %}2023-08-01{% endif %}" " required /> 
+    <br /><br />       
+           <label for="author">Your name (author) <a href="/aliases/{{year}}">[valid authors]</a></label>
+           <input {% if not user.username %} disabled{% endif %} 
+           label = "author" name = "author" size="20"
+           title="The person writing the logbook entry"
+           placeholder="{{author}}"  required /> 
+    <br /><br />        
+           <label for="others">Other names (comma separated) <a href="/aliases/{{year}}">[valid aliases]</a></label>
+           <input {% if not user.username %} disabled{% endif %} 
+           label = "others" name = "others" size="20"
+           title="Everyone else involved"
+           placeholder="Phil T, Chas, Planc"  /> 
+    <br /><br />         
+           <label for="place">Place: cave name, or 'plateau', 'topcamp' etc.</label>
+           <input {% if not user.username %} disabled{% endif %} 
+           label = "Place" name = "place" size="15"
+           title="Place: cave name, or 'plateau', 'topcamp'  "
+           placeholder="basecamp"   required /> 
+    <br /><br />        
+           <label for="title">Title</label>
+           <input {% if not user.username %} disabled{% endif %} 
+           label = "Title" name = "title" size="30"
+           title="What we did on our holidays"
+           placeholder="What we did on our holidays"  required /> 
+    <br /><br /> 
+           <label for="title"></label>
+           <textarea {% if not user.username %} disabled{% endif %} 
+           rows="5" cols="60"
+           label = "" name = "text" 
+           title="We had a lot of fun..."
+           placeholder="We had a lot of fun..."  required />We had a lot of fun...
+           </textarea>
+
+            <br><br><br>
+       <button  class="fancybutton2"  style="padding: 0.5em 25px; margin-left: 110px" type = "submit" value = "save" >
+          Save logbook entry
+       </button>
+    </form>
+
+    <br /><br /><br />
+                 Full logbook for this year: <a href="/years/{{year}}/logbook.html"><em>Logbook {{year}}</em></a>
+ 
+</div>
+
+<br />
+
+<hr />
+
+
+{% endblock %}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/urls.py b/urls.py
index f415e6d..b398690 100644
--- a/urls.py
+++ b/urls.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ from troggle.core.views.other import (controlpanel, exportlogbook, frontpage,
 from troggle.core.views.prospect import prospecting
 from troggle.core.views.scans import (allscans, cavewallets, scansingle,
                                       walletslistperson, walletslistyear)
-from troggle.core.views.uploads import dwgupload, photoupload, expofilerename
+from troggle.core.views.uploads import dwgupload, photoupload, expofilerename, logbookedit
 from troggle.core.views.wallets_edit import walletedit
 """This sets the actualurlpatterns[] and urlpatterns[] lists which django uses 
 to resolve urls - in both directions as these are declarative. 
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ trogglepatterns = [
     path('dwgupload/',                   dwgupload,   name='dwgupload'), 
     path('dwguploadnogit/',              dwgupload,  {'gitdisable': 'yes'}, name='dwguploadnogit'), # used in testing
     path('dwguploadnogit/<path:folder>', dwgupload,  {'gitdisable': 'yes'}, name='dwguploadnogit'), # used in testing
+    path('logbookedit/',                logbookedit,  name='logbookedit'), 
+    path('logbookedit/<int:year>',      logbookedit,  name='logbookedit'), # year=2023
 
 # Renaming an uploaded file
     path('expofilerename/<path:filepath>', expofilerename,  name='expofilerename'),