I had a relatively simple premise- to walk from the most southerly point on mainland Great Britain to the most westerly, finishing at the most northerly. In other words, Three Points of the Compass. For good measure I decided I would take in Land’s End and John O’Groats too.

My Three Points of the Compass hike was in 2018. Having walked all of the South West Coast Path, Offa’s Dyke, Pennine Way, West Highland Way and the Cape Wrath Trail, plus the hundreds of miles between these, I completed my ‘LEJOG+‘ walk 152 days later at Duncansby Head, the most north-easterly point of mainland Great Britain. I had walked over 2500 miles and it was a fantastic experience. There is a summary of that walk here.

My long walks continue, and some of those trails are covered on these pages. Beside these, this site has a little knife chat, which looks at knife and smaller multi-tool options for use on trail and elsewhere, also a bit of gear talk (we all like that…) and a dedicated page looking at some sweet little backpacking stoves, plus anything else I think might be of interest in Ramblings…

Over fifty Three Points of the Compass podcasts are also available to listen to, covering walks on a variety of trails and various other outdoor and walking related subjects. These can be listened to via Anchor and other podcast sites.