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Jools

UK hiker, striving for lightweight while body gets increasingly heavyweight. Working through UK national trails while fitting in local day hikes and other multi-day trails. Walked across mainland UK on five month two thousand mile 'Three Points of the Compass' hike in 2018

Gear

Gear talk: A check of my new Duplex, and some tweaks

Three Points of the Compass used a Zpacks Duplex tent […]

Planning

Trail talk: Hiking in Menorca: the GR 223

The Camí de Cavalls, or, the Horse’s Path Menorca is a fairly small island in the western Mediterranean Sea. It is one of the Balearic Islands, an archipelago of Spain, […]

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Organised outdoor activity in the UK- The Canoe Club and British Canoe Association

‘In the camp all classes and ages amalgamate; to be […]

Organised outdoor

Organised outdoor: YHA Showcase & AGM 2019

Three Points of the Compass attended the Youth Hostel Association’s […]

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A year ago…

On long hikes it is important to take a little time out occasionally. To recharge the batteries. Exactly a year ago I was setting back off on my five-month Three […]

Cooking

Gear talk: What gear wears out on a long hike?

Lightweight modern gear can be surprisingly tough. With care much […]

Food

Trail talk: Trail snacks- Kind bars

Like most hikers, Three Points of the Compass does enjoy a snack on trail. Easily my favourite are the various Kind Bars. Made in the U.S. by Mintel and first […]

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Organised outdoor activity in the UK- Britain’s first holiday camp

“Only youths and men of good moral character are eligible […]

Cooking

Trail food- lentil curry

Three Points of the Compass was talking to another long distance hiker a couple of days ago and I was asked what I favoured as an evening meal on trail. […]

Organised outdoor