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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

map measurer

Map measurer of the month- Rotameter (Barker & Son)

“This handy little instrument will be found very useful for […]

Gear

Knife chat: Leatherman Skeletool KB

In June 2017 Leatherman released the Skeletool KB and KBX tools. The KB with straight blade and the KBX with combination straight/serrated blade. These were both developed within their existing […]

Electronics

Gear talk: 2020 tweaks to trail electronics

Always on the lookout for an opportunity to shave a little weight from my pack, or just refine a system, without compromising either safety or effectiveness, I recently had a […]

Gear

Knife chat: Gerber Dime and Dime Travel multi-tools

Gerber Legendary Blades introduced their first multi-tool in 1991 and […]

first aid

Gear talk: First Aid Kit

It is perfectly possible to go on a walk carrying no first aid capability at all. However knowing how to cope with issues and carrying something to deal with blisters, […]

Uncategorized

Trail talk: a walk around the birthplace of British aviation

A hot day, one of the hottest of the summer, […]

map measurer

Map Measurer of the month- Morris’s Patent Chartometer

This months map measure is a wonderful chunky, clunky piece […]

Gear

Gear talk: hygiene on trail

This is another glance at some of the little bags and pouches that Three Points of the Compass takes on longer, multi-day hikes. This time, my wash and ‘poop’ kits. […]

ditty bag

Gear talk: ditty bag contents

It is a number of years since I showed the contents of my hiking ditty bag. That place where I keep this ‘n’ that, bits ‘n’ pieces, spare stuff, repair […]

Gear

Gear talk: hydration

Today is a brief glance at the favoured ‘on-trail’ hydration set up that Three Points of the Compass is using. This is not an in depth review nor any form […]

Electronics

Gear talk: bags and pouches of ‘small stuff’

Three Points of the Compass could never be considered an […]

Organised outdoor

Trail talk: Pedestrianism

Sitting at home with seemingly no opportunity in the near future of undertaking a decent long hike, Three Points of the Compass instead finds himself intrigued while reading of Pedestrianism. […]

Gear

Knife chat: Nail clippers

Foot care for the hiker is all important. Part of that regime is ensuring that toenails are kept trimmed. If you don’t- bruising, split nails, ingrown nails, lost nails, blisters, […]

Gear

Gear talk: EuroSchirm Swing Liteflex umbrella

I never thought the day would come when I would include an umbrella with a lightweight hiking set-up. But it has. For the past few day hikes, enjoying some of […]

knife

Knife chat: 84mm Victorinox Waiter and derivatives- the Bantam and Walker

Small in the pocket, a basic set of handy tools, […]

Gear

Map measurer of the month- The BUX map measure

“can be used on all normal English maps” The plastic […]

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