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Jools

UK backpacker, 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 2500 mile 'Three Points of the Compass' hike in 2018

Food

Gear talk: carrying a tin opener on trail

While it is doubtful that many backpackers would dream of packing such an item, Three Points of the Compass advocates carrying a tin opener while on trail, especially on a […]

Gear

Gear talk: Lock laces

Three Points of the Compass has worn trail runners for most hikes for the past ten years of so, prior to that boots were worn. A variety of makes of […]

Uncategorized

Trail talk: Nijmegen Vierdaagse

Vierdaagse is Dutch for ‘Four day Event’, and recently while sorting out drawers at home, Three Points of the Compass came across various reminders of a very special four days […]

Gear

Gear talk: A few grams here, a few grams there- tick removers

You don’t have to venture far from the home to […]

Gear

Knife chat: Victorinox Pocket Pal- is this the best thin 58mm ever?

There is, quite literally, not a lot to this knife. […]

Gear

Map measurer of the month- Morris’s Patent Wealemefna

Morris’s Patent Wealemefna is a simple map measurer dating from […]

Planning

Trail talk: FREE London walking maps- Royal occasion

The British love a royal occasion, well at least most […]

Gear

Knife chat: The Victorinox Executive

Victorinox has offered a huge range of knives and multi-tools over the decades. Traditionally these are roughly classified by their folded length. These are: 58mm, 74mm, 84mm, 91mm, 93mm, 100mm, […]

Gear

Map measurer of the month- the Practical Motorist map measurer

The Practical Motorist map measurer was cheaply made, produced in […]

Planning

Trail talk: FREE maps for walking in London- Transport for London

Three Points of the Compass recently looked at the FREE […]

Cooking

Gear talk: Liquid fuel lighters- do they have a place on trail?

Three Points of the Compass has covered his quest for […]

Fire

Gear talk: making a stove on trail

Like everyone else, Three Points of the Compass is currently social distancing while staying at home on Government advice during the current Coronavirus pandemic. My plans on completing two longer […]

Planning

Trail talk: A brief history of FREE maps for walking in London

London is pretty big. While the City of London is […]

Uncategorized

Trail talk: Solvitur ambulando

Self-isolating on the North Kent Marshes Working from home, in strange times, Three Points of the Compass is heeding current advice from Public Health England. However the weekend calls for […]

Gear

Map measurer of the month- The Pathfinder Three-in-One

The Pathfinder Three-in-One was a multiple attempt at bringing together […]

Gear

Knife chat: Victorinox 108mm German Army Knife and Safari derivatives

Three Points of the Compass has written before about his […]

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