Jools
UK backpacker, striving for lightweight while body gets increasingly heavyweight. Completed all of the UK national trails while fitting in local day hikes and other multi-day trails both in the UK and overseas. Walked across mainland UK on five month 2500 mile 'Three Points of the Compass' hike in 2018
Gear talk: the ‘day bag’
Gear talk: a new arrival in the post- Cnoc carbon poles
Trail talk: The Saxon Shore Way- Dover to Hastings
Gear talk: the MSR Pocket Rocket 2
Map measurer of the month- Rotameter (Barker & Son)
Knife chat: Leatherman Skeletool KB
Gear talk: 2020 tweaks to trail electronics
Knife chat: Gerber Dime and Dime Travel multi-tools
Gear talk: First Aid Kit
Map Measurer of the month- Morris’s Patent Chartometer, with totaliser
Gear talk: hygiene on trail
Gear talk: ditty bag contents
Gear talk: hydration
Gear talk: bags and pouches of ‘small stuff’
Trail talk: Pedestrianism
Knife chat: Nail clippers
Three Points of the Compass 