Gear

Gear talk: Still looking at my gas stove choices

Beside the MSR Windburner and Jetboil Flash that Three Points […]

Sixty days to my ‘Big Walk’

I recently did a brief post on how I was getting on with cleaning knives and multi-tools at home, while struck down with minor illness. In a response to this, […]

Gear

Gear talk: A few grams here, a few grams there… in search of the perfect USB LED light

Over the past few years there have been a number […]

Gear

A well overdue clean-up

Sitting at home, full of the lurgy, I decided to put procrastination to one side and clean up a couple of my knives and multi-tools. It is surprising how much […]

books

Gear talk: Journals

Now into 2018 and the start date for my Three Points of the Compass walk gets ever nearer. Time to start gathering together some of those items that will have […]

Gear

Gear talk: Tweaking my hydration set-up

I write this over the festive season. During the weeks leading up to Christmas there have been numerous packages and packets arriving at home and workplace, containing various online purchases. […]

Gear

Gear talk: looking at stove choices

Following my recent shake down trip on the Icknield Way, I decided to abandon my long term favoured meths set up for cooking and return to gas. I used gas, […]

Food

Trail talk: After my autumn wander on the Icknield Way- a bit of a gear review

My last post covered my recent six day hoof across […]

Gear

Gear talk: A recent delivery…

Over the years, Three Points of the Compass has struggled over what camp shoes to take. Some hikers eschew the inclusion of anything beside the boots or shoes they hike […]

Food

Trail food: Additions to a food bag- condiments

The term condiment comes from the Latin condimentum, meaning “spice, seasoning, sauce” […]

books

Still sorting out…

Have you noticed how maps, guides, books and notes can begin to accumulate into little, and not so little, piles of ‘important planning resources’ over time. My attempt at sorting […]

Gear

Sorting out

Sadly, despite it being a fantastic, bright and dry autumn day, needs must, and it is a day of sorting out piles of accumulated ‘jobs to do’ alongside family chores. […]

Gear

Gear talk: Pegging down the pegs

Having purchased a new tent this summer, I thought I would look a little more thoroughly at the range of pegs/stakes that I will be taking with me on my […]

books

A hiker’s library: leafing through the pages…

Over the past few weeks Three Points of the Compass […]

Gear

Gear talk: Looking at my Z Packs Duplex tent

Three Points of the Compass had just a couple of hours over this weekend to put up the newly purchased Z Packs Duplex tent. As number one daughter was […]

books

A library for geologists…

‘Fossils’ series by the British Museum (Natural History) These three handbooks were issued by the (then) British Museum (Natural History) in the 1960s in response to calls for inexpensive, simple […]

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