Skill

A hiker’s library: Knots

One or two books on knots and their uses on the hiker's bookshelf will not go amiss. These are mine and there is not a bad volume amongst them

Skill

Trail talk: knotty years

Three Points of the Compass is looking back on a lifetime of knots. Time to refresh familiarity and learn a couple more

Gear

Map measurer of the month: the Silva scale lanyard

The scale lanyard from compass manufacturer Silva is an interesting innovation but ultimately a failure in design

Skill

Trail talk: “Clues without a Compass”

The first series of Eagle Annuals, featuring comic book hero […]

Gear

Gear talk: Pacer Beads

Pacer, or Ranger, beads are a simple and useful navigational tool to make at home

books

A hiker’s library- before the click of a mouse: ‘Know the Game’

The Know the Game series of books provided guidance to dozens of outdoor pursuits for much of the 20th century

navigation

Trail talk: measuring gradients with a slope card

Slope cards can be a useful tool when planning a route or determining the risk of avalanche

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 […]

Skill

Trail talk: ‘How to stop a mad dog’

While I don’t own a dog and never have, on […]

Fire

Gear talk: Firefly- a simple addition to your kit

I recently received a sweet little package through the post. […]

Gear

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: 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 […]

books

A library for geologists…

Lost Gods of Albion Paul Newman Yes, you are correct, that is a picture of a man that seems to be very pleased to see you. And he has been […]

books

A library for naturalists…

The Handbook of British Mammals Corbet and Southern This volume is probably more a historical document today but use it alongside any modern Field Guide and it works wonderfully. Just […]

books

A library for botanists…

‘A Generall Historie of plantes’ or Gerard’s Herbal After identification manuals and handbooks, ecology guides, accounts of rare and unusual flowers, where should the botanist turn to next- How about […]

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