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Knife chat: My annual pilgrimage to Victorinox

Each year, Three Points of the Compass makes a pilgrimage […]

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Knife chat: Leatherman keychain tools- making a choice for hiking

Making a final choice… Over the past few days I […]

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Knife chat: Leatherman keychain tools- Style series

A small series of mini multi-tools with style… Leatherman Style […]

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Knife chat: Leatherman keychain tools- Squirt series

Leatherman Squirt series The first Squirt series Eight years after […]

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Knife chat- Leatherman keychain tools- Micra

Not a personal favourite… Leatherman Micra The Leatherman Micra is one of the oldest keychain multi-tools, first released in 1996 and still made today. Leatherman have made a small number […]

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A year ago…

On long hikes it is important to take a little time out occasionally. To recharge the batteries. Exactly a year ago I was setting back off on my five-month Three […]

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Gear talk: What gear wears out on a long hike?

Lightweight modern gear can be surprisingly tough. With care much […]

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Trail talk: Trail snacks- Kind bars

Like most hikers, Three Points of the Compass does enjoy a snack on trail. Easily my favourite are the various Kind Bars. Made in the U.S. by Mintel and first […]

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Organised outdoor activity in the UK- Britain’s first holiday camp

“Only youths and men of good moral character are eligible […]

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Trail food- lentil curry

Three Points of the Compass was talking to another long distance hiker a couple of days ago and I was asked what I favoured as an evening meal on trail. […]

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Organised outdoor activity in the UK- Arthur Leonard and the Co-operative Holidays Association

There are some movers and shakers from the earliest days […]

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Trail talk: The South Downs Way in winter- water sources

Three Points of the Compass walked the South Downs Way […]

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Organised outdoor activity in the UK- Friends of Nature

The Friends of Nature was founded in Vienna in 1895. […]

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Knife chat: A top five of 58mm Victorinox knives- my number two choice- the Signature Lite

The ‘Classic’ Series and derivatives Classic and Classic SD All […]

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Knife chat: A top five of 58mm Victorinox knives- my number three choice- the Talisman

Added utility: the ‘Rally’ series The requirement on trail for […]

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Knife chat: SwissCards

Victorinox SwissCards The Victorinox SwissCards are lightweight plastic ‘cards’ that contain a small range of tools. These can frequently be all that is required on a hike. Three Points of […]

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