
Three Points of the Compass does like to get his teeth into a decent length of trail when he can. Not all of these are the official long-distance ‘National Trails’ in England, Wales and Scotland however. But it is my aim to slowly work through as many of those over time. Sixteen of the (at present) nineteen National Trails completed to date, will I ever knock them all off?
Below are a handful of links to a blogs I’ve written of just a few of my hikes in the UK and abroad- including a little on gear, food and water sources etc.
United Kingdom
- Cleveland Way- National Trail
- Great Glen Way- A Scottish Great Trail
- Gritstone Trail
- Icknield Way
- London Countryway
- London Jubilee Walkway
- London LOOP
- Peddars Way and Norfolk Coast Path- National Trail
- Pembrokeshire Coast Path- National Trail
- Pennine Bridleway- National Trail
- Maps and guidebooks for the Pennine Bridleway
- Pennine Bridleway- Middleton Top to the Mary Towneley Loop
- Pennine Bridleway- The Mary Towneley Loop
- Pennine Bridleway- Mary Towneley Loop to Settle
- Pennine Bridleway- The Settle Loop
- Pennine Bridleway- Settle to The Street, Ravenstonedale
- Dry stone walls on the Pennine Bridleway
- The Pilgrims Way
- The London Link
- Day One: Southwark Cathedral to Welling
- Day Two: Welling to Dartford
- Day Three: Dartford to Otford
- The London Link
- The Ridgeway- National Trail
- Short film- Grims Ditch
- Planning
- Food
- Water sources on the Ridgeway
- South Downs Way– National Trail
- Water sources on the South Downs Way
- Southern Upland Way- A Scottish Great Trail
- Speyside Way– A Scottish Great Trail
- The Tabular Hills Walk
- The Thames Path- National Trail
- The Thames Path
- The Thames Path: Kemble to Cricklade
- The Thames Path: Cricklade to Lechlade
- The Thames Path: Lechlade to Tadpole Bridge
- The Thames Path: Tadpole Bridge to Bablock Hythe
- The Thames Path: Bablock Hythe to Osney Bridge, Oxford
- The Thames Path: Osney Bridge, Oxford to Abingdon
- The Thames Path: Abingdon to Shillingford/Warborough
- The Thames Path: Shillingford/Warborough to Goring
- The Wealdway
- Yorkshire Wolds Way– National Trail
Kent
- Isle of Sheppey- the birthplace of British Aviation
- Isle of Thanet- a daywalk looking for Vikings and Hovercraft
- Medway Valley Walk
- The Miner’s Way
- My ‘not-so-local local walk‘
- Saxon Shore Way
- Swale Heritage Trail– medieval churches on the North Kent Marshes
Beer trails
A hike across mainland Britain
- My 2018 Three Points of the Compass walk, across England, Wales and Scotland, took in the furthest mainland compass points South, South West, West, North West, North and North East, I also walked Lands End to John O’Groats within this longer hike. Some longer ‘named’ trails were included in this- South West Coast Path, Offas Dyke Path. Pennine Way, West Highland Way and the Cape Wrath Trail.
- Summary of my 2018 ‘Three Points of the Compass‘ walk across the UK.
- Offas Dyke Path
Outside UK
- Belgium: Marche Européenne du Souvenir et de l’Amitié (MESA)
- Italy: Sicily
- Netherlands: Nijmegen Vierdagse (International Four Days Marches Nijmegen)
- Spain: Canary Islands
- Fuerteventura
- Gran Canaria campsites
- Menorca– the GR223- Camí de Cavalls