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 ‘National Trails’ however. But it is my aim to slowly work through as many of these over time, however I doubt I’ll ever knock them all off.

Below are a handful of links to a few blogs I’ve written of just a few of my hikes- including a little on gear and water sources etc.

United Kingdom

• Cleveland Way
  • Days 1 to 3, Helmsley to Margrove Park
  • Days 4 to 7, Margrove Park to Filey
• Icknield Way
  • An autumn walk
  • post hike look at gear
• Isle of Sheppey- the birthplace of British Aviation
• Isle of Thanet- a daywalk looking for Vikings and Hovercraft
• London Countryway
  • A hundred miles completed
  • Two hundred miles completed
  • End report
• London Jubilee Walkway
  • a selection of statues and public art seen on a c16 mile day walk
  • a selection of statues and public art seen on a c13 mile night walk
  • Resources for the Jubilee Walkway
• London LOOP
  • A Curator Explores- Part One
  • A Curator Explores- Part Two
• Medway Valley Walk
  • Day One: Tonbridge to Maidstone
  • Day Two: Maidstone to Rochester
• Peddars Way and Norfolk Coast Path
  • Part One
  • Part Two
  • A Curator Explores- Part One
  • A Curator Explores- Part Two
• The Pilgrims Way
  • The London Link
    • Day One: Southwark Cathedral to Welling
    • Day Two: Welling to Dartford
    • Day Three: Dartford to Otford
• The Ridgeway
  • Planning
  • Food 
  • Water sources
  • Short film- Grims Ditch
• Saxon Shore Way
  • Gravesend to Sittingbourne
  • Self isolating on the North Kent Marshes- Sittingbourne to Faversham
  • Sittingbourne to Dover
  • Dover to Hastings
• Shepherd Neame City of London walk
• South Downs Way
  • A winter hike
  • Water sources
• The Swale Heritage Trail– medieval churches on the North Kent Marshes
• The Tabular Hills Walk
• The Wealdway

My ‘not-so-local local walk‘

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 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.
  • Sixty days to go
  • Fifty days to go
  • Thirty five days to go
  • Thirty days to go
  • Twenty days to go
  • Six days to go
  • I’m off!
  • The first thirteen days- done
  • “what’d you think of cardiac hill?”
  • The next stage
  • I’ve done it!
• Offas Dyke Path

Overseas

• Canary Islands
  • Fuerteventura
  • Gran Canaria campsites
• Menorca– the GR223
• Nijmegen Vierdagse (International Four Days Marches Nijmegen)
• Sicily