Ten of ‘Scotland’s Great Trails’ and England and Wales ‘National Trails’ completed so far, along with dozens of others.

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

• The 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
• The London Countryway
  • A hundred miles completed
  • Two hundred miles completed
  • End report
• London LOOP
  • A Curator Explores- Part One
  • A Curator Explores- Part Two
• 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
• 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
• The South Downs Way
  • A winter hike
  • Water sources
• The Tabular Hills Walk
• The Wealdway

My ‘2000 mile plus’ hike across the UK in 2018

• My 2018 Three Points of the Compass walk, across England, Wales and Scotland, taking in the furthest mainland compass points South, South West, West, North West, North and North East, also Lands End to John O’Groats.
  • 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!
• South West Coast Path
• Offas Dyke Path
• Cape Wrath Trail- crossing a small stream
• Cape Wrath Trail- midges

Three Points of the Compass hiked the dramatic  Samaria Gorge, Crete over a few hours in 2013

Abroad 

• Fuerteventura
• Menorca
• Nijmegen Vierdagse (International Four Days Marches Nijmegen)
• Sicily