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

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

Gear

Knife chat: A top five of 58mm Victorinox knives- my number one choice- the Midnite Manager

Adding utility to the classic: The ‘Wanderer’ series and Manager […]

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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: A top five of 58mm Victorinox knives- my number four choice- the Minichamp Alox

A pocket workshop on trail My previous post on 58mm […]

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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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Knife chat: a blast from my past- the British Army Knife

Oil the joints… Having yet another tidy up of some […]

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Trail talk: A winter wander on the South Downs Way

The South Downs Way is a 100 mile National Trail […]

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Knife chat: ‘back of the drawer’ EDC- the BCB mini-work tool

Having a clear out the other day, I came across […]

Fire

Gear talk: Firefly- a simple addition to your kit

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

Cooking

Six days until my ‘Big Walk’- Food, water…. and wine

“If you can drink the water I will drink the […]

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Twenty days to my ‘Big Walk’

“In omnia paratus” As mentioned in my last post, I was expecting a couple of items in the post for my upcoming Big Walk. Both arrived over the past few […]

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Thirty days to my ‘Big Walk’

The picture above shows Three Points of the Compass and daughter hiking Hadrian’s Wall in 2014. Together with Mrs Three Points of the Compass we experienced a typical mixed bag […]

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Thirty five days to my ‘Big Walk’

“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail!” Benjamin Franklin Thirty-five days until I set off and I am still umming and ahhing over a small number of route […]

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A few grams here, a few grams there… packaging

This is a wheeze for those who cut tooth brushes […]

Planning

Fifty days to my ‘Big Walk’

“Before anything else, preparation is the key to success” Alexander Graham Bell The off grows ever nearer, half a hundred days away. So what am I up to? I am […]

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Another delivery- Pigment PBk31

OK, so this addition to my gear is going to confound most lightweight hikers. Most of us take along a little luxury on the trail, and strange as it may […]

Gear

Gear talk: Another delivery… trail shoes

I’ve been waiting for this delivery. I won’t say that […]

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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, […]

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Gear talk: A few grams here, a few grams there… in search of the perfect USB LED light

Over the past few years there have been a number […]

Gear

A well overdue clean-up

Sitting at home, full of the lurgy, I decided to put procrastination to one side and clean up a couple of my knives and multi-tools. It is surprising how much […]

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