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Gear talk: Journals

Now into 2018 and the start date for my Three Points of the Compass walk gets ever nearer. Time to start gathering together some of those items that will have […]

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Gear talk: Tweaking my hydration set-up

I write this over the festive season. During the weeks leading up to Christmas there have been numerous packages and packets arriving at home and workplace, containing various online purchases. […]

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Gear talk: Using the Jetboil pot support with the MSR Windburner

Following my recent shake down trip on the Icknield Way, […]

Food

Trail talk: After my autumn wander on the Icknield Way- a bit of a gear review

My last post covered my recent six day hoof across […]

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Trail talk: An autumn wander on the Icknield Way Trail

As the time approaches for Three Points of the Compass […]

Food

Trail food: Additions to a food bag- condiments

The term condiment comes from the Latin condimentum, meaning “spice, seasoning, sauce” […]

books

Still sorting out…

Have you noticed how maps, guides, books and notes can begin to accumulate into little, and not so little, piles of ‘important planning resources’ over time. My attempt at sorting […]

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Sorting out

Sadly, despite it being a fantastic, bright and dry autumn day, needs must, and it is a day of sorting out piles of accumulated ‘jobs to do’ alongside family chores. […]

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Gear talk: Pegging down the pegs

Having purchased a new tent this summer, I thought I would look a little more thoroughly at the range of pegs/stakes that I will be taking with me on my […]

books

A library for historians…

The British Landscape “to care about a place, you must know its story” Nicholas Crane I could just have easily posted these books under my section- ‘a library for geologists…‘, but […]

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A library for ornithologists…

Waders I have spent countless hundreds, probably thousands, of hours peering at mud. The tide comes in, the tide goes out, the mud is covered, the mud is revealed. Muddy […]

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A library for historians…

Castles and Hillforts If there is one thing the United Kingdom abounds in, it is castles and hillforts. While they may not be encountered on most walks, many a long […]

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A library for naturalists…

AIDGAP guides The AIDGAP guides, or Aid to Identification in Difficult Groups of Animals and Plants, are produced by the Field Studies Council specifically for use by non-specialists. They are […]

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A library for geologists…

British Regional Geology The Wealden District by British Geological Survey A personal library is just that, personal. I live in the South East of England so make a point of […]

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A library for botanists…

Specialist groups Some plants can be pretty difficult to pin down their identification and a specialist book can prove useful. For many groups there are few choices and the ones […]

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A library for ornithologists…

Raptors When I used to go regular ‘Birding’ in the 1980s and 90s, there were few specialist guides generally available on one of the most exciting groups of birds to […]

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Gear talk: Looking at my Z Packs Duplex tent

Three Points of the Compass had just a couple of hours over this weekend to put up the newly purchased Z Packs Duplex tent. As number one daughter was […]

books

A library for historians…

Traditional Buildings of the English Countryside An Illustrated Guide by Geoffrey R. Sharpe Wander the paths and tracks of this crowded country for any length of time and you will […]

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A library for geologists…

‘Fossils’ series by the British Museum (Natural History) These three handbooks were issued by the (then) British Museum (Natural History) in the 1960s in response to calls for inexpensive, simple […]

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A library for naturalists…

Mammal monographs I am sure that most of have a favourite animal. The sort of thing that if we see in the field, just makes us feel all the more […]

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