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Gear talk: five favourite pieces of gear in 2025
Map measure of the month: Morris’s Patent Bijou Wealemefna
Tiny titanium pens
Map measure of the month- Morris’s Patent Chartometer, without totaliser
Fire Maple Petrel Titanium Ultralight Backpack Stove
Fire Maple 800ml Petrel Ramen Pot
Map measure of the month: McDonald’s Roller Ruler
Nitecore NB Plus 10000mAh ‘energy bar’
Ultem: is this the ultimate material for lightweight EDC pens?
Youth, learning, enjoyment, retrospection… and a set of scales
Map measure of the month: Munn’s Map Measurer and Compass
A Norwich beer trail
Gear talk: Zpacks Ultralight Camp Shoes
The Hebridean Way- Days 10 and 11: Lewis, trail’s end
The Hebridean Way- Days 7-9: Harris and Lewis
Map measure of the month: Silva baseplate compasses, with scale slides
The Hebridean Way- Days 4-6: Benbecula, Grimsay, North Uist, Berneray and South Harris
The Hebridean Way- Days 1-3: Vatersay, Barra, Eriskay, South Uist and Benbecula
Sleeping base layers
Map measure of the month: Suunto A-40 compass
The Ridgeway: day eight- Aldbury to Ivinghoe Beacon and the Bridgewater Monument
The Ridgeway: day seven- Princes Risborough to Aldbury
The Ridgeway: day six- Watlington to Princes Risborough
The Ridgeway: day five- Goring to Watlington
The Ridgeway: day four- Letcombe Regis to Goring
The Ridgeway: day three- Woolstone to Letcombe Regis
The Ridgeway: day two- Ogbourne St George to Woolstone
The Ridgeway: day one- East Kennett to Ogbourne St George
The Ridgeway: day zero- Arriving at Avebury
The trials of trail shoes
Map measure of the month: Ronald McDonald curvimetre
Unpacking from the trail. Scotland has been wearing me down!
Packing for the trail: my hygiene kit
Packing for the trail: goodbye old friend
Map measure of the month: ADAC Kilometerzähler
Trail talk: Fjällräven Classic Chile 2024- Day 4 ‘The Torres del Paine day’
Trail talk: Fjällräven Classic Chile 2024- Day 3 ‘The Lakes day’
Trail talk: Fjällräven Classic Chile 2024- Day 2 ‘The Mountain day’
Trail talk: Fjällräven Classic Chile 2024- Day 1 ‘The Forest day’
Trail talk: Fjällräven Classic Chile 2024- check-in.
Map measure of the month: Carl Brenske’s Marsch-Zirkel
Trail talk: National Outdoor Expo, 2025. Birmingham NEC
England Coast Path: ‘champing’ at Cooling
Trail talk: Navigation resources for hiking in Gran Canaria
Map measure of the month: the Corriere dei Piccoli chilometrometro
Trail talk: Camino de Santiago de Gran Canaria- the finish
Trail talk: Camino de Santiago de Gran Canaria- day one
Gear talk: what I took on the Arctic Circle Trail
Map measure of the month: Ecobra pocket dividers
Trail talk: Arctic Circle Trail: Eqalugaarniarfik to Sisimiut
Gear talk: Matador FlatPak Soap Bar Case
Gear talk: five favourite pieces of gear in 2024
Gear talk: Bach 60 litre Cargo Bag Lite
Map measure of the month: ‘Wanderer’ Route Marker No. 1114, with compass.
Trail talk: Arctic Circle Trail- hunter cairns
Trail talk: Arctic Circle Trail: Kangerlussuaq to Eqalugaarniarfik
Map measure of the month: Roulette métrique brevetée S.G.D.G
Gear talk: Pure Clear have improved their water filter mouthpiece
Trail talk: LDWA National Trails Register
Map measure of the month: Henri Chatelain’s twenty-five inch to one mile measure
Trail talk: finally opening my mail
Trail talk: the Coast to Coast- my gear
Trail talk: the Coast to Coast- the Moors
Trail talk: the Coast to Coast- the Vale of Mowbray, the ‘flat bit’
Trail talk: the Coast to Coast- the Dales
Trail talk: the Coast to Coast- the Lakes
Map measure of the month: a mystery opisometer
Trail talk: Ordnance Survey’s original Outdoor Leisure 33 and 34 maps
Trail talk: Skye Trail- the Storr to Broadford
Map measure of the month: Morris’s ‘Patent Cartomètrè’
Gear talk: a visit to Atom Packs
Trail talk: Cotswold Way- day eleven. Cold Ashton to Bath
Trail talk: Cotswold Way- day ten. Old Sodbury to Cold Ashton (Pennsylvania)
Trail talk: Cotswold Way- day nine. Wotton-under-Edge to Old Sodbury
Trail talk: Cotswold Way- day eight. Dursley to Wotton-under-Edge
Trail talk: Cotswold Way- day seven. King’s Stanley to Dursley
Trail talk: Cotswold Way- day six. Painswick to King’s Stanley
Trail talk: Cotswold Way- day five. Birdlip to Painswick
Trail talk: Cotswold Way- day four. Dowdeswell to Birdlip
Trail talk: Cotswold Way- day three. Winchcombe to Dowdeswell
Trail talk: Cotswold Way- day two. Stanton to Winchcombe
Trail talk: Cotswold Way- day one. Chipping Campden to Stanton
Trail talk: Skye Trail- Rubha Hunish to the Storr
Gear talk: Flextail Light Repel mosquito repellent
Map measure of the month: “Made in Japan”- a Chadwick-Miller / Fedtro / Stesco combination map measure
Gear talk: Fire Maple’s Petrel heat exchanger pot and stove compatibility
Trail talk: abandoned vehicles on the Corfu Trail
Trail talk: the Corfu Trail- Liapades to Agios Spiridonas
Trail talk: the Corfu Trail- Kavos to Liapades
Map measure of the month: Aristo 1323 Fächermaßstab
Trail talk: post boxes on the London LOOP
Trail talk: the Grand Union Canal Walk, part four
Trail talk: a Lithuanian’s JOGLE
Map measure of the month: Henri Burnat No. 61 TP ‘Special Grand Modèle’
Trail talk: the Grand Union Canal Walk, part three
Trail talk: the Grand Union Canal Walk, part two
A hiker’s library: Aurum Recreational Path Guides
Gear talk: evening foot care and sleep socks
Map measure of the month: Krasnogorsk Mechanical Works curvimeter
Gear talk: Pure Clear- a lightweight water filter that removes viruses

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