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Trail talk: maps, don’t be afraid to write on them!

While many have made the change to exclusive use of digital mapping, Three Points of the Compass is still using paper maps backed up by digital maps on the phone when on trail. Before I even leave home, there will be annotations on my paper map- phone numbers, arrows, circles, 'tent' symbols and drawings. These are invariably added to on trail. Anathema to some, but maps are a tool to be used and abused.
Trail talk: maps, don’t be afraid to write on them!

Map highlighters

Highlighters, which one is best? I had reason to pop into Staples yesterday. While there I browsed the shelves and found these, only two quid a pop. I believe that […]