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Gear talk: Pacer Beads

Pacer, or Ranger, beads are a simple and useful navigational tool to make at home

Gear talk: Pacer Beads

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Knife chat: 84mm of Victorinox excellence, a Cadet with a difference
Gear talk: the BRS-55 gas powered ‘Dream Candle’ lantern
Map measure of the month: John Hand & Sons “Miledial”
Knife chat: Victorinox’s Flagship Store in London
Trail talk: choosing a loupe
Gear talk: the Primus Micron gas lantern, with steel globe
Gear talk: the UCO candle lantern
Knife chat: 84mm Victorinox Recruit and derivatives- the Tinker Small, Tourist and Sportsman
Gear talk: repairing holes in tent mesh
Gear talk: Nitecore NB10000 Gen2 powerbank
Gear talk: the Leica 8×20 Monovid- probably the best quality small monocular ever made
Map measure of the month: the Sakurai centimetre curvimeter
Knife chat: the SwissBuck Legend- obsolete, but still a good choice
Trail talk: Lego Backpacker (2022)
Gear talk: Pad-Pal, the world’s lightest electric sleeping pad inflator
Trail talk: Lego ‘Creator’ Boy Camper (2016)
Trail talk: the Pembrokeshire Coast Path: a backpacking itinerary
Map measure of the month: Harvey Maps 25k and 40k ‘map-measure-go!’ laces
Gear talk: the Pembrokeshire Coast Path- post-hike gear review
Gear talk: repairing a punctured Thermarest NeoAir sleeping pad
Gear talk: RovyVon Aurora A5 USB-C ‘glow-in-the-dark’ Keychain Flashlight
Gear talk: Vesuv titanium windshield
Trail talk: Pennine Bridleway. Settle to The Street, Ravenstonedale
Trail talk: Pennine Bridleway. The Settle Loop
Trail talk: Pennine Bridleway. The Mary Towneley Loop to Settle
Trail talk: Pennine Bridleway. The Mary Towneley Loop
Trail talk: Wainwright’s Coast to Coast- a new National Trail
Trail talk: dry stone walls on the Pennine Bridleway
Trail talk: Pennine Bridleway. Middleton Top to the Mary Towneley Loop
Gear talk: adding caps to my MSR Groundhogs
Map measure of the month: the Carl Zeiss Jena/Freiberger Präszisionsmechanik Kurvimeter 78
Trail talk: Lego Mountain Climber (2013)
Gear talk: peg selection
Trail talk: The first Lego ‘Creator’ backpacker (2011)
Trail talk: Maps and guidebooks for the Pennine Bridleway
Trail talk: Lego BRMC Camper (2018)
Knife chat: Victorinox Pioneer X and Pioneer Farmer
Trail talk: Lego Boy Camper (2018)
Map measure of the month: Elliott Brothers opisometer
Trail talk: a birthday reminisce
Trail talk: ‘treasure’ on the Southern Upland Way
Gear talk: a replacement of the Zpacks Duplex vestibule double-hook apparatus
Knife chat: Victorinox Pioneer and Pioneer Electrician
Trail talk: Ninjago Zane Hiker (2017)
Map measure of the month: the “Inco” Krzywomierz Turystyczny
Trail talk: The Thames Path- Shillingford/Warborough to Goring
Trail talk: The Thames Path- Abingdon to Shillingford/Warborough
Trail talk: The Thames Path- Osney Bridge, Oxford to Abingdon
Trail talk: The Thames Path- a day off in Oxford
Trail talk: The Thames Path- Bablock Hythe to Osney Bridge, Oxford
Trail talk: The Thames Path- Tadpole Bridge to Bablock Hythe
Trail talk: The Thames Path- Lechlade to Tadpole Bridge
Trail talk: The Thames Path- Cricklade to Lechlade
Trail talk: The Thames Path- Kemble to Cricklade
Trail talk: The Thames Path
Trail talk: Southern Upland Way: Part three- Moffat to Cockburnspath
Trail talk: Southern Upland Way: Part two- the Glenkens to Moffat
Trail talk: Southern Upland Way: Part one- Portpatrick to the Glenkens
Trail talk: Lego Hiker (2008)
Knife chat: Victorinox Swiss Army 1 and Swiss Army 2
Trail talk: Lego Hiker (2018)
Trail talk: maps, don’t be afraid to write on them!
Map measure of the month: a Fritz Chatelain measure
Favourite gear: GSI sipper mug
Gear talk: Fire Maple FMS-116 and FMS-116T gas stoves
Knife chat: are you flying? a look at bladeless ‘knife’ options
Map measure of the month: the Zlatoust curvimeter KY-A
Gear talk: Aspen 4- a cleaner burning option for multi-fuel stoves
Gear talk: the Opticron 8×20 Gallery Scope
Gear talk: the Viking 8×25 ED monocular
Gear talk: choosing a monocular for use on trail
Gear talk: a plea for the monocular
Favourite gear: the Leatherman Squirt S4 keychain multi-tool
Gear talk: the Fire Maple FMS-300T ‘Wasp’ gas stove
National Outdoor Expo 2022, Birmingham NEC
Trail talk: a (sort of) Birmingham Beer Trail
Map measure of the month: the Hugh Rees “Regent”
Trail talk: the Gritstone Trail
Map measure of the month: the Minerva Curvimeter C-01
Favourite gear: the Katadyn BeFree water filter
Favourite gear: Katabatic Gear Elite and Flex quilts
Trail talk: the Miner’s Way
Gear talk: the Zebra F-701- is this the perfect EDC pen?
Trail talk: Harvey maps
Map measure of the month: the Panerai Nautical Curvimeter model PAM00302
Gear talk: Nalgene bottles- hydration, hot water bottle and more…
Knife chat: which to choose- scissors or pliers? Why not have both, with the NexTool Mini Flagship multi-tool
Gear talk: the search for a pillow for a restless side-sleeper
Knife chat: The Wenger Esquire and derivatives
Trail talk: the ‘one in every village’ wall box scheme
Map measure of the month: W&HC navigation dividers
Trail talk: Facilities on the Great Glen Way
Trail talk: Slighe a’ Ghlinne Mhòir- six days in November. Part two
Trail talk: Slighe a’ Ghlinne Mhòir- six days in November. Part one
Gear talk: looking at Power Adapters
Trail talk: weighing fuel canisters
A hiker’s library: advice for those visiting the mountains- from 1907
Map measure of the month: Model D13777- the Discovery Channel ‘deluxe map measurer with compass’
Trail talk: Et mortuus est
Trail talk: Churchyard Yews

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