Skip to content

Three Points of the Compass

Lightweight backpacking, gear chat, knife chat, map measures and anything outdoorsy

Menu

Ramblings…
Gear
Knives on trail
A hiker’s library
Map measurers
The Camping Club- badges
Trails walked…
Sketching the trail

Round Turn and two Half Hitches

Trail talk: knotty years

Three Points of the Compass is looking back on a lifetime of knots. Time to refresh familiarity and learn a couple more

Trail talk: knotty years

Recent Posts

Gear talk: my 2023 electronics
Trail talk: National Outdoor Expo, 2023. Birmingham NEC
Gear talk: Fire Maple Blade, Blade 2 and Volcano remote canister stoves
Trail talk: our enjoyment of wild spaces and wildcamping is under threat (as always)
Map measure of the month: HC Universal, with compass and ‘reading glass’
Gear talk: the Oria SensorBlue Thermometer Hygrometer
Trail talk: Marche Européenne du Souvenir et de l’Amitié ‘Commemorative Medal for Army Marches’
Gear talk: GSI Infinity Backpacker Mug
Gear talk: my 2023 First Aid Kit
Knife chat: going minimal with a cheapo keychain blade
Gear talk: Fire Maple Hornet II stove
Gear talk: stuff I don’t use any more- SIGG Traveller bottles
Map measure of the month: the Automobile Association ‘scale rule’ bookmark
Knife chat: buy now! Victorinox knives are getting harder to find
Knife chat: the NexTool Mini Sailor keychain multi-tool
Gear talk: The Edelrid Hexon multi-fuel stove
Gear talk: changing the mantle on a Primus Micron lantern
Map measure of the month: George Philip & Son Rotameter
Gear talk: silicone light diffusers
Gear talk: Microspikes
Gear talk: a minimal USB-A diffused lantern
Gear talk: Sealskinz waterproof socks
Gear talk: stuff I don’t use any more- Skinners sock-shoes
Gear talk: stuff I don’t use any more- camp shoes
Gear talk: the Sofirn BLF LT1 2.0 Lantern
Map measure of the month: >W&G< Drawing Instruments- model WG/5006
Gear talk: stuff I don’t use any more- fold flat tableware
Gear talk: the Montbell crushable lantern shade
Gear talk: five favourite pieces of gear in 2022
Gear talk: servicing the UCO Original candle lantern
Gear talk: UCO Original candle lantern accessories
Gear talk: Olight Obulb
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

Follow Blog via Email

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Email Address:

Join 294 other subscribers

Translate

Blog at WordPress.com.

Follow Following
- Three Points of the Compass
- Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.