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editor — Mon, 12 Feb 2018 18:28:00 +0000

BOATS BOATs are not the sections of footpaths that cross water. They are Byways Open to All Traffic, more simply referred to as ‘byways’. In other words, it’s every hiker for himself. Not only may you meet other walkers but also cyclists, horse riders and motorised vehicles that still have their big ends intact. Like RUPPs, BOATs tend not to be maintained to a high-enough standard for ordinary vehicles to use them for the weekly shopping trip. On the other hand, drivers of 4x4s love them. Never argue with a ‘Chelsea tractor’ on a BOAT, particularly one with bull bars.

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Hiking Maps

editor — Sat, 02 Dec 2017 23:16:00 +0000

NORTH, NORTH AND NORTH Never cry, ‘Which way is north?’ because hikers will realise that you are not really ‘one of them’. When you want to know which way north is, you must make it clear to which north you are referring. Why have one, when you could have three? Magnetic north This is the north that the little red needle in your compass will point to. Unfortunately, magnetic north doesn’t stay still. The magnetic north pole was first discovered in 1831. When explorers went back in 1904 they found that it had moved by more than 48km (30 miles).

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