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What Do the Numbers on an OS Map Mean? How to Read a Grid Reference

So you’ve opened an OS map and it’s covered in numbers. Small blue ones round the edges, brown ones on […]

So you want to stop following other people’s boots and read the map yourself. Good. A map reading course teaches

You’ve got a phone with OS maps on it, you walk on paths, and the compass in the bottom of

It’s an awkward article to write about your own product, so let’s do it properly: with the cases against as

If you are picturing what goes wrong on the National Three Peaks, you are probably picturing a twisted ankle. The

Nearly everyone walking in the British hills is navigating by phone, and nearly everyone feels faintly guilty about it. For

Can you get lost in good weather? Yes, and it is the condition rescue teams record most often. In Scotland

It’s the question everybody asks before they start, and most answers are either “a weekend course!” or a vague noise

You’ve found a route, you know it’s twelve kilometres, and you have absolutely no idea whether that’s a morning or

You’ve decided to sort your navigation out before your next trip north, and now you’re stuck between booking two days