The long way round to the reservoir
On the value of a route that takes four hours instead of ninety minutes, and what the extra time buys you.
Entries
Notes on reading a contour map badly
Three summits I did not intend to climb, and one valley I am glad I found by accident.
A short defence of paper maps
They do not tell you where you are. That turns out to be the point.
Winter light in the northern valleys
Four hours of usable daylight, and what to do with the rest of it.
On travelling without a plan
Some thoughts after a week of choosing the next town by coin toss. Mostly it worked.