OS Maps… can you walk a secret message?

By: Blonde Two

As you can imagine, with the current social distancing measures, Blonde One and I are really missing seeing each other, walking together and generally sorting… Read full article

Pictorial representation: what exactly is a map?

By: Blonde Two

I was sent a book for Christmas. A fantastic book that is full of maps but not maps as we navigators usually know them. Unless… Read full article

Contour lines: what are they and how useful are they?

By: Blonde One

Contour lines are the orange lines on an Ordnance Survey Explorer map that tell you height about sea level of the ground. The lines are… Read full article

Safe Winter Walking: How to Write a Route Card

By: Blonde Two

Winter walking advice Anyone who has taken part in DofE or Ten Tors expeditions will be very familiar with the concept of a route card…. Read full article

Tuesday’s Ten – Reasons to go on a navigation and map reading course

By: Blonde Two

As my collection of maps grows I find it hard to remember a time when I couldn’t read a map. As a child, I loved… Read full article

Monday Mash Up

By: Blonde Two

Do you have a favourite Dartmoor story or superstition? Although we love map reading, we Blondes are always careful to be polite to the pixies… Read full article

Dig out that old map and plan for National Get Outside Day!

By: Blonde Two

It’s National Get Outside Day on Sunday and an old map has given me an idea for a great way to get outside. I recently… Read full article

Navigation tip – how to find a pinpoint feature

By: Blonde One

Copyright Ordnance Survey If you want to find a pinpoint feature that you’ve seen on a map, you need to have at least one attack… Read full article

Navigation tip: handrailing

By: Blonde One

The handrails that are very useful when navigating are not like this! Handrails for navigation are linear features, either natural or manmade, like a wall… Read full article

Friday’s Phrase

By: Blonde Two

For this week’s Friday’s Phrase we travel to Dartmoor and find ourselves on a misty day, teaching some very lovely and appreciative ladies how to… Read full article

Friday’s Phrase

By: Blonde Two

This week’s Friday’s phrase came to light (completely unintentional but impressive pun) while I was doing a bit of local research for an article for… Read full article

Tuesday’s Ten – Reasons people get lost

By: Blonde Two

Getting lost when you are out walking, running or cycling is, at best, annoying and, at worst, dangerous. It is interesting to note where (according… Read full article