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Walking to Potterhanworth Woods

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It was a bright sunny day for today’s walk.

This shot was taken using Pro HDR so I could shoot into the sun and still get an image of the light coming through the leaves. I cropped the shot using Photogene2 whilst I was walking along.

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The blossom shot was made using Camera+, I focused on and exposed for the white petals. Once home I sorted through the multiple option shots I had taken to find the best composition that was sharp and then used Photogene2 to crop the shot to emphasise the blossom.

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One of the original frames for comparison.

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All Saints Church, Branston

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I went for a short walk west of Branston this afternoon.

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The weather took a turn for the worst – cold and windy. I found a convenient log to sit on, to boil some water for soup.

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It was a struggle to get the stove to light in the wind and even with the wind shield it took over 30mls of meths to heat the water – which did not quite reach boiling! I will have to take this into account when packing fuel for my back packing trips – I might not be allowing enough fuel on my packing list.

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Pennine Way Route – .gpx

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Pennine Way Route

Pennine Way Route gpx file is available on the Downloads page. This route was created using Memory Map on my laptop and then used in the field on my smartphone – read more about my backpacking tech here.

This English National Trail connects Edale to Kirk Yetholm crossing the backbone of the country, passing through a number of National Parks. Near Keld it also crosses Wainwright’s Coast to Coast path.

Fifty Years of the Pennine Way

Pennine Way Route

Free Downloads

I have a selection routes, in GPX format and a lightweight backpacking gear list  spread sheet available for free download – see here.

Loading gpx Files into Memory Map on the iPhone

Read my article – here – on how I keep my Memory Map files in Microsoft OneDrive so they are available on my iPhone.

 

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Southern Upland Way- .gpx file

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I have added a plot of the Southern Upland Way to my Download page – the file is the standard .gpx format so it is useable in a wide range of GPS units and applications. I am usiing it in Memory Map and on my iPhone.

There were some problems plotting the route on my 50k OS map – at the following locations – the route was not clear on the map.

  • Caldons Wood
  • Sanquhar
  • Wanlockhead
  • Sweetshaw Brae
  • Beatnock
  • Galashiels
  • Abbey St Bathans

If you use this route you will have to take care over those sections.

I plotted the route to skirt Glengaber Hill.

This is a walk I am planning to undertake in the summer of 2013. The plan at this time is to take fourteen days, carry lightweight camping gear and to stay in a mixture of campsites, wild camping and bed and breakfasts. Carrying food as required and resupplying along the route.

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