Middle Distance
Notes on walking, maps and the places in between
Written most weeks, usually after a walk, occasionally after getting lost. No schedule and no advertising.
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The path that is not on the map
Three miles of right of way that every printed map shows and no sign on the ground admits to.
Why I stopped counting steps
A year of measuring walks taught me the number was the least interesting thing about them.
Reading a contour line
What the spacing tells you before you have looked up once, and why it matters in fog.
Six hours in the wrong valley
The mistake was made in the first ten minutes and was pleasant for most of the rest.
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