Reading an OS Explorer map on the Chiltern edge
How to read an OS Explorer map around Lilley, Offley and King's Walden: rights of way symbols, contours on gentle chalk, grid references and bearings.
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Hugh Pemberton
Hugh walks the footpaths and bridleways of the Chiltern edge with a paper map in a plastic sleeve. He writes about routes, stiles, mud and the kit that earns its place in a daypack.
Pieces by Hugh
The Icknield Way from Lilley to Telegraph Hill, and what to wear on chalk
Walking the Icknield Way from Lilley up to Telegraph Hill and the Pegsdon Hills, with plain advice on boots, gaiters, poles and maps for chalk tracks.
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A circular walk from Great Offley to Little Offley and back
Plan a loop from Great Offley out to Little Offley over chalk farmland: what you pass, how the paths behave by season, maps, waymarks and dogs.
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